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This is a really OLD bone to be picking but..
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This is a really OLD bone to be picking but..


Jan 27, 2017, 2:56 PM

in 1948 two teams went undefeated, Michigan and Clemson. Michigan did not go to a bowl due to conference rules at the time while Clemson went on to defeat Missouri(8-2) in the Gator Bowl. So Clemson played one more game that season than Michigan but came in second in the AP voting, primarily due to sportswriters of the time being largely based in the North and Northeast and biased against Southern schools.

So it SHOULD have been Clemson's third NC this year. Just sayin'.

Guess I'm giving a shout-out to the Undefeated Tigers of 1948!!!

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I agree. My Dad was on the '48 team - Gene Carson*******


Jan 27, 2017, 3:01 PM



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From Union?***


Jan 27, 2017, 3:22 PM



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We could claim it like Bama does


Jan 27, 2017, 3:02 PM

.

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Jan 27, 2017, 3:03 PM

Agreed!! However the national champion was crowned before bowl games back then. Better system now. It was kind of like giving out the heisman before the entire season is over.

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What!? That would be stupid.


Jan 28, 2017, 12:21 AM

How could you suggest such a thing?

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Re: This is a really OLD bone to be picking but..


Jan 27, 2017, 3:17 PM

A champion crowned before the bowl games is maybe the dumbest idea I've ever heard

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Clemson was ranked #11 in the final AP Poll in 1948


Jan 27, 2017, 3:17 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_college_football_season

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I don't think those ranking are the final rankings.


Jan 27, 2017, 4:19 PM

I believe they are the first rankings of the year.

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They are the final rankings


Jan 27, 2017, 4:21 PM

Clemson wasn't even ranked going into the 1948 season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Clemson_Tigers_football_team

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Interesting that it lists Auburn and Boston College as


Jan 28, 2017, 12:08 AM

rivalry games.

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Keep this info from the coots ... they'll drive their Dodge


Jan 27, 2017, 3:17 PM

Aspen's off a cliff if they find out Clemson has 3 Nattys

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Watch it pal. My first car was a 1978 Dodge Aspen.***


Jan 27, 2017, 3:34 PM



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We also had one. I can still hear the distinctive whine


Jan 27, 2017, 3:37 PM

of the starter on that thing !

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Jan 27, 2017, 3:41 PM



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Michigan beat 4 ranked teams, Clemson beat only 1.


Jan 27, 2017, 3:27 PM

The more things change, the more they stay the same !

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Bama would dang sure be claiming it...


Jan 27, 2017, 3:58 PM

as a National Championship.

As a side note, I believe Clemson did finish first in one poll in 1948.

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Re: This is a really OLD bone to be picking but..


Jan 27, 2017, 4:11 PM

I never could understand this one either. Argonaut1992 is correct that Michigan beat more ranked teams but how do you have a North Carolina team end up ranked 3 with 2 losses? Makes no sense... Same conference? Wow.

Clemson is the only team to finish 11-0. Only two teams finished undefeated, Michigan #1 and Clemson #11. And that IS the only reason Michigan has 3 titles and Clemson 2. Definitely should be reversed.

You are correct - things haven't changed much but thank goodness we have a true system now. No telling how many Clemson would have had with this current system.

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Re: This is a really OLD bone to be picking but..


Jan 27, 2017, 4:12 PM

My grandfather played on that team . Jack Brunson 48-52

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Check this out

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My Dad grew up in the Fants Grove area. He moved away


Jan 27, 2017, 4:29 PM

for a few years and then to Anderson. He started taking me to Clemson games in 1948 when I was 10.

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Jan 27, 2017, 5:51 PM

racist yankees

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Jan 27, 2017, 6:26 PM

The 48 team needs to get honored somehow.

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Many schools would claim that one. I, for one am glad that


Jan 27, 2017, 6:42 PM

both of ours are beyond question. For example, I think Bama and some others have cheapened their overall nattys by claiming some bogus ones.

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Jan 28, 2017, 12:24 AM

Didn't know this.

So we are 48 champs. No way around it in my mind .

Thanks

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Bama has eight or ten NCs due to stuff like that.


Jan 28, 2017, 6:35 AM

Clemson has more class than claim a NC unless it's declared by everyone.

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Absolutely! It bugs the #### out of me


Jan 28, 2017, 8:30 AM

when the media throws around that number of 16 for Alabama's National Championships. It's disrespectful to the teams that actually won the National Championship on the 7 or 8 that they claim with no true right.

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Agreed!!***


Jan 28, 2017, 7:19 AM



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No doubt.***


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Jan 28, 2017, 10:11 AM

In 15 more years, we will have more Natty's than Bama. :)

Suck it Bama.

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