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Did you guys know that from 1926-2001 TN won more games than any other football team in the nation. Also TN is second all-time in home wins. I think we have some tradition. We are also 3rd in bowl appearances and 6th in bowl wins. We also have 6 national titles. Be proud of this program. We will be back.:rock:
 
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BigBadVol said:
Did you guys know that from 1926-2001 TN won more games than any other football team in the nation. Also TN is second all-time in home wins. I think we have some tradition. We are also 3rd in bowl appearances and 6th in bowl wins. We also have 6 national titles. Be proud of this program. We will be back.:rock:
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Weren't we second in bowl appearances until recently?
 
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"2001" that is the key stat in your post OP! From then on... mostly downhill....

Looking forward to CBJ taking us to the top again.
 
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BigBadVol said:
Did you guys know that from 1926-2001 TN won more games than any other football team in the nation. Also TN is second all-time in home wins. I think we have some tradition. We are also 3rd in bowl appearances and 6th in bowl wins. We also have 6 national titles. Be proud of this program. We will be back.:rock:
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The VOLS have been playin in the DUST BOWL for 10 long years...like some bad episode of the Twilight Zone...
Sick of it!!!

Everyone needs to get riled up!! The fear of the VOLS is about to be back!
(Just hope these yankees can pull it off...)

GO VOLS!!!
 
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BigBadVol said:
Did you guys know that from 1926-2001 TN won more games than any other football team in the nation. Also TN is second all-time in home wins. I think we have some tradition. We are also 3rd in bowl appearances and 6th in bowl wins. We also have 6 national titles. Be proud of this program. We will be back.:rock:
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I was with you until right there.
 
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Stassen.com is a great website to look at these types of things.

Since the General came to Knoxville and started as HC in 1926, the Vols are 4th in winning pct and 3rd in all time number of wins behind only Oklahoma and Alabama (passed us this year).

Someone mentioned "since 2001." Well, from 2002 to 2008 (Fulmer years) the Vols were 57-32 (64%) which was 23rd in the nation. Further, the Vols played in two SECCGs during that time. Since 2009, the Vols are 23-27 (46%) which would put them in the upper 70s in the nation.
 
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BigBadVol said:
Did you guys know that from 1926-2001 TN won more games than any other football team in the nation. Also TN is second all-time in home wins. I think we have some tradition. We are also 3rd in bowl appearances and 6th in bowl wins. We also have 6 national titles. Be proud of this program. We will be back.:rock:
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Cool stats bro :good!:
 
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BigBadVol said:
Did you guys know that from 1926-2001 TN won more games than any other football team in the nation. Also TN is second all-time in home wins. I think we have some tradition. We are also 3rd in bowl appearances and 6th in bowl wins. We also have 6 national titles. Be proud of this program. We will be back.:rock:
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Yep ! :hi: :rock:
 
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Georgia Tech is first in home wins only because they have been playing in their stadium longer.
 
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I wll return to analyze the legitimacy of the 1967 Vols' claim in another post. I will presume, for the sake of argument, however, that your rationale for refuting that team's claim is based on failure to be ranked 1st in either of the two major polls then active (AP and UPI). That is cetainly a defensible position. Let's apply that same standard, however, to Alabama!!!

Consider the following data:

"1925 — The 1925 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, coached by Wallace Wade, completed the regular season 9–0–0, winning the Southern Conference championship. . . . The 1925 Alabama football team finished the season with a 10–0–0 record and was selected national champions by the Football Annual, Billingsley, and the Helms Athletic Foundation."

"1926 — The 1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, coached by Wallace Wade, completed the regular season 9–0–0, winning the Southern Conference championship. Alabama was then invited to play Stanford in the January 1, 1927 Rose Bowl. Coach Wade's team tied the Indians 7–7 to finish the season 9–0–1. . . .The 1926 Alabama football team was selected national champions by Billingsley and the Helms Athletic Foundation."

"1930 — The 1930 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, coached by Wallace Wade, completed the regular season 9–0–0, winning the Southern Conference championship. Alabama was then invited to play Washington State in the January 1, 1931 Rose Bowl. Coach Wade's team defeated the Cougars 24–0 to finish the season 10–0–0. . . .The 1930 Alabama football team tied with Notre Dame as national champions in the Davis Poll."

"1934 — The 1934 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, coached by Frank Thomas, completed the regular season 9–0–0, winning the Southeastern Conference championship. Alabama was then invited to play Stanford in the January 1, 1935 Rose Bowl. Coach Thomas' team defeated the Indians 29–13 to finish the season 10–0–0. . . . The 1934 Alabama football team was selected national champions by Dunkel, Williamson, and Football Thesaurus" (Alabama Crimson Tide football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ).

As you well know, the Coaches' poll did not exist formally until 1950, when it was then known as the UPI poll (Coaches' Poll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ), and the AP Poll did not exist continuously until 1936 (AP Poll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). The period before then was the proverbial Wild West of college football. THERE WERE NO POLLS THEN, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF WE DON'T TAKE "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS" CONFERRED BY INDIVIDUAL ANALYSTS (EITHER CONCURRENTLY OR RETROACTIVELY) OR ENTITIES THAT DID NOT EVEN EXIST DURING THE SEASONS IN QUESTION!!!

By those criteria, four of those championships are bogus claims, irregardless of how strong those teams were. Four out of fourteen is roughly 28.57%, hardly the pristine status that you claim.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
I wll return to analyze the legitimacy of the 1967 Vols' claim in another post. I will presume, for the sake of argument, however, that your rationale for refuting that team's claim is based on failure to be ranked 1st in either of the two major polls then active (AP and UPI). That is cetainly a defensible position. Let's apply that same standard, however, to Alabama!!!

Consider the following data:

"1925 — The 1925 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, coached by Wallace Wade, completed the regular season 9–0–0, winning the Southern Conference championship. . . . The 1925 Alabama football team finished the season with a 10–0–0 record and was selected national champions by the Football Annual, Billingsley, and the Helms Athletic Foundation."

"1926 — The 1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, coached by Wallace Wade, completed the regular season 9–0–0, winning the Southern Conference championship. Alabama was then invited to play Stanford in the January 1, 1927 Rose Bowl. Coach Wade's team tied the Indians 7–7 to finish the season 9–0–1. . . .The 1926 Alabama football team was selected national champions by Billingsley and the Helms Athletic Foundation."

"1930 — The 1930 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, coached by Wallace Wade, completed the regular season 9–0–0, winning the Southern Conference championship. Alabama was then invited to play Washington State in the January 1, 1931 Rose Bowl. Coach Wade's team defeated the Cougars 24–0 to finish the season 10–0–0. . . .The 1930 Alabama football team tied with Notre Dame as national champions in the Davis Poll."

"1934 — The 1934 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, coached by Frank Thomas, completed the regular season 9–0–0, winning the Southeastern Conference championship. Alabama was then invited to play Stanford in the January 1, 1935 Rose Bowl. Coach Thomas' team defeated the Indians 29–13 to finish the season 10–0–0. . . . The 1934 Alabama football team was selected national champions by Dunkel, Williamson, and Football Thesaurus" (Alabama Crimson Tide football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ).

As you well know, the Coaches' poll did not exist formally until 1950, when it was then known as the UPI poll (Coaches' Poll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ), and the AP Poll did not exist continuously until 1936 (AP Poll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). The period before then was the proverbial Wild West of college football. THERE WERE NO POLLS THEN, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF WE DON'T TAKE "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS" CONFERRED BY INDIVIDUAL ANALYSTS (EITHER CONCURRENTLY OR RETROACTIVELY) OR ENTITIES THAT DID NOT EVEN EXIST DURING THE SEASONS IN QUESTION!!!

By those criteria, four of those championships are bogus claims, irregardless of how strong those teams were. Four out of fourteen is roughly 28.57%, hardly the pristine status that you claim.
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If you can only count AP or Coaches titles, you can eliminate Tennessee's claims to 38, 40, 50, and 67.
 
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bigbadvol said:
did you guys know that from 1926-2001 tn won more games than any other football team in the nation. Also tn is second all-time in home wins. I think we have some tradition. We are also 3rd in bowl appearances and 6th in bowl wins. We also have 6 national titles. Be proud of this program. We will be back.:rock:
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that's right!!!
 
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