Ole Miss and National Championships......(Football)

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Postby Gottahunt » Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:00 am

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?
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Postby hillhunter » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:15 am

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.
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Postby Greenhead22 » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:32 am

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.
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Postby bigwater » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:46 am

"Ya ever work beef Billy?"
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Postby BPT » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:49 am

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.
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Postby bigwater » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:55 am

"Ya ever work beef Billy?"
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Postby Gottahunt » Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:06 pm

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Postby bigwater » Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:35 pm

they had to starve of outta vicksb... they couldn't take the city by force....

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Postby RIP EM » Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:47 pm

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 ! :roll: :D :lol: :lol: :lol: !!!

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 !

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Postby mudsucker » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:35 pm

SOOOOOooo.... LSU owned them then as they do now!! :P :P 8) :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Postby bigwater » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:11 am

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...
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Postby RIP EM » Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:01 am

Yeahhhhh JOE,.... go shoot a snowgoose, or something !

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Postby Po Monkey Lounger » Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:49 am

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. :lol: :lol:

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. :lol: He was sceeerrt. :wink:
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