Sometimes I just don't understand.
- Thread starter TheBigDA
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Can I ask what you don't understand about the picture? I'm not trying to be a smart aleck I just don't understand your comment.
I agree with the number thing it's crazy!! A lot of those guys are starters or are expected to contribute but one guy plays offense and one plays defense. I don't think they should let guys duplicate numbers especially when it could limit them to not be able to play both guys on special teams or in a pinch if a guy had to swap from o to d. I wasn't born when the National Championships were won but I would be willing to bet if y'all had the same claim to them you would take them as well.
I agree that they really don't matter at this point 100%! But they are still there. There probably aren't many people that really even remember the details without reading about them and the biggest thing isn't what happened even last year it's what you do today.
MSU actually could make that claim for at least 1941 with a better argument than all but one of Ole Miss' and equal to that one. The difference is we didn't. And we didn't subsequently build a mythical "flagship" elitist personality based on bogus claims to national championships. I only took one year of psychology, and it was way back in high school, but I think that delusions of grandeur may fit. Since you are too young to remember,and apparently unable to research facts for yourself, just know that the rebels never finished first in the AP and they never actually played for a NC or even a MNC.
There are 100 available numbers and 115+ players on the roster. Even my 2 year old could have figured out that there would be duplicate numbers. Stop being a dubmass.
Which organization/publication named MSU national champs in '41? My "research" indicates there were multiple organizations/publications that named national champs back in the day but none ever chose MSU.
There really is no claim in 1941. We went 8-1-1 and finished 16th in the AP Poll. The claim is based on the idea that "Alabama claims it and we beat them so..." but claiming 1941 would be FAR more ridiculous than any that Ole Miss claims. Alabama's claim on 1941 is the most absurd in the entire country. We shouldn't become #2.
In 1940, though, we finished 10-0-1, and we could legitimately claim that one.
Don't get too worried. I was just making claims and I did NOT order a commemorative stadium wrap!
To be sure, Richie Brown, Michael Hodges, and
Mike Mordecai are simply three guys who coincidently wear the number 39 for the mighty Maroons.
Mike Mordecai are simply three guys who coincidently wear the number 39 for the mighty Maroons.