STILLWATER, Okla. -- An executive with the American Football Coaches Association said Monday that Army will likely share the 1945 national title with Oklahoma State.Last week, the AFCA retroactively named Oklahoma State, then known as Oklahoma A&M, its 1945 champion. A committee headed by former AFCA executive director Grant Teaff made the decision.The association said several schools requested that it establish a group of coaches to select winners from 1922, when the association was founded, to 1949, the year before its coaches poll was first published. Gary Darnell, the AFCAs associate executive director, said Army met the associations criteria for 1945, and the academy plans to send in the necessary paperwork to claim its title for that year and two other years it qualifies for, though Darnell didnt specify which years.Darnell said he has spoken with officials from Army, and the program is fine with being 1945 co-champions.When youre dealing with the West Points (Army), their fans are our leaders, he said. Theyre going to see it, and theyre going to embrace the opportunity to be co-champs, or just to be recognized.Army and Oklahoma State were the only schools that met the AFCAs criteria for 1945. Army was The Associated Press champion that year . Oklahoma A&M finished No. 5.The AFCA consulted the Billingsley Encyclopedia of College Football to help decide who qualified. Darnell said there is a lone qualifier for all but about seven of those years from 1922 to 1949, and its up to the schools to file the paperwork and claim their championships. In those years where its unclear, Darnell said the committee will narrow the field.Darnell said the AFCA took the 18-month process seriously before naming Oklahoma State its first retroactive champion.How can a bunch of guys just get together and vote for say, this one as opposed to this one? Darnell said. How do a bunch of people get together and decide which four teams are going to play in the playoff? Its no different. At some point, you make a decision. You ingest as many facts as you can, and make a decision and try to be as fair and honest as you can with it.---Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter: (at)CliffBruntAPCheap Custom Oilers Jersey . LOUIS -- Mike Smith is used to facing plenty of shots, so this was nothing new. Custom Oilers T-shirts . The 29-year-old from Port Colborne, Ont., has nothing but good things to say about former U.S. marine Liz (Girlrilla) Carmouche ahead of their co-main event Wednesday on the UFCs "Fight for the Troops" televised card in Fort Campbell, Ky. http://www.customoilersjersey.com/custom-al-hamilton-jersey-large-71r.html .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Custom Oilers Jersey China . On Mar. 16, coming off a "fight of the year" performance at UFC 154 the previous November, St-Pierre faced Nick Diaz at UFC 158 in what would be his eighth defence of the welterweight title. Using his superior athleticism, St-Pierre cruised to a five round, unanimous decision victory setting up a much-anticipated title defence against number one contender Johny Hendricks. Custom Al Hamilton Jersey . He said Tuesday thats a big reason why he is now the new coach of the Tennessee Titans. Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night.ESTERO, Fla. -- Damyean Dotson scored 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Danrad Knowles added 16 points and five boards as Houston ran away from South Dakota in the second half for an 85-58 win in the Gulf Coast Showcase.The Cougars advanced to Wednesdays championship game against Vermont, an 87-73 winner over Hofstra on Tuesday night. South Dakota will take on Hofstra for the third-place game Tuesday.Houston (3-0) led 13-2 eight minutes into the game and never trailed. The Coyotes closed to 35-30 onn a jumper by Tyler Flack, but the Cougars scored twice before the half and led by nine at the break.ddddddddddddDotson was 4-for-8 shooting from the 3, and Wes Vanbeck, who had 10 points off Houstons bench, was 2 for 3 from distance.Matt Mooney and Flack each scored 13 points for South Dakota (5-1). The Coyotes shot 9.5 percent from 3-point range, making just 2 of 21 attempts. ' ' '