12 MNC Story

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THE 12 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP STORY


Once upon a time there was a mythical and extremely elusive national championship trophy which was awarded to the top football team throughout the land. So prestigious was this trophy, hereafter referred to as "IT", that "IT" was highly coveted by every team in the country.
Various teams can lay claim to winning "IT" at one time or another, but very few teams have been able to win "IT" multiple times. So mysterious and tempting is "IT's" allure, that teams will do anything to get their hands on "IT".


One of the greatest and most successful teams of all times regularly called upon their Deity for spiritual guidance and leadership in their quest to achieve "IT". They also invoked the ghosts of their past football glory days to spur them on to victory. Believe it or not, they even employed a leprechaun to conjure up old Irish magic spells in an effort to get "IT".





Numerous teams have been successful in capturing "IT" for a single year, but eventually, "IT" slipped from their grasp. Year after year, these teams engage in a renewed and vigorous struggle to win "IT" back.

There are two teams in a land called Florida that both won "IT" once, but ultimately they too ended up losing "IT". So strong is their desire to get "IT" back, that they physically fight with each other to prove who is best and most deserved.





One team that won "IT" once is so shameless in their attempt to get "IT" back, that they have resorted to using hillbilly hexes. They have created a cult following and all their members have started wearing pig hats on their heads in an attempt to hex their opponents. Their magic is so strong, that they have even managed to brainwash some famous people into wearing these pig hats and yelling SOOOUIE PIG during games to help them win "IT" again.






So much time has passed since one particular team won "IT", that they are beginning to think that Hell, or at least the campus, will freeze over before they win "IT" again.


Another team that won "IT" once, later discovered that they received more publicity and attention by showing off their dog, than they ever did from winning "IT".


In fact, this particular team has become so enamored with their prized dog, that they have practically abandoned their quest for "IT". Instead they have constructed their own trophy, which is a graven image unto their dog.






Regretfully, some lesser teams will never ever win "IT". These teams are forever relegated to strive towards winning only the most minor of trophies. However, these teams are so zealous in their celebrations whenever they win even the most insignificant trophy, that a person could easily be fooled into believing that they had won "IT" instead.





One team called Bammer deserves special mention as they were successful in legitimately capturing "IT" several times. Followers of this team were so elated and captivated with achieving "IT", that they actually erected a monument to their aged leader and practically worshiped the ground he walked on.


Alas, however, they soon became so obsessed with the allure of "IT", that "IT" became all they ever talked about. "IT" became like a cancer, which infected them and caused them to become delirious. Over time, they truly began to believe that they had more class and more tradition than everyone else. Astoundingly, they actually believe they are better than everybody else. All this, just because they have won "IT" several times. You might say that they have become extremely full of "IT"!




Ultimately, the Bammers became delusional in their desire to brag about "IT", and began to embellish their achievements. They bragged and exaggerated so much, that they actually began to believe that they had won "IT" 12 times, which is many more times than they had really won "IT". A check with the record books proves that their claims of extra "ITs" are just plain bull! Non Bammers commonly refer to this as just a bunch of Bammer Bull "ITs".

Anyway, delirium has now caused the Bammers to become self-righteous and stubborn in their belief that they have won "IT" 12 times. When challenged, they use their Bammer math to support these false claims.


So strong is Bammer's lust for obtaining "IT" once again, that a covetous attitude has permeated throughout their entire following. Several years have passed since they actually last won "IT", but year after year they proclaim to the world that they will win "IT" yet again. They have gotten a new leader, and now they claim that he will eventually lead them to "IT" again. Yes he will - when pigs fly!


Unfortunately for Bammers, and everyone else, there is only one team that can lay a legitimate claim to "IT" this year. This team won "IT", they deserve "IT", and they have the right to do whatever they darn well please with "IT".


And you had better believe that they are taking full advantage of every opportunity to spread "IT" on pretty thick until the end of football season.




THE END

 
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Don't forget the moral victory national championships they own. That puts them at about 25.
 
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I was reading one of the Florida boards the other day, and I realized if the refs weren't always being unfair to Florida, the Gators would be 675-0 with 65 National Championships.
 
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I don't get why so many fans are concerned with Alabama's MNCs. We claim 12. The NCAA says that we could claim as many as 17 (http://www.ncaafootball.net). Looking at our MNCs I only see one year that we should not claim, 1941. Just because there was no AP or UPI before 1936 does that mean that we cannot recognize the accomplishments of those players? Even if we threw out 1941 I think we should count 1966 since we were the only undefeated and untied team in the country. But they gave the MNC to Notre Dame who had tied and because of the political situation in the South at the time. So what years should we not count? What years were we the MNC?
 
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Originally posted by allvol@Oct 21, 2004 12:49 PM
Here's a good link to a list of National Champions through the years... NCAA Football National Champions

Good link. That site does correctly not list us as the 1941 MNC. Why we claim it I do not know. Also, we probably should not count 1973 even though UPI made us the MNC. But I will restate that we should have got 1966. Does Tennessee count all 5 listed on the site? I know USC decided to count one that they previously had not counted.
 
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?? :dunno:

It lists Southern Cal. as AP champs and Louisiana St. as ESPN/USA champs. You'll have to explain what is wrong with that.... unless LSU wants to give their trophy to USC?
 
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Originally posted by Rammer Jammer@Oct 21, 2004 3:45 PM
Does Tennessee count all 5 listed on the site?

When viewing team records, the first year that bowl games counted or actually had meaning regarding the National Championship was 1968.

The Tennessee press guide claims 2 NCAA Consensus National Championships:
1951, 10-0 (10-1 after bowl)

1998, 13-0

It also lists 4 others:
1938, 10-0 (11-0 after bowl), as selected by Dunkel, Litkenhous, Boand, Houlgate, and Poling; TCU (10-0, 11-0) won the AP.

1940, 10-0 (10-1 after bowl), as selected by Dunkel, and Williamson; Minnesota (8-0) won the AP and did not play in a bowl.

1950, 10-1 (11-1 after bowl), as selected by Dunkel, and DeVold; Oklahoma (10-0, 10-1) won the AP. Oklahoma lost to No. 7 Kentucky, coached by Bear Bryant, in the Sugar Bowl. No. 4 Tennessee defeated No. 3 Texas in the Cotton Bowl. ... No. 2 Army lost its annual rivalry game to Navy and did not play in a bowl... No. 5 California lost in the Rose Bowl.

1967, 9-1 (9-2 after bowl), as selected by Litkenhous; Southern Cal (9-1, 10-1) won the AP.

Other noteworthy seasons where fans probably made National Championship claims at one time:

1939, 10-0 (10-1 after bowl) It must also be noted that Tennessee was the last team in NCAA history to not give up a single point during a full regular season. Texas A&M (10-0, 11-0) won the AP. The Vols were undefeated during the regular season for 3 straight years (1938-40) under Gen. Neyland.

1956, 10-0 (10-1 after bowl) Johnny Majors led Tennessee to an SEC title and unbeaten regular season. He didn't win the Heisman, but the Vols' Bowden Wyatt was named Coach of the Year. Oklahoma (10-0) won the AP and did not play in a bowl.
 
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The SI Sports Almanac credits Bama with nine national championships:

1925 10-0,
1926 9-0-1, selected by the Helms Athletic Foundation
1961 11-0,
1964 10-1,
1965 9-1-1, selected by the AP
1973 10-1, selected by the UPI
1978 11-1, selected by the AP
1979 12-0,
1992 13-0,
 

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