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re: 1908 LSU Fighting Tigers (Arguably our greatest team ever)
Posted on 7/29/21 at 1:02 am to bignic26
Posted on 7/29/21 at 1:02 am to bignic26
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On the NCAA's official site, they have LSU and Penn as national champions for 1908. Has LSU ever explained why they don't claim that one? Why wouldn't they? The NCAA is like "Hey ya'll were champions in 1908" and LSU is like, "Nah we're good on that." Makes no sense. What is the cutoff year for when championships started to count? When did it begin to matter? People say it was a mythical championship but weren't all the championships mythical until the Bowl Coalition and Bowl Alliance days?
From the little research I have done, there was some “professional player” allegations on the team. Charges that the Smith brothers, Seip, Lally, Gandy & Doc Fenton where paid salaries to play football. Therefore, LSU will never recognize them as National Champions.
This post was edited on 7/29/21 at 1:05 am
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Posted on 7/29/21 at 8:58 am to cliffset21
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allegations
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Charges that the Smith brothers, Seip, Lally, Gandy & Doc Fenton where paid salaries to play football.
This is pretty well established.......
Posted on 7/29/21 at 12:43 pm to cliffset21
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From the little research I have done, there was some “professional player” allegations on the team. Charges that the Smith brothers, Seip, Lally, Gandy & Doc Fenton where paid salaries to play football. Therefore, LSU will never recognize them as National Champions.
Thanks for the info. Odd that the NCAA is cool with them being champions but LSU is taking the high road.
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