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<blockquote data-quote="GTRX7" data-source="post: 96661" data-attributes="member: 1045"><p>To be fair, there is a ridiculous amount of disagreement regarding who won the national championship in most years, because there is no one single recognized arbiter. The Wiki on the subject does a pretty good summary: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" target="_blank">LINK</a></p><p></p><p>That said, nothing about the statement in the article regarding Tech makes sense. First, the article says our national championship was in 1928, which is before the AP was ranking national champions (started in '36). So, the author is not relying on that metric. Second, Georgia Tech appears to have been unanimous in 1917, so I am not sure why we aren't given credit for that.</p><p></p><p>According to Wiki, Georgia Tech has been named national champion by at least one "major selector" in 6 years (UGA 5).</p><p></p><p>Tech claims four of them (1917, 1928, 1952, 1990). UGA claims up to five in certain publications, though only two in others.</p><p></p><p>College Football Data Warehouse tried to break all the mess down and award one "recognized champion" for each year (though two in some years like 1990). </p><p>They give Pitt 9, Tech 4, and UGA 2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTRX7, post: 96661, member: 1045"] To be fair, there is a ridiculous amount of disagreement regarding who won the national championship in most years, because there is no one single recognized arbiter. The Wiki on the subject does a pretty good summary: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS']LINK[/URL] That said, nothing about the statement in the article regarding Tech makes sense. First, the article says our national championship was in 1928, which is before the AP was ranking national champions (started in '36). So, the author is not relying on that metric. Second, Georgia Tech appears to have been unanimous in 1917, so I am not sure why we aren't given credit for that. According to Wiki, Georgia Tech has been named national champion by at least one "major selector" in 6 years (UGA 5). Tech claims four of them (1917, 1928, 1952, 1990). UGA claims up to five in certain publications, though only two in others. College Football Data Warehouse tried to break all the mess down and award one "recognized champion" for each year (though two in some years like 1990). They give Pitt 9, Tech 4, and UGA 2. [/QUOTE]
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