re: Why is Auburn disliked so much more now than in the past?

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This is ironic considering Alabama won two titles on probation. I am certain you aren't very old, but in past years you wouldn't have been given the opportunity to win a title. Until the realized thanks to Auburn it was bad for business for the best team in the country to win all their games and nobody see them. You have to send teams who hadn't earned the chances to title games and bowl games and declare a national champion when the best team is sitting home. The slap the wrist policy went into effect after 1993.

Before anyone says anything about Auburn deserving the penalties. Remember everyone is cheating. The NCAA knows it, the schools know it, the coaches know it, the list is long. It was easy to make an example out of a school named after a town and not a state.

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Being on probation =/= being on a postseason ban.

Edit: And no, there is no "slap the wrist" policy because it just happened to Ohio State.