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Today marks the 80th anniversary of our National Title and SEC championship
1941.
We beat San Francisco on this day in 1941 to finish our historic season. Some people did something on December 7th to deter us from our Sugar Bowl appearance but because you can claim mythical national titles whether you won them or not in the old days- 1941 SEC champ/National Champs remains the gold standard of our program.
Happy 80th 1941 National Champs!!!
Walk like the King or walk like you don't care who the King is
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Doesn?t Bama count this year in their 35 or so titles?
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Originally Posted by
Dak Holliday
Doesn?t Bama count this year in their 35 or so titles?
We won the SEC and beat Bama. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor prevented us from accepting our rightful bowl game that Bama stole. Their claim is illegitimate
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How did Pearl Harbor affect us and not them?
I know we beat them, so I get our claim, but I?m not sure I?ve heard this entire story.
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Originally Posted by
Dak Holliday
How did Pearl Harbor affect us and not them?
I know we beat them, so I get our claim, but I?m not sure I?ve heard this entire story.
Pretty sure we were on the west and couldn't travel back home. Alabama went in our place. We truly have a snake bitten dead injun buried somewhere on our campus. Hopefully he is now fully decomposed and enough time as passed since we got our Natty in baseball this year.
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Not many people know this story and zero media douchebags do. It's historically significant to the school and the program.
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Originally Posted by
Dak Holliday
Doesn?t Bama count this year in their 35 or so titles?
Yes. A 2 loss Bama. Lost to
Us and Vanderbilt I believe. We were undefeated in the SEC and whipped Bamas ass in Tuscaloosa. I've always claimed 1941 as a National Championship for State.
BTW, Bama finished 3rd in the SEC that year.
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Originally Posted by
Dak Holliday
How did Pearl Harbor affect us and not them?
I know we beat them, so I get our claim, but I?m not sure I?ve heard this entire story.
The Pearl Harbor attack prevented our team from being able to travel back to Mississippi for almost 2 weeks. It took us forever to get back home and everything was I. Such disarray we didn’t even go bowling that season.
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With all the schools claiming titles from back in the day, why won't our admin claim this? Especially since the argument over Bama is so convincing?
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Originally Posted by
BeardoMSU
With all the schools claiming titles from back in the day, why won't our admin claim this? Especially since the argument over Bama is so convincing?
Because we're MSU and we don't want to be "embarrassed" by claiming a National Championship like Ole Miss. And Alabama in this case.
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HOOK,
TOO SHINEY YA ARE, BUDDY..."
"It is not courage to resist TUSK; It is courage to accept TUSK."
No.
Easy there buddy. Tusk is...well Tusk is Tusk. Tireddawg 12.20.17
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Originally Posted by
Bothrops
Not many people know this story and zero media douchebags do. It's historically significant to the school and the program.
A day which will live in infamy drowned us out. Sucks.
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Originally Posted by
Todd4State
Because we're MSU and we don't want to be "embarrassed" by claiming a National Championship like Ole Miss. And Alabama in this case.
The case for 1940 is even stronger since we were undefeated that year. But yes, the NCAA accepting UCF just making up that they were national champions a couple years ago should open the floodgates for anyone. Let's claim both.
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Originally Posted by
BeardoMSU
With all the schools claiming titles from back in the day, why won't our admin claim this? Especially since the argument over Bama is so convincing?
Minnesota was actually crowned national champion with what I believe was an undefeated season. It was their 5th national championship since 1934.
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Originally Posted by
Quaoarsking
The case for 1940 is even stronger since we were undefeated that year. But yes, the NCAA accepting UCF just making up that they were national champions a couple years ago should open the floodgates for anyone. Let's claim both.
Minnesota also was champion in 1940.
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Claim it! Everyone else does! We deserve it and earned it! Amen!
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Originally Posted by
Commercecomet24
Claim it! Everyone else does! We deserve it and earned it! Amen!
Exactly. There is zero reason not to.
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Can we get a banner showing Luftwaffe bombing Hawaii with a Belushi reference?
Last edited by OLJWales; 12-07-2021 at 01:10 PM.
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Originally Posted by
OLJWales
Can we get a banner showing Luftwaffe bombing Hawaii with a Belushi reference?
I approve
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We shouldn't claim it because everyone knows we didn't really win it; Minnesota did.
No serious Bama fan really claims 1941, either. But when you've won 100, it's easy to sneak one in and not have anyone notice. Personally, I'd be embarrassed if we tried to claim a 1941 national title. We finished 16th that year.
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