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re: 1908 National Champions
Posted on 12/11/12 at 10:34 am to RedStar
Posted on 12/11/12 at 10:34 am to RedStar
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This post has nothing to do with Alabama.
They were just saying we don't count national titles the same way Bama does. LINK
If we did we would have 1908, 1935, 1936, 1958, 1962, 2003, 2007, even 2011. They take a selection by a major selector and call it a championship. If we all did that Bama would have 18 and LSU would have 8.
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Posted on 12/11/12 at 10:46 am to jmarto1
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They take a selection by a major selector and call it a championship.
Well yeah, since there have never been playoffs, isn't that basically the only way to do it?
What I'm gathering is that LSU doesn't acknowledge 1908, or several other titles because of the assumption that it adds a little more validity to Alabama's claim of 14? That's absurd and is very little brotherish. LSU is better than that. 1908 is a legitimate National Championship by the standards of the time.
You can't apply today's rules to yesterday's history. If that's the case, then someday some goons will claim that BCS titles aren't legitimate because they were "pre-playoff." A National Title is a National Title and all you can do is go by the standards of the day. The standards of 1908 say LSU was a National Champion. It's a disservice to the University and the players to continue to ignore it.
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