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<blockquote data-quote="stinger78" data-source="post: 975319" data-attributes="member: 6771"><p>Maybe not only trivia, but a couple of fun facts to know and tell as well as thoughts on the shift of power in college football.</p><p></p><p>Heisman's 1917 GA Tech MNC team was only the second southern school to be named national champs. LSU being the first in 1908.</p><p></p><p>TAMU shared a championship with Harvard, Illinois, and Notre Dame in 1919 to become the third.</p><p></p><p>Alabama became the fourth team with back-to-back championship trophies in 1925 and 1926. </p><p></p><p>Then GA Tech tied Bama at 2 each with the 1928 championship. Through 1929, southern schools with football trophies were: GA Tech/Alabama - 2 and LSU/TAMU - 1. The first 50 years of college football saw only 6 trophies for southern schools.</p><p></p><p>From 1930 through 1949, Alabama (1930), TCU (1938), and TAMU, (1939) were the only southern schools to win trophies (though UGAg claims one in 1942, it is not recognized by the NCAA). College football's top-shelf was most often comprised of teams from the Midwest (Big Ten plus ND), with teams from the east (Pitt, Army, etc.) and west coast school (USC and UCLA also making a statement or two). Only 3 trophies over the next 20 years - 9 over the first 70 years. </p><p></p><p>However, 1950 was the year that southern schools emerged in the MNC race. From 1950 through 1999 (50 seasons) trophies for southern schools were abundant with 32 MNC's:</p><p>Alabama (7)</p><p>Oklahoma (6)</p><p>Miami (4)</p><p>FSU (2)</p><p>Tennessee (2)</p><p>Texas (2)</p><p>Arkansas (1)</p><p>Auburn (1)</p><p>Clemson (1)</p><p>Florida (1)</p><p>Georgia (1)</p><p>GA Tech (1)</p><p>LSU (1)</p><p>Maryland (1)</p><p>Mississippi (1)</p><p></p><p>From 2000 onward (23 seasons), the MNC club has shifted to an almost exclusive club of southern schools with 20 total trophies:</p><p>Alabama (6)</p><p>LSU (3)</p><p>Clemson (2)</p><p>Florida (2)</p><p>Georgia (2)</p><p>Auburn (1)</p><p>FSU (1)</p><p>Miami (1)</p><p>Oklahoma (1)</p><p>Texas (1)</p><p></p><p>Only OSU (2) and USC (2) [with 2004 being stripped] have broken that iron-fisted hold on the MNC in the 21st century.</p><p></p><p>Whereas the first 70 years saw only 9 trophies in southern football trophy cases, the last 73 years have seen 52. Suh is the shift in the power core of college football over the years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stinger78, post: 975319, member: 6771"] Maybe not only trivia, but a couple of fun facts to know and tell as well as thoughts on the shift of power in college football. Heisman's 1917 GA Tech MNC team was only the second southern school to be named national champs. LSU being the first in 1908. TAMU shared a championship with Harvard, Illinois, and Notre Dame in 1919 to become the third. Alabama became the fourth team with back-to-back championship trophies in 1925 and 1926. Then GA Tech tied Bama at 2 each with the 1928 championship. Through 1929, southern schools with football trophies were: GA Tech/Alabama - 2 and LSU/TAMU - 1. The first 50 years of college football saw only 6 trophies for southern schools. From 1930 through 1949, Alabama (1930), TCU (1938), and TAMU, (1939) were the only southern schools to win trophies (though UGAg claims one in 1942, it is not recognized by the NCAA). College football's top-shelf was most often comprised of teams from the Midwest (Big Ten plus ND), with teams from the east (Pitt, Army, etc.) and west coast school (USC and UCLA also making a statement or two). Only 3 trophies over the next 20 years - 9 over the first 70 years. However, 1950 was the year that southern schools emerged in the MNC race. From 1950 through 1999 (50 seasons) trophies for southern schools were abundant with 32 MNC's: Alabama (7) Oklahoma (6) Miami (4) FSU (2) Tennessee (2) Texas (2) Arkansas (1) Auburn (1) Clemson (1) Florida (1) Georgia (1) GA Tech (1) LSU (1) Maryland (1) Mississippi (1) From 2000 onward (23 seasons), the MNC club has shifted to an almost exclusive club of southern schools with 20 total trophies: Alabama (6) LSU (3) Clemson (2) Florida (2) Georgia (2) Auburn (1) FSU (1) Miami (1) Oklahoma (1) Texas (1) Only OSU (2) and USC (2) [with 2004 being stripped] have broken that iron-fisted hold on the MNC in the 21st century. Whereas the first 70 years saw only 9 trophies in southern football trophy cases, the last 73 years have seen 52. Suh is the shift in the power core of college football over the years. [/QUOTE]
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