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Greatest College football team of all time…
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:32 pm
1899 Sewanee Football.. Sewanee was one of the first college football powers of the South and the 1899 team was one of its best. The 1899 Tigers won 12 games and lost none, outscored opponents 322–10, and won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) title.
With just 18 players, the team known as the "Iron Men" embarked on a ten-day, 2,500 mile train trip, where they played five games in six days. Sewanee had five shutout wins over Texas (in Austin), Texas A&M (in Houston), Tulane (in New Orleans), LSU (in Baton Rouge), and Ole Miss (in Memphis). Sportswriter Grantland Rice called the group "the most durable football team I ever saw."[2] The road trip is recalled memorably with the Biblical allusion "...and on the seventh day they rested."
With just 18 players, the team known as the "Iron Men" embarked on a ten-day, 2,500 mile train trip, where they played five games in six days. Sewanee had five shutout wins over Texas (in Austin), Texas A&M (in Houston), Tulane (in New Orleans), LSU (in Baton Rouge), and Ole Miss (in Memphis). Sportswriter Grantland Rice called the group "the most durable football team I ever saw."[2] The road trip is recalled memorably with the Biblical allusion "...and on the seventh day they rested."
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Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:03 pm to BigDickRick16
incoming
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:06 pm to BigDickRick16
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:09 pm to North Dallas Tiger
I refuse to believe the best team of all time was led by coach O.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:14 pm to PoundTheRock
quote:It was led by Joseph Burrow.
I refuse to believe the best team of all time was led by coach O.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:14 pm to PoundTheRock
2019 LSU team was indeed special.
However, the GOAT team should have a great coach worthy of leading such a team.
The real GOAT team actually had the GOAT HC. Plus, this team had 3 players who could have won the Heisman that year. Just better by a definite slight margin.
"Unrivaled"
However, the GOAT team should have a great coach worthy of leading such a team.
The real GOAT team actually had the GOAT HC. Plus, this team had 3 players who could have won the Heisman that year. Just better by a definite slight margin.
"Unrivaled"
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:14 pm to armtackledawg
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:15 pm to PoundTheRock
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I refuse to believe the best team of all time was led by coach O.
Life comes at you fast
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:26 pm to theballguy
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The real GOAT team actually had the GOAT HC. Plus, this team had 3 players who could have won the Heisman that year. Just better by a definite slight margin. "Unrivaled"
Yes, the team that played away games where capacity was at 1/8th of regular crowds should be called the greatest team of all time. Lmao what a joke
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:28 pm to FireDanMullen
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Yes, the team that played away games where capacity was at 1/8th of regular crowds should be called the greatest team of all time. Lmao what a joke
Don’t forget about girl kickers and 5 win playoff teams.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:32 pm to AnchorDownTho
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Don’t forget about girl kickers and 5 win playoff teams.
Oh yeah, who could forget beating a 7 win team for the national championship.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:45 pm to PoundTheRock
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I refuse to believe the best team of all time was led by coach O.
Wouldn't them being led by Coach O only further confirm just how great of a team 2019 LSU was?
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:47 pm to PoundTheRock
quote:That team was so loaded it wouldn’t matter if O drank beer and ate crawfish all game
refuse to believe the best team of all time was led by coach O.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:48 pm to BigDickRick16
Think they regret leaving the SEC?
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:49 pm to North Dallas Tiger
Everyone agrees it was 2005 national championship UT vs USC Rose Bowl.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:51 pm to VYForever
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Everyone agrees it was 2005 national championship UT vs USC Rose Bowl.
quote:Oh shite! What up, Vince?!
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Man, you played a heck of a ball game to win it all that day - probably the best National Championship game I've seen in my lifetime.
By the way, is Mack Brown as cool as everyone says he is?
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Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:52 pm to VYForever
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Everyone agrees it was 2005 national championship UT vs USC Rose Bowl.
I don’t agree
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:54 pm to BigDickRick16
1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers
- Averaged over 53 points per game on offense while allowing just over 14 points per game on defense.
- Defeated four teams that finished in the AP Top 10 by an average score of 49-18.
- Their closest game was a 14 point win over Washington State; their next closest was a 23 point win over #7 Colorado.
- They defeated #2 Florida in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl by the score of 62-24 to win the national championship. Florida had likewise been dominant that year, with their closest games being 11 point victories over #7 Auburn and #6 Florida State.
- Averaged over 53 points per game on offense while allowing just over 14 points per game on defense.
- Defeated four teams that finished in the AP Top 10 by an average score of 49-18.
- Their closest game was a 14 point win over Washington State; their next closest was a 23 point win over #7 Colorado.
- They defeated #2 Florida in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl by the score of 62-24 to win the national championship. Florida had likewise been dominant that year, with their closest games being 11 point victories over #7 Auburn and #6 Florida State.
This post was edited on 10/11/24 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 10/11/24 at 1:59 pm to VYForever
I guess if you are a homosexual. Austin and Southern California ain’t nothing butt. A lot of locker room frolicking, I’m sure.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 2:07 pm to BigDickRick16
Either them or the 1905 University of Chicago Maroons.
Perfect 11-0
Outscored opponents 271-5 during the season. Every game but Indiana was a shutout.
The played the first game of the century against the 1905 Michigan Wolverines, who came into the game undefeated at 12-0 having outscored their opponents 495-0.
Chicago won 2-0 as Denny Clark of Michigan was dropped for a safety after muffing a punt and then trying to return it from the endzone. Michigan had a 56 game winning streak snapped in the loss.
The various papers were so vicious about Clark's performance that he transferred away from Michigan and apparently never got over his mistake.
Perfect 11-0
Outscored opponents 271-5 during the season. Every game but Indiana was a shutout.
The played the first game of the century against the 1905 Michigan Wolverines, who came into the game undefeated at 12-0 having outscored their opponents 495-0.
Chicago won 2-0 as Denny Clark of Michigan was dropped for a safety after muffing a punt and then trying to return it from the endzone. Michigan had a 56 game winning streak snapped in the loss.
The various papers were so vicious about Clark's performance that he transferred away from Michigan and apparently never got over his mistake.
This post was edited on 10/11/24 at 2:08 pm
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