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Let's have a look back at the BCS days (1998-2013)
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:21 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:21 am
Let's start with this; who is the most undeserving team to be crowned BCS Champions?
The Bama mulligan team?
The LSU team that lost 2 games...to Arkansas
& Kentucky ?
The Auburn team who were allowed to field a player who should clearly have been ruled inelligible according to NCAA rules at the time?
Also...this came as a little bit of a surprise to me given that the 2000s were glory years for them; but Auburn only had 3 BCS appearances. It's not so bad because 2 of the appearances were BCSNC games, but I'm surprised AU only made 1 non-championship BCS bowl (2005 Sugar Bowl). For comparison, W VA also made 3 BCS appearances, while Bama made 6 (and Bama was terrible the 1st half of the era).
Tenneee also only managed 2 appearances, despite having won the very first BCSNCCG.
The Bama mulligan team?
The LSU team that lost 2 games...to Arkansas
& Kentucky ? The Auburn team who were allowed to field a player who should clearly have been ruled inelligible according to NCAA rules at the time?
Also...this came as a little bit of a surprise to me given that the 2000s were glory years for them; but Auburn only had 3 BCS appearances. It's not so bad because 2 of the appearances were BCSNC games, but I'm surprised AU only made 1 non-championship BCS bowl (2005 Sugar Bowl). For comparison, W VA also made 3 BCS appearances, while Bama made 6 (and Bama was terrible the 1st half of the era).
Tenneee also only managed 2 appearances, despite having won the very first BCSNCCG.
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 8:22 am
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Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:28 am to GumpDyke
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The LSU team that lost 2 games...to Arkansas & Kentucky
Compared to other BCS title teams this was probably the worst one, but who else was deserving that year? Multiple teams had their shot and choked it away.
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For comparison, W VA also made 3 BCS appearances,
Meh, all of these came after VT and Miami left for the ACC.
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 8:32 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:31 am to GumpDyke
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The Auburn team who were allowed to field a player who should clearly have been ruled inelligible according to NCAA rules at the time?
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:31 am to GumpDyke
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The bama mulligan team
Hey don't forget the two that backed in to the championship
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:35 am to GumpDyke
They didn't win and got blown the frick out, but the least deserving team that got in the BCS title game was Oklahoma at the end of the 2004 season. The only reason they got in that game was that The Citadel backed out of their game with Auburn to play Oklahoma and the only replacement team Auburn could find on such short notice was Ball St. 
Be thankful, though, rest of the SEC, because after it happened and with the result of the game that year, no other SEC team got passed over in favor of someone else for the title game.
Be thankful, though, rest of the SEC, because after it happened and with the result of the game that year, no other SEC team got passed over in favor of someone else for the title game.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:38 am to DannyB
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the least deserving team that got in the BCS title game was Oklahoma
Agree
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:39 am to DannyB
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2004 season
Forever
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:40 am to DannyB
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The only reason they got in that game was that The Citadel backed out of their game with Auburn to play Oklahoma and the only replacement team Auburn could find on such short notice was Ball St.
That's a little backward. Bowling Green bought out its game with Auburn to play Oklahoma since the ADs were buddies. Auburn had to scramble to find someone and landed with Citadel.
Pretty big coincidence that AU and OK became the two teams vying for that #2 spot. The Citadel game gave the talking heads the excuse they needed to move Auburn down and put Oklahoma in, but we all know that even if Bowling Green had played Auburn then they would've put the Sooners in the title game anyway.
I was so salty during that season, but now I realize that someone would've been left out anyway. Would've been the perfect year for the playoff. USC vs Utah, Oklahoma vs Auburn. Although they may have taken Texas instead of Utah for that 4th spot.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:42 am to Tiger3048
I am getting old!! Screwed that whole thing up. My point still stands, though.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:47 am to auisssa
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Forever
CAMERON NEWTON, 28-27, biggest camback in Iron Bowl history, ATPB, The Lutzie
Got a second....KICK SIX
Right back at you, buddy!!!
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:55 am to GumpDyke
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The Auburn team who were allowed to field a player who should clearly have been ruled inelligible according to NCAA rules at the time?
Clearly.
You do realize the rule was changed after the fact, no? How many Saban recruiting rules have been established the same way?
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Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:00 am to GumpDyke
The worst teams to win were 2002 Ohio State and the Chris Leak Florida team. But the least deserving team was 2003 LSU. They lost 19-7 at home with their only score coming by a special teams TD to an 8-5 Florida team starting a true freshman QB. Compare that to USC who lost in triple OT to an Aaron Rodgers led Cal team on the road. USC had by far the more respectable loss. Plus their schedule was garbage that year. Their OOC schedule consisted of a 2-10 Arizona, 1-11 Louisiana Monroe and FCS team Western Illinois. The SEC West was down and the only teams they played with a pulse were Georgia 2x, Florida and Ole Miss. They were badly outplayed in two of those games (Florida at home, Georgia at home) and barely scraped by Ole Miss. USC was completely hosed that year.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:03 am to Bench McElroy
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They were badly outplayed
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Georgia at home)
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:15 am to DannyB
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the least deserving team that got in the BCS title game was Nebraska at the end of the 2001 season
Fixed that for you.
The BCS was such bullshite. The selection system was bullshite, the non championship bowls were bullshite, the computers were bullshite. 50 year from now college football fans will look back at pre-playoff national titles like we view pre-AP national titles.
What is crazy is despite how crappy the BCS was, it was better than what it replaced. I wasn't a fan then, but the old bowl system was even more bullshite because the top teams could dodge each other easily.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:17 am to Bench McElroy
yea, but....
frick you
frick you
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:20 am to Bench McElroy
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They were badly outplayed in two of those games (Florida at home, Georgia at home)
I like where your heads at, but in no way did we outplay them in the first meeting in 03. We were lucky to even be tied with 2 minutes left.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:23 am to GumpDyke
The one LSU shares with USC should really be on there.
Co champion just doesn't say "great" to most folks
USC and LSU are co champions
Co champion just doesn't say "great" to most folks
USC and LSU are co champions
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:26 am to GumpDyke
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The Auburn team who were allowed to field a player who should clearly have been ruled inelligible according to NCAA rules at the time?
Cam Newton, the gift that constantly has and will continue into perpetuity keep on giving.
Living rent-free in Bama cranial cavities forever and ever.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:29 am to Old Sarge
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The one LSU shares with USC should really be on there.
Co champion just doesn't say "great" to most folks
There weren't co champions, LSU is the national champion. Not sure why some people struggle so mightily with this. In 1998, all the conferences agreed to abide by the BCS system. There was a system in place that everyone had to play by. There were different spokes (polls and computers) that all made up the wheel of the BCS. The end result was the #1 and #2 teams in teh BCS playign for the national title. LSU won that title game, they are the national chapmions.
Let me ask you thi, if the Harris Poll or the Colley Matrix had crowned someone else a champ, would it be a co champion? Of course not, and it's the exact same scenario. The AP was simply one part that made up the BCS whole. Their vote was irrelevant, it was meaningless.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:31 am to craigbiggio
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Compared to other BCS title teams this was probably the worst one
Nah.
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