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El Compadre

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  1. 18 minutes ago, quigley said:

    I'm not defending the decision, but the trophy is only a totem to acknowledge the greatness of the 1974 team, which won the more widely recognized national championship and was clearly the dominant team that year. Unfortunately, AP national championship doesn't come with a tangible symbol.

     

    Here's the SRS for 1974 (I couldn't find Bill Connelly's 1974 write up). It shows OU's team a massive 5 points ahead of the #2 team (Alabama) and 7 points ahead of the UPI/Coaches poll winner (USC). 2008 Texas was still #3 in SRS and other advanced metrics (reference also below).

    https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1974-ratings.html

    https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2008-ratings.html

     

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