re: 1908 National Champions

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I mean, c'mon Carlisle Indian School?

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QUOTE FROM NEXT CENTURY:
"I mean, c'mon LSU and Alabama played football in the early 2000's? HA I only thought they knew how to play ultimate frisbee"

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QUOTE FROM NEXT CENTURY:
"I mean, c'mon LSU and Alabama played football in the early 2000's? HA I only thought they knew how to play ultimate frisbee"

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Do you guys not read past the original post?

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If A&M can retroactively claim 2 NCs, we can legitimately claim 1908.

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That's all I'm saying. And it's not so much claiming them as it is acknowledging that it was awarded. It's not like this is just a made up fact. LSU was awarded a National Championship in 1908, why the hell shouldn't it be acknowledged?

If we played it and won it then we should acknowledge it and add it to the list of the ones we have won. Apparently LSU did what needed to be done to be deemed champions so I say add it, JMO.

because the 1908 team, lead by Doc Fenton could have legitimately been considered a professional team at the time...

Fenton was "heavy recruited" to come to LSU which meant money, whores and booze....

not that there is anything wrong with that...

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because the 1908 team, lead by Doc Fenton could have legitimately been considered a professional team at the time...

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There's that too, not to mention southern football obviously didn't have the same reputation back in that day.

Also, I've read in the past that Penn, Harvard and UChicago were all clearly better than LSU in '08.

But hey, if the NCF thinks we deserve a share of that title, the school might as well too.

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Fenton was "heavy recruited" to come to LSU which meant money, whores and booze....

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... Isn't that why we all came here

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Sure it's a split title, but so is 2003 and no one has a problem claiming it

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You don't know much about college football...

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this is very debatable

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No doubt it's debatable.

Here's a decent article that breaks down the cases for each team in '08.

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ETA: This part of the article cracked me up...

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LSU is not even a legitimate contender. But to the school's credit, they do not claim this "national championship." Alabama would already have made the banners and rings by now if it were them.

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No doubt it's debatable.

Here's a decent article that breaks down the cases for each team in '08.

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Hm... not sure how I feel about it. Seems like he did some research, but unless he was alive in 1908, I doubt he actually saw any of those teams play. At the end of the day, he's just a blogger. He has a valid opinion, but it's no more valuable than yours or mine.

If the National Championship Foundation saw fit to award the 1908 National Title to LSU, I see no reason the football program shouldn't acknowledge it.

Plus acknowledging it is a way of validating LSU throughout the course of CFB history. It shows that LSU has always been good, unlike some flash in the pan program like Florida who's only been relevant since the 90's.