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1973 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE | 1973 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

steven-robert-travers's picture
Jan.06.2013
An unbeaten, untied season trumps a once-beaten or once-tied year. Victory in a bowl game is generally, although not always, worthier than a team that did not play in a bowl. This was a factor until 1966, the last year a national champion (Notre Dame) won the title without going to a bowl. It...