re: Auburn May Add National Championships

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Them claiming 04 is very flawed for 1 simple reason. Why them over Oklahoma? We simply don't know what would have happened had Auburn played USC. USC could have destroyed them, maybe Auburn wins. If Auburn played and lost then OU would have finished undefeated and would be trying to claim it. You're penalizing OU for playing USC in the title game and losing and rewarding Auburn for getting left out and dodging having to play them. The 1993 claim suffers the exact same flaw. Auburn didn't have to play a very tough Florida team again in the SEC title game and then didn't have to play in the bowl game. You can't just claim a national title assuming you would have won both games. Those would have been 2 of the hardest games of the entire year and you're basically claiming them as W's without playing them.

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