🏈 I read those players got a banner too! Will this Madness even end?

[TerryP]

They do have some credibility, as they are cited in numerous articles on ESPN, CBS and SI for some original content posted there.

@sk33tr, That's one of the reasons I don't refer to the site as a social news gathering site.

I've seen some things from their r/CFB and r/CBB Twitter accounts that were trolls. I have no doubt. I also suspect we get a lot of their moderator's input in some of these "awards." It's not a big deal to me if they choose to do it that way. I'm sure a lot find it entertaining.

 

[sean]

i just can't understand anyone giving their "national champions" claim ANY type of credibility; outside of that campus.

they say "We Want BAMA!" but do they really? i'd be more than happy for our guys to line up opposite their guys any day, any time, anywhere. their house, our house, the white house lawn...i mean, i don't care. i say let's get to it and find out. if they wanna run with the big dogs, then let's see what kind of teeth they have. they can certainly bark loud. but all bark and no bite is just puffin' out your chest simply for the image of looking big. just because you look big, doesn't mean you are.

BAMA h as proven to be the top program several times (5, as a matter of fact) since Coach Saban has taken over. but hell, they can't even keep a coach more than a few years before they're off for greener pastures.

but i say if they wanna try their luck, then let's have at it. let's set up a game, anywhere of their choosing, about 3 weeks before the season starts and let's see what's what.

 

[alagator]

i just can't understand anyone giving their "national champions" claim ANY type of credibility; outside of that campus.

It's just like Terry mentioned earlier. It's a major selector.


One reason UCF’s national title claim is actually valid (and it’s not the reason you think)
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Officially, Alabama’s your consensus champ, but UCF has as much of a claim as several Power 5 teams who claim titles.
By Jason Kirk Updated Jan 10, 2018, 8:58am EST

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UCF didn’t make the Playoff, yet went undefeated and beat Auburn in the Peach Bowl, giving it a transitive win over national champ Alabama. UCF declared itself national champ after beating Auburn, which is a totally college football thing to do and well within the bounds of college football history.

Those who wish to recognize the Knights as the season’s only actual champion (usually because they just don’t like Bama/the SEC/ESPN, but often because they’re UCF fans, unhappy with the Playoff, or just want to watch the world burn) usually turn to undefeated and transitive wins and it’s time to sue the Playoff, storm ESPN’s offices, and kidnap Big Al the elephant mascot.

But there’s something much simpler, for those so inclined.
Turn to page 108 of the NCAA’s football records. There you’ll see a list of “national champion major selectors.” These are national polls, computers, historians, and other rankings that the NCAA recognizes as contributing to the selection of national champs throughout the sport’s history.

That page is followed by a list of selector No. 1s for every season in football history. The records stop listing out each season’s computer No. 1s midway through the BCS era, though several are still listed as actively recognized selectors. Since 1950, the NCAA’s also given the major polls the power to award “consensus” titles, giving them prominence over the computers.

The NCAA doesn’t award an official FBS champ, so this is as close as it comes to sorting out claims.

(I used those selectors and other metrics to come up with a list of the actual consensus national champ for every season.)

UCF has a No. 1 in one of these.
The Colley Matrix, formerly a BCS computer, has UCF barely ahead of Alabama in its final ranking.

UCF’s title claim officially as valid as some P5 title claims

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Look....its driving some Bama fans crazy....don’t matter...who cares....
Being aroung Notre Dame fans.....the 73 claim by Bama drives them crazy....
I know we got the "before bowl" NC...but lost to them.....
2017 Bama is the college football National Champs...all but CF and A u fans recognize it...

 

[OldPlayer]

IMO, the best part of their claim for a national championship is that they had to pay their coaching staff bonuses for having a national championship, and they all left. Took the money and ran. :neener_neener:

 

[rick4bama]