Southern College Football Team with Best History

[Tweed]

Not who's the best now, not who was the best in '70s, but who has the best history overall. Vote and discuss!

[QC]

1. Only one of those teams has 12 national championships.

Roll Tide!

[southlandshari]

2. Really?

Does Alabama really have 12 national football titles? Ugh. Auburn has ONE - and should have at least gotten to play for another last season.

Embarassing admission time. I just voted for Auburn in this poll and got electronically called out when a big message popped up saying "You've Already Voted in this Poll!!".

Oops. I guess I kinda knew I had already voted when I hit that button. I'm so ashamed!!

You know, even though I'm a HUGE Auburn fan, I have to admit that the football program at Alabama has an almost unparalleled history.

AND, I'm happy to say I really still dig you, QC, even in the face of the shocking discovery you are a Bama fan!
:o

[TacticalPeek]

5. USM 7 - Alabama 6

:evilgrin:

[Syrinx]

6. 34-5

;)

http://www.prideofthetide.com/all-timeUSM.htm

[Syrinx]

3. 'Bama, no doubt

The National Championships:

1925 10-0-0 Coach Wallace Wade
1926 9-0-1 Coach Wallace Wade
1930 10-0-0 Coach Frank Thomas
1934 10-0-0 Coach Frank Thomas
1941 9-2-0 Coach Frank Thomas
1961 11-0-0 Coach Paul Bryant
1964 10-1-0 Coach Paul Bryant
1965 9-1-1 Coach Paul Bryant
1973 11-1-0 Coach Paul Bryant
1978 11-1-0 Coach Paul Bryant
1979 12-0-0 Coach Paul Bryant
1992 13-0-0 Coach Gene Stallings

About damn time for another. :)

I'm off to see the A-Day game in a few minutes!

[Syrinx]

4. it was a nice crowd

I estimated about 30,000, but the newspaper says closer to 25,000.

Sadly, the hot dogs sucked, but the girl from Northside High that sold it to me was pretty. :)

I don't really know how to interpret these things, since we were facing off against ourselves. But generally speaking, the defense, I think, looked very good, and the frosh qb John Parker Wilson was pretty impressive. For a freshman.

[Lefty48197]

7. You forgot Ohio State

Ok, I guess "southern" is RELATIVE!

[quaoar]

8. Where's Vandy on that list?

I'm shocked. I'm outraged. I'm kidding.

[BamaLefty]

9. This Isn't Even A Contest

ALABAMA!

12 National Titles
21 SEC Championships (most in league)
Most Bowl Appearances and Wins In The Nation
The Best Damn College Football Coach In The History of College Football

And currently undefeated and ranked #6 in the nation!

Tradition speaks for itself. Roll Tide!

[Syrinx]

10. kind of makes you wonder doesn't it?

It's even a little insulting...

[BamaLefty]

11. Nah,

its just what happens when ignorance and jealousy collide. No way any other team should be in this list besides Bama. No frikkin way.

[Clark2008]

12. Sure there is - if you consider all history - which includes

both record and tradition. But men never consider those things.

That's why I voted for Tennessee. Best damn traditions in the South: running through the "T," the football players "walk" to the stadium before the game, Rocky Top, the General (who beat Bear all but one year), those bright day-glo oranges, the parties on the Strip - and we don't use toilet paper and Tide boxes to root for our team - although, last year, toilet paper might have sufficed.

:hi:

[Syrinx]

13. I hate that toilet paper thing

It would have been funny a time or two.

[Radical Activist]

14. Tennessee has the best song.

I love Rocky Top.