re: Many schools have been gypped out of national titles, but 1983 Auburn was one of the worst

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Osborne could've won the title had he elected to tie the game with an XP.

Nebraska was considered so good that year that part of the reason Miami was voted champ is because they beat a team many considered unbeatable. There was talk about that Nebraska team the way USC was talked about going into the 2005 season and during the season as well.

Texas did beat Auburn fairly handily as they were leading 20-0 at. halftime, but statistically, it was fairly close and probably turned on two ints by the Auburn QB as Texas had 0 turnovers in the game.

Definitely a case for Auburn.

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In the era Nebraska and Oklahoma had one game a year, against one another, that would be considered a game against anyone that was anything better than average. In 1983 Nebraska's regular season opponents winning % was .507. The best 3 teams they beat in the regular season had a record of 24-12-1. They had a 4 week stretch before the Oklahoma game against opponents with 16-28-1 records. There loss to Miami wasn't as unexpected as it was made out to be...they had played a weal schedule against teams that also played a weak schedule, as was the case for both Nebraska and Oklahoma in that era. Nebraska's recent results are indicative of what they would have always been had they played in a conference that had better than average competition...