Also Tideman09 Wikipedia shows us with 19..
Actually, 1941 was apparently a 1980s addition: http://blog.al.com/solomon/2010/01/got_12.html...we've ALWAYS claimed our titles. I'm not conceding that some of ours aren't justified or anything, but some are certainly up for public debate. However, we claimed them at the time, and we've always claimed them ever since. There are years that the NCAA recognizes that we named champs by some services that we don't claim.
But to 1)retroactively claim titles is ridiculous for anyone and everyone...
They didn't have to blow Michigan out; they only had to beat them. Which they did.Actually this is not that far fetched. Due to what happened in the orange bowl that night, auburn actually has a case, and had they blown out michigan like they should have in the sugar then even I would have begrudgingly given it to them..
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In general, I agree with your sentiments.I give Alabama historians credit for consistency - they refuse to claim the 1966 championship even though they feel that they deserved it simply because none of the groups that awarded championships at the time recognized Alabama as champions, nor do any current systems. For every other season in which Alabama accepts the claim of a national championship a major service selected Alabama as champion, either at the time or retroactively (Note - before 1936, they did not "crown" national champions or have national polls - those championships have all been awarded retroactively).
All that said, 1941 was a poll era season and none of the polls selected Alabama as national champions. Yes, the Houlgate formula said that Alabama was the best, but that Alabama team lost twice that season, and was shut out in both of those losses. It might not be inconsistent to claim that title, but it is still dubious. At least as dubious as these claims by Auburn, IMO.
Given what happened to Alabama in 1966 (racial politics trumped football that season), I have no problem with the 1941 claim, but claiming 1941 kinda means that you have to let other schools make their own claims and keep quiet about it.
We were on probation in 2009, too, so I wouldn't go there. Furthermore, OU won back-to-back in 74-75, and I know they were on probation at least one of those years.Aubarn was on probation in 1993 right? How can you claim a national title when you were on probation?