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

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Good lord so much wrong here. There were TWO polls at the time, the AP (Ohio St) and the Helms Athletic Foundation (Wisconsin).

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In fairness, many people (myself included) say polls when it is much more accurate to say selectors. I mispeak, this way, too.

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Buckeyes couldn't play in a bowl game because the B10 didn't allow members to at the time.

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I don't know about that, but the fact is still Georgia played in a bowl and the Buckeyes did not. While we played an extra game against a ranked team they did not.

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"The Dickinson" was Frank Dickinson and his personal math ranking, not a poll.

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Yes. Selector. I can't say if it was the more respected ranking or not. I don't know. I do know that we were consensus. Yes, some were done retroactively, but as I said earlier, sometimes that is a good thing. Some hyperbole and biases can be taken out of the equation. So, I have no problem with Georgia claiming 1942. I do honestly think it is legit, but I also understand that I am biased.

That said, nobody had much of a problem with 1942 until we won the last two years and quickly closed the gap on some rivals in titles.