Oh boy, here we go. Retroactive? 70+ years later? Just no. That's really ridiculous, as you can't see but a handful of games on TV, so you have to go off of box scores and newspaper articles. How many people are even alive that saw a significant portion of the season? No thanks.
And this is somehow different from us claiming 1941 (and some others for that matter) in the mid-1980s?Oh boy, here we go. Retroactive? 70+ years later? Just no. That's really ridiculous, as you can't see but a handful of games on TV, so you have to go off of box scores and newspaper articles. How many people are even alive that saw a significant portion of the season? No thanks.
One key difference - the time span elapsed. In 1985, most who had experienced the 1941 season and would be likely to remember the details were still alive. How many people who were old enough to really experience the 1945 season at the time are still with us? How many of those still have solid memories? Sadly, the greatest generation is all but gone. Their children are busy rewriting history.And this is somehow different from us claiming 1941 (and some others for that matter) in the mid-1980s?
It was a brilliant move by Wayne Atchison, groundbreaking, and one that has my full supportAnd this is somehow different from us claiming 1941 (and some others for that matter) in the mid-1980s?
Oh and I doubt anyone saw them on TV since it was sporadic but nobody saw any team ever before the first telecast in 1939.
Yes on Blanchard and DavisWasn't the 1945 Army team the one with Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis (Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside)? One of the most famous Army teams of all time and oh by the way, they had just saved the world.
I love the story of our 1945 team that clobbered USC in the Rose Bowl (the last non Big Ten/Pac Ten team to play in the Rose Bowl until the BCS era). But Army deserves that title.
Sorry, but the Marines on the ground, and the Navy at sea were the first team starters against Japan.Army was really good and coming off huge wins over Germany and Japan, but not sure they would have taken Bama
Yeah and the Marines had it 3x harder than the Army ever did against Germany.Sorry, but the Marines on the ground, and the Navy at sea were the first team starters against Japan.
Yeah and the Marines had it 3x harder than the Army ever did against Germany.
That's exactly what I'm referring to. Nowhere in my post does it say the marines had it hard against Germany. I was just implying Japan.Not to take this thread any further off the rails, but what do you mean? From what I recall, the Marine Corps was very sparingly used in the European theater. I thought that a vast majority of U.S. casualties in Europe were from the Army and Army Air Corps.
(Agreed on Pacific though.)
The Army actually had more men on the ground in the Pacific theater...(ducks)Sorry, but the Marines on the ground, and the Navy at sea were the first team starters against Japan.
Gotcha. Misread your post and was confused.That's exactly what I'm referring to. Nowhere in my post does it say the marines had it hard against Germany. I was just implying Japan.