The Blue Board

I say we take it.

I kind of agree. I read somewhere that Auburn could make a legitimate claim to as many as nine national championships. As much fun as we make of the bammers for retroactively claiming titles, it's hard to argue with the success it's given them on the recruiting trail. I say we should just claim anything even remotely close to a championship, put banners all over Jordan-Hare, and give the finger to anybody who doesn't like it.

They added five in '83, actually.

just to be congruent with what EVERY other school claims.

bama was just counting major polls, then added pre AP poll undefeated Rose Bowl championship team (like every one does)

still shouldn't count 1941 but 13 of the 14 are legit.

if you want to look at a team that claims actual BS titles.....look at Michigan. They claim 8 out of 11 that were prior to the AP poll (7 of those 8 they didn't even bowl; and one of the "national titles" was a 5-0 season, yes a grand total of 5 wins). Also, UM claims 1947 national title but they didn't win the AP.

UM's history is complete BS

how many times has Auburn gone undefeated and won the Rose bowl before the AP poll was created?

Now I'm confused. So you can only claim a title if you go undefeated and win the Rose Bowl? Darn. I guess we're back to zero.

I simply stated a fact, bro. Relax.

You obviously don't know the history of the Rose Bowl during that time.

Nevermind the fact that Alabama celebrated those Rose Bowl victories as national titles the moment they were won, nevermind that. (there are numerous newspaper clippings of the day that proclaimed Bama national champs and the games the national championship), nevermind that there wasn't an AP poll during that time, nevermind that the Rose Bowl was the ONLY bowl (up until 1935, the Rose was the only bowl there was)

Right. Bama didn't claim titles that weren't major poll titles until 1983. Thing is, the reason Bama started doing it is because every other school did it. And the titles you are trying to deny are UNDEFEATED Rose Bowl Champion titles (the only bowl there was). Seriously?

Another example of retroactively claiming titles is here:

USC retroactively claimed the 1939 national title in 2004.

"It was brought to our attention by various individuals that we should be claiming the 1939 Trojans among our national champions in football," said Garrett. "We took this matter seriously, did significant research and determined this to be true. That 1939 team was one of the greatest in our history. In fact, its coach, the legendary Howard Jones, acknowledged as much when at the team banquet that year he said this squad was his finest ever at USC, at least in terms of depth."

Problem with USC now?

Except, not "every other school" did it.

How bout this: The 1913 and 1914 Auburn tigers went undefeated, outscoring their opponents 417-13. There was no Rose Bowl in either of those years. Why don't we claim these?