Their claim to 1973 is extraordinarily dubious

Their claim to 1973 is extraordinarily dubious
by ShermanOaksND (2018-12-13 12:00:03)

In reply to: Bama claims 1973 posted by jmdnd79

and yet technically defensible. 1973 was the final season in which the final coaches' poll (then done by UPI) was taken before the bowl games. Alabama was 11-0 and No. 1 at that time, so they got a trophy. AP, which had abandoned that outdated practice five years earlier, awarded ND the national championship, as did every other organization.

Alabama's claim to the 1973 championship is like Frank Burns getting the Purple Heart because he was wounded by shell fragments in a combat zone -- i.e., egg shell fragments in the mess tent. Where is Hawkeye to take away Alabama's trophy?

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I am pilfering that analogy. Well done. - Chuck84 2018-12-13 15:48:55
They don't claim '66, but they do claim '64, '65, and '73... - Scoop80 2018-12-13 12:43:20
- Before losing to us to seal the '73 National Championship, - Manor76 2018-12-13 19:05:10
  - "We don't own Alabama ... we just rent them from Texas" - ndhouston 2018-12-14 05:48:35
love the analogy... - joeyg 2018-12-13 12:16:47
Awesome analogy. I will borrow it for my Bama friends. * - jmdnd79 2018-12-13 12:08:43