After reading yet another enviously inferior blog discrediting Alabama's past accomplishments by yet another enviously inferior Alabama-Tech fan (no surprise), I've come to the conclusion that if little man's syndrome was a crime, Opelika, as a whole, would be deserted population wise, simply because all of their Wire Road inhabitants would've been sentenced to death long ago

Dear Mrs. War Eagle Atlanta,

After reading your enlightening poem moronically proclaiming Alabama's 12 National Championships are a joke, I certainly hope that you, or your children who are potential tPolyTECHnic Institute of Alabama students, will at least receive a free class credit or degree for this monumental discovery!

Not to intentionally piss on your parade (which I'm sure another rodeo is in the works), but perhaps I should enlighten you with all the facts on why Alabama can rightfully claim the championships that they do. Oh, and you may want to stick around because I'll fill you in on some of APIs' flaws as well.

So where to begin?

First and foremost, why the hell is a Barnie so concerned with ANOTHER TEAM'S LEGITIMATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS? Were you born yesterday? Folks, this is a PRIME EXAMPLE of little man's syndrome at its finest! Like I said, I surely hope you did in fact receive a free class credit from The Alabama PolyTECHnic Institute for at least giving the rest of the dysfunctional backwoods, Opelika Barnie fan base something to chatter about, because we all know they enjoy talking more about Alabama, the fatherly institute, more than they do themselves: Alabama-Tech.

I have a few FACTS for you that you may find enjoyable. I was also kind enough to provide you with facts from your very own delusional program:

Illegitimate? Isn't that how you guys go about claiming legitimate "SEC" titles. It's hilarious hearing a FAN of a team who only has half of one question the credibility of another team's titles. Then again, Barnies have a strong record of taking every futile stab at Alabama, just to bring them down to their level. Once again they fall flat on their face at yet another failed attempt!


To begin, in case you didn't know, prior to the AP/UPI title era, the Rose Bowl was deemed the heavyweight bowl and the winner was considered "Champions of the Universe." This is why whomever was believed to be THE TOP TWO TEAMS IN THE NATION were invited, and the winner was deemed NATIONAL CHAMPIONS of that particular season by AMERICA. Why do you think EVERY SINGLE TEAM WHO WON THE ROSE BOWL PRIOR TO THE DEBUT OF THE AP AND UPI TITLE CLAIMED CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THE SEASONS OF WHICH THEY WON A ROSE BOWL? If you have such a problem with ALABAMA, then maybe you should also center your concerns around EVERY OTHER TEAM that rightfully recognizes themselves as “national champions” of the years they won the Rose Bowl prior to the AP and UPI era. Why do you think the history of the Rose Bowl is cherished so deeply? Why do you think all winners during that time period were deemed NATIONAL CHAMPIONS those years? Why? SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT’S HOW CHAMPIONS WERE DECIDED BACK THEN! Polls weren't the deciding factor until the AP/UPI debuted, the deciding factor was THE TEAM THAT WON THE ROSE BOWL. Drop the act of envy, hatred, and jealousy and think for just a brief moment: Do you HONESTLY think PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES just claims outright illegitimate titles, just for the hell of it?

Here’s a detailed list of our claimed national championships and why we claim them:

1925: Rose Bowl 10-0

1926: Rose Bowl 9-0-1 (Tie game with Stanford giving BOTH TEAMS a share of the claim)

1930: Rose Bowl 10-0-0

1934: Rose Bowl 10-0

1961: AP/UPI

1964: AP/UPI

1965: AP

1973: UPI

1978: AP

1979: AP

1992: AP

If you have a problem with the AP/UPI selecting us as champions during seasons of which we had one loss, or lost our bowl game, then write the AP/UPI association and when they realize you're a Barnie, they'll simply laugh their heads off. Keep in mind there were MANY, MANY, MANY teams who had more losses, yet still finished ahead of other teams during this era. I'm also sure 20 years from now, Louisiana-Tech fans will bicker about LSUs' 2007 title, seeing how they had two losses and still finished ahead of the teams that defeated them. Or even their 2003 title when they had one loss and USC had zero losses!

Logic vs. Logic:

And here’s a detailed list of all our titles of which WE WERE SELECTED BY OTHER VOTERS, but didn’t claim because we WEREN’T SELECTED BY THE MAIN POLLS (AP/UPI), which were the BCS polls of that time period. Take a VERY CLOSE look at these, sir:

1936: Alabama finishes the season 8-0-1, but didn't claim a National Title because we finished the season ranked 4th in the AP/UPI.

1937: Alabama finishes the season 9-1, losing to USC in the Rose Bowl and ending the season ranked 4th in the AP/UPI.

1945: Alabama finished the season 10-0, blowing out USC in the Rose Bowl, but didn't claim a title because we finished the season ranked number 2, behind number 1, Army. Some argue that the 1945 team may have been Bama's greatest of all time. The bias officially comes into affect once again!

1962: Alabama finished the season 10-1 with a Orange Bowl victory over Oklahoma, but didn't claim a title because we finished the season ranked fifth in AP/UPI.

1966 (See the new novel, "The Missing Ring"): The most controversial season in all of collegiate football. This is where the Northern/Western States' bias towards the Southern States plays yet another huge roll in college football. Alabama was aiming for their third straight National Championship season. Ending the previous season ranked number 1, Alabama was questionably preseason ranked "3rd" in 1966. In the other major poll, the AP poll, Alabama started the season ranked first, but was questionable moved to third at the season's end?!?!?! At the season's end, we finished undefeated, destroying Nebraska in the Orange Bowl 34-7. However, first ranked Notre Dame and second ranked Michigan State intentionally played to a 10-10 tie in their final game against each other (which wasn't even a bowl game). Instead of Alabama moving to first place, we were oddly held at third. The Southern nation always felt (and some still do) that this was done intentionally to keep a Southern team from winning their third consecutive title. In addition, a quick review of the results from BAMA's '66 season shows a team that by far outclassed all of the competition it faced. Bama manhandled every opponent only giving up a total of 37 points all season long while shutting out the 7 of the 11 of the opponents they played. Fortunately, at least one well known individual of that time also felt that BAMA was a deserving team that year. Vince Lombardi , after winning the Super Bowl, was asked if the Packers had removed all doubt as to who was the best football team in the world. Lombardi replied, "Well, I don't know. We haven't played Alabama yet!!"

1974: Alabama finished the season ranked fifth in AP/UPI, as well as lost their bowl game against Notre Dame.

1975: Alabama finished the season 11-1 with a 13-6 victory over Penn State in the Sugar Bowl, but did not claim a title because they finished the season ranked third in AP/UPI.

1977: Alabama finished the season ranked 11-1 with a 35-6 Sugar Bowl victory over Ohio State, but did not claim a title because we finished the season ranked second in AP/UPI.


Proud API Accomplishments:


1957: The only legit title they have. Despite the fact that they finished the regular season 10-0, while on probation, they finished that season ranked number 1 in the AP poll. But allow me ask you this: If Alabama can't claim championships because they lost their bowl games, why is it API can claim this one when THEY DIDN'T EVEN PLAY IN A BOWL GAME THAT YEAR? And to answer, it's because prior to the 1980s, bowl games were considered "exhibition games" and the AP/UPI selected their champions AFTER the last game of the regular season was played.

1983: API’s only loss was to the Texas Longhorns, but they did in fact defeat Michigan in the Sugar Bowl. But they didn't claim a title because they finished that season ranked third behind Miami and Nebraska. If they say they deserve the title this year, then so does Alabama for the 1975, 1977 seasons in which we finished 11-1 with a Sugar Bowl victory as well, but did not claim the title because we didn't finish that season ranked first in the country. Not to mention the 1966 Sugar Bowl victory in which we finished the season undefeated with a Sugar Bowl victory, but was denied the title because we finished third.

1993: API finished the season "undefeated." However, they did not compete in the SEC Championship or bowl game. They finished the season ranked "fourth, " but shouldn't have been considered in the rankings due to it being unfair to the other teams that they did not play in a bowl game while the others did. That's like when Alabama finished undefeated in the regular season in 1994 (which was the very next season), but lost to Florida in the SEC Championship game by ONE point. In another words, after blowing out OSU in the bowl game, we could say we were one point away from a perfect season. Since this is the case, we finished fourth in 1994, winning all of our regular season games. Therefore, we should "claim" the 1994 season as an "undefeated" season as well!

I'll mention 2004, though nobody voted them champions, other than the Opelika/Awbarn Farmer's Market poll. API did in fact finish the season undefeated. But a lackluster performance against a Mike Shula led, NCAA and injury beleaguered Alabama team who limped into the game with six starters out on offense, and had a third string quarterback taking the snaps; cheating to defeat Nick Saban’s LSU squad by 1 point; barely defeating Virginia Tech by 3 points; and needless to say THE SAME Alabama Tech team WAS SMASHED by the SAME USC TEAM in the two years prior to 2004, closed that case. Seriously, who throws a National Championship parade and orders National Championship rings for a team that didn't even play for the BCS title?

Also, l've noticed API’s claimed SEC West titles when they didn't even play in the championship games because of tie-breakers.

What about their six SEC titles - Prior to 1992, the first year in which the SEC Championship game was played?

1988: They shared a title with LSU, but LSU finished the season WITH MORE SEC WINS THAN API!

1989: They shared a title with Alabama, WHO HAD MORE SEC wins than they did.

Continue living in a world full of misinformation and Alabama fans, such as myself, will continue laughing at your incompetence.

It must suck living in a world where your cross state superior casts a dark, unbearable shadow over you, doesn’t it? Continue AUbsessing over The University of Alabama, because when your “precious streak” comes to an end, you’ll have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Maybe then you guys can come up with a theory that we never played a game at all during that time period! Maybe you guys can theorize we paid the NCAA to recognize us for victories during the black and white ages. Hell, you may even say UA’s flagship was never introduced until the 1980s!!

Typical Barnie logic for you…