Phil C
11-27-2007, 05:23 PM
USC claimed it because they claimed they had the tougher schedule and were voted NC by the Dickinson poll (which disbanned in 1940) I hope to discredit USC and show why the Aggies were NC in 1939.
The Aggies had a perfect 11 - 0 including bowl game in 1939 while USC had an 8-0-2 record including the bowl game. That means the Aggies won all of its' games that year while USC had two ties. One tie was with a game 3 winner Oregon at 7 to 7.
A&M had ten game regular season record while USC played nine games during the regular season. USC played 6 teams that had losing records. That is correct. 66.67% of its schedule while the Aggies played 6 teams out of ten that had WINNING records for a percentage of 60% of its' schedule being winning teams. So it means that only 40% of the Aggies schedule consisted of losing teams during the regular season compared to 66.67% to USC. So much for the tougher schedule argument. In fact one of the Aggies victories was against Santa Clara (7-3) who had powerful teams during that era.
Besides the main poll at the time (the Associated Press) the Aggies had 9 other polls that elected them NC while USC only had the Dickinson Poll which as pointed disbanned in 1940. In fact 2 polls elected Cornell as NC but Cornell never claimed it but they would have more of a right that USC.
Also how did the two teams do in subsequent years? Well the Aggies went on to win 19 straight games and were 9 - 1 in 1940 losing only to UT 7 to 0. And in 1941 the Aggies went 9-2 losing to UT and Alabama in the Cotton Bowl. During those two years USC went 3-4-2 and 2-6-1.
What it is is that USC is trying to pad it's NCs to tie and beat Notre Dame in number of NCs but they really aren't fooling anyone. I am a Horn but the Aggies are the NCs in football in 1939 based on the system back then.
The Aggies had a perfect 11 - 0 including bowl game in 1939 while USC had an 8-0-2 record including the bowl game. That means the Aggies won all of its' games that year while USC had two ties. One tie was with a game 3 winner Oregon at 7 to 7.
A&M had ten game regular season record while USC played nine games during the regular season. USC played 6 teams that had losing records. That is correct. 66.67% of its schedule while the Aggies played 6 teams out of ten that had WINNING records for a percentage of 60% of its' schedule being winning teams. So it means that only 40% of the Aggies schedule consisted of losing teams during the regular season compared to 66.67% to USC. So much for the tougher schedule argument. In fact one of the Aggies victories was against Santa Clara (7-3) who had powerful teams during that era.
Besides the main poll at the time (the Associated Press) the Aggies had 9 other polls that elected them NC while USC only had the Dickinson Poll which as pointed disbanned in 1940. In fact 2 polls elected Cornell as NC but Cornell never claimed it but they would have more of a right that USC.
Also how did the two teams do in subsequent years? Well the Aggies went on to win 19 straight games and were 9 - 1 in 1940 losing only to UT 7 to 0. And in 1941 the Aggies went 9-2 losing to UT and Alabama in the Cotton Bowl. During those two years USC went 3-4-2 and 2-6-1.
What it is is that USC is trying to pad it's NCs to tie and beat Notre Dame in number of NCs but they really aren't fooling anyone. I am a Horn but the Aggies are the NCs in football in 1939 based on the system back then.