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Desperation

Postby FuckESPNdotCOM » January 12th, 2018, 8:00 am

When you claim national titles 80 years after the seasons they were played and claim completely bogus conference titles.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... ine-print/
Spoiler:
As regular readers might recall, A&M decided at some point in the offseason to make some additions to its "Wall of Champions," which suddenly boasts a pair of national championships (from 1919 and 1927) that the school had never claimed before, as well as two new conference championships from 1997 and 2010. The latter struck some observers as especially odd, because most of them can actually remember the 1997 and 2010 seasons, and the fact that Texas A&M didn't win the Big 12 in either one of them: the '97 Aggies won the South Division but were crushed in the Big 12 Championship Game by the eventual national champion, Nebraska. The 2010 Aggies didn't even play for the title after finishing in a three-way tie for first place in the division.
A&M's only legitimate claim to a conference crown in the Big 12 era came in 1998, when it won the South and upset No. 1 Kansas State in the championship game.
In response to the ridicule that followed, the university has now appended the words "South Division" below the '97 and '10 claims on the wall to signal to passersby that they don't actually count and should be ignored. A fan who noticed the change during Saturday's game against Texas Southern sent in photos of the fine print to the website Deadspin.
More egregiously, there are still no clarifications, asterisks or other qualifiers next to the claims of national championships in 1919 and 1927, when no such honor existed.

Also Auburn:
Auburn's Official Athletic Site wrote:The NCAA Record Book lists Auburn as National Champions in 2010, 1993, 1983, 1957 and 1913.

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-fo ... ition.html
And Minnesota claiming 1904.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... nal-title/
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Re: Desperation

Postby SmithsAUFan » January 13th, 2018, 7:24 pm

FuckESPNdotCOM wrote:When you claim national titles 80 years after the seasons they were played and claim completely bogus conference titles.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... ine-print/
Spoiler:
As regular readers might recall, A&M decided at some point in the offseason to make some additions to its "Wall of Champions," which suddenly boasts a pair of national championships (from 1919 and 1927) that the school had never claimed before, as well as two new conference championships from 1997 and 2010. The latter struck some observers as especially odd, because most of them can actually remember the 1997 and 2010 seasons, and the fact that Texas A&M didn't win the Big 12 in either one of them: the '97 Aggies won the South Division but were crushed in the Big 12 Championship Game by the eventual national champion, Nebraska. The 2010 Aggies didn't even play for the title after finishing in a three-way tie for first place in the division.
A&M's only legitimate claim to a conference crown in the Big 12 era came in 1998, when it won the South and upset No. 1 Kansas State in the championship game.
In response to the ridicule that followed, the university has now appended the words "South Division" below the '97 and '10 claims on the wall to signal to passersby that they don't actually count and should be ignored. A fan who noticed the change during Saturday's game against Texas Southern sent in photos of the fine print to the website Deadspin.
More egregiously, there are still no clarifications, asterisks or other qualifiers next to the claims of national championships in 1919 and 1927, when no such honor existed.

Also Auburn:
Auburn's Official Athletic Site wrote:The NCAA Record Book lists Auburn as National Champions in 2010, 1993, 1983, 1957 and 1913.

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-fo ... ition.html
And Minnesota claiming 1904.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... nal-title/


First off, Auburn fans claim 2 NCs. It is bama that claims more championships than years they played football.
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Re: Desperation

Postby Carr2Cooper » January 13th, 2018, 7:39 pm

SmithsAUFan wrote:
FuckESPNdotCOM wrote:When you claim national titles 80 years after the seasons they were played and claim completely bogus conference titles.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... ine-print/
Spoiler:
As regular readers might recall, A&M decided at some point in the offseason to make some additions to its "Wall of Champions," which suddenly boasts a pair of national championships (from 1919 and 1927) that the school had never claimed before, as well as two new conference championships from 1997 and 2010. The latter struck some observers as especially odd, because most of them can actually remember the 1997 and 2010 seasons, and the fact that Texas A&M didn't win the Big 12 in either one of them: the '97 Aggies won the South Division but were crushed in the Big 12 Championship Game by the eventual national champion, Nebraska. The 2010 Aggies didn't even play for the title after finishing in a three-way tie for first place in the division.
A&M's only legitimate claim to a conference crown in the Big 12 era came in 1998, when it won the South and upset No. 1 Kansas State in the championship game.
In response to the ridicule that followed, the university has now appended the words "South Division" below the '97 and '10 claims on the wall to signal to passersby that they don't actually count and should be ignored. A fan who noticed the change during Saturday's game against Texas Southern sent in photos of the fine print to the website Deadspin.
More egregiously, there are still no clarifications, asterisks or other qualifiers next to the claims of national championships in 1919 and 1927, when no such honor existed.

Also Auburn:
Auburn's Official Athletic Site wrote:The NCAA Record Book lists Auburn as National Champions in 2010, 1993, 1983, 1957 and 1913.

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-fo ... ition.html
And Minnesota claiming 1904.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... nal-title/


First off, Auburn fans claim 2 NCs. It is bama that claims more championships than years they played football.


Lost to Duke in a bowl game? Better claim a NC because some dude in his basement said they were the best!!!

Auburn fans do like to claim 93 though
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Re: Desperation

Postby Citronauts_Knights » January 13th, 2018, 8:25 pm

I'm just here to claim this thread for :ucf
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Re: Desperation

Postby FuckESPNdotCOM » January 13th, 2018, 8:57 pm

SmithsAUFan wrote:
FuckESPNdotCOM wrote:When you claim national titles 80 years after the seasons they were played and claim completely bogus conference titles.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... ine-print/
Spoiler:
As regular readers might recall, A&M decided at some point in the offseason to make some additions to its "Wall of Champions," which suddenly boasts a pair of national championships (from 1919 and 1927) that the school had never claimed before, as well as two new conference championships from 1997 and 2010. The latter struck some observers as especially odd, because most of them can actually remember the 1997 and 2010 seasons, and the fact that Texas A&M didn't win the Big 12 in either one of them: the '97 Aggies won the South Division but were crushed in the Big 12 Championship Game by the eventual national champion, Nebraska. The 2010 Aggies didn't even play for the title after finishing in a three-way tie for first place in the division.
A&M's only legitimate claim to a conference crown in the Big 12 era came in 1998, when it won the South and upset No. 1 Kansas State in the championship game.
In response to the ridicule that followed, the university has now appended the words "South Division" below the '97 and '10 claims on the wall to signal to passersby that they don't actually count and should be ignored. A fan who noticed the change during Saturday's game against Texas Southern sent in photos of the fine print to the website Deadspin.
More egregiously, there are still no clarifications, asterisks or other qualifiers next to the claims of national championships in 1919 and 1927, when no such honor existed.

Also Auburn:
Auburn's Official Athletic Site wrote:The NCAA Record Book lists Auburn as National Champions in 2010, 1993, 1983, 1957 and 1913.

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-fo ... ition.html
And Minnesota claiming 1904.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... nal-title/


First off, Auburn fans claim 2 NCs. It is bama that claims more championships than years they played football.

It was mainly about ATM being fucking desperate. I knew they were bad, but holy shit, claiming unearned CONFERENCE titles? Ass-To-Mouth is the only school desperate enough to do that and later add fine print so they're not outright lying.

I do get a kick out of Alabama claiming the year that they lost twice and finished #20. It's a bit worse than Auburn listing a year they were under sanctions and didn't play in the SECCG or bowl season.
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Re: Desperation

Postby Eye_of_Horus » January 15th, 2018, 1:20 am

You left out the Washington Fuskies and their "1960 Claimed Championship."
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Re: Desperation

Postby FuckESPNdotCOM » May 9th, 2018, 5:13 am

Scott Frost doesn't even consider UCF national champions of 2017.
http://www.cbssports.com/college-footba ... he-stayed/
I think the funniest thing is that there are stupid UCF fans out there that think they're actually national champions.
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