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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:00 am
by Gottahunt
Could someone confirm Ole Miss's schedule back when they claimed national championships? I've heard that the teams back then didn't play but 6 or 8 games or so. I've also heard (rumors most probably) that UM had a weak schedule in the late 50's and early 60's. In other words they didn't play anyone with a winning record and granted they had an above average coach (Vaught) with slightly above average talent. That's why they won games and excited Mississippian's emotions by waving the confederate flag, and seemed to be at national champion status.
I admit, I am a State alumni / fan and this story is easy for me to want to believe, but facts are facts. Is there any truth to the idea that UM lucked up and had an easy schedule with a slightly above average team and an over zealous support base that forced a national championship status on the team of that era?
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:15 am
by hillhunter
I don't know what their schedule was but i'm sure they were playing the LSUs and Alabamas of the day, which were great teams also.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:32 am
by Greenhead22
The fact is if they had played the other two teams involved in the NC run those 3 yrs they would've gotten smoked by at least 3 td's or more.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:46 am
by bigwater
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:21 am
by lower14
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:49 am
by BPT
http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/ScoresIndex.htm
Check out this site. Gives scores to every college game on record. Also gives the opponents records.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:55 am
by bigwater
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:06 pm
by Gottahunt
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:56 pm
by lower14
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:35 pm
by bigwater
they had to starve of outta vicksb... they couldn't take the city by force....
long live the south
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:47 pm
by RIP EM
FACT,.... Both of em "SUCKED" last year !
In a world of "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELYS",... I don't really give a rats booty, who won the NC in the 60's !
AND NEITHER SHOULD YA'LL !
!!!
I will say this,.... Croom will come closer than the big O !
I would say this again tomorrow,... if they swapped jobs tonight !
I'd just be rootin for O, if this happened !
Have at it !
Rip Em !
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:35 pm
by mudsucker
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:11 am
by bigwater
mudsucker you've spent to much time on your ship or gilligans island or wherever the hell you are...
check out the scores b/w um and lsu over the last decade...
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:01 am
by RIP EM
Yeahhhhh JOE,.... go shoot a snowgoose, or something !
Rip Em !
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:49 am
by Po Monkey Lounger
Yep, there was quite a little stretch in the last decade that UM fans referred to "Death Valley" in Redstick as "Vaught Hemingway South". We played better there than LSU did. For a while, the Rebs were thinking about giving up our home game every other year and just playing in BR every year.
As to the Tide and Bigwater's point that UM did not play them as much back in the 50s and 60s as MSU did, that was because the Bear was ducking Vaught.
He was sceeerrt.
