I learned this from
Wikipedia yesterday:
While 1939 is the only national title that Texas A&M recognizes, retroactive polls have awarded Texas A&M national titles in 1917, 1919, and 1927. The 1917 team finished 8-0-0 and unscored upon, earning a retroactive national title by 1st-N-Goal and James Howell.[4] The 1919 team finished 10-0-0 and unscored upon, earning a retroactive national title by ten selectors, including the Billingsley Report and National Championship Foundation.[5]. The 1927 team finished 8-0-1, with a tie against TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, earning a retroactive national title by the Sagarin Rating and the Sagarin ELO-Chess.
I say A&M should go ahead and recognize those championships. Especially since USC has been
interloping on our 1939 glory since 2004.
USC now will recognize its 1939 football team as a national champion, giving the Trojan program 10 national titles in the sport, Trojan athletic director Mike Garrett announced.
This is actually one of the ad nauseum arguments on TexAgs (others include Stephen McGee vs. Jerrod Johnson, whether we should have to uncover during yells, and gray pants with maroon jerseys: cool, or Aggie heresy? ...No, I don't know why I keep reading TexAgs).
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