1929, 1947, 1949 and 1953 also are missing

by Sherman Oaks, California, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 08:10 (5796 days ago) @ PMan
edited by Sherman Oaks, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 08:13

Odd that those teams are absent, while 1931, 1932 and 1938 made the list.

The omission of the 1953 team and the inclusion of 1953 Maryland rankles me considerably. ND should count 1953 among its national championships. We ended the regular season No. 2 and won at Oklahoma, the team that beat No. 1 Maryland in that year's Orange Bowl.

I also was surprised that the 1972 Southern Cal team missed the list. Their overall schedule wasn't that onerous, but they were particularly dominant, beating ND 45-23 and OSU 42-17 in the Rose Bowl (pulling away in the second half of close games in both). Many USC faithful consider that team their best of all time, better than the 2004 team.