Bragging Rites
eBook - ePub

Bragging Rites

College Football's Disputed Titles

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Bragging Rites

College Football's Disputed Titles

About this book

Who is the best team in College Football? Sports fans  have argued this question for decades. Over 40 times in the last 90 years more than one team has claimed to be national champion, and for a quarter century the effort to create a definitive playoff has only further  fueled controversy. This book looks at the history and evolution of the selections of college football champions. It looks at every controversial split title – 43 of them – and lays out evidence to let the fans decide.  This combination of history, logic, statistical analysis and nearly 140 illustrations incorporate the author’s  fandom to create an entertaining look into “the greatest bar argument” in the United States. Along the way, it crafts a rich descriptive history of the players, coaches and innovators who created college football.

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Information

Publisher
TCU Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9780875659244

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Best Practices for Claiming a National Football Title
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. The Ultimate Sports Bar Argument
  10. 2. Picking National Champions: Creating the Era of Bowls and Polls
  11. 3. Split Consensus Major Selector Champions
  12. 4. Four Notable Dissents by the Football Writers Association of America
  13. 5. The Dissenting Title Claims
  14. 6. BCS: A Fix as Good as the Problem
  15. 7. The CFP: Fighting Over Pecking Order
  16. Appendix A: Claiming Championships: One Fan’s Take
  17. Appendix B: Consensus Major Selector Champions by Season
  18. Appendix C: A Note on Power Ratings
  19. Notes
  20. Index
  21. About the Author
  22. Back Cover