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Maybe I should talk about how Auburn looked less than impressive in their bowl game against #9 Virginia Tech. I mean seriously, you expect us to believe you could've beat USC when you only beat VT by 3 pts.? I don't buy it. Didn't then, don't now.

More talented than USCw and would have shown if we had been more motivated.

The most glaring info below is the same reason USCw was gifted the title. Media spin. They had significantly more drafted players but they were just media spin guys. No real talent. Washed out of the league at a fast rate.

2004 Auburn vs USCw (Who was more talented?)
The hype machine consistently made USCw out to be a NFL minor league team, but was it more show than substance?
*Contributing Players who played in the NFL from 2004 rosters
Auburn-24 (Silas Daniels 9 year career in CFL and is still active but not included)
USCw-27
*Total NFL years Played Combine

Auburn-136 years
USCw-104 years
*Total Players Who Did Not Make it out of 3 year NFL Rookie Window
Auburn-5 players
USCw-14 players
*Total NFL Pro Bowls
Auburn-8 Pro Bowls (1 Rookie of the Year)
USCw-9 Pro Bowls
*Total Players Still Active in NFL
(Auburn was an older squad in 2004 having more players drafted earlier 2005-2006 than USCw eventually had more players drafted for the two rosters but Auburn still has more players from those teams in the NFL currently.)
Auburn-11 players
USCw-5 players
*Auburn OL vs USCw DL (O-line consisted of 5 that played D-line consisted of a 9 man rotation)
Auburn-19 years played in the NFL 2 pro bowl appearances and 2 players still active in the NFL
USCw-34 years played in the NFL 2 players still active
*Auburn DL vs USCw OL (O-line consisted of 5 that played D-line consisted of a 7 man rotation)
Auburn-31 years played in the NFL 4 pro bowl appearances and 4 players still active in the NFL
USCw-16 years played in the NFL 4 pro bowl appearance and 1 player still active in the NFL
*Auburn QB vs USCw QB
Jason Cambpell NFL carreer (Still Active)
Pass attempts 2,499
Pass completions 1,508
Percentage 60.3
TD–INT
87–60
Passing yards 16,697
QB rating
81.8
Matt Leinart NFL career
Pass attempts 641
Pass completions 366
Percentage 57.1
TD-INT
15-21
Passing yards 4,065
Passer rating
70.2

*Auburn Situational Back vs USCw Situational Back
(Though Brown proved to be an every down back in the NFL)
Ronnie Brown NFL carreer (Still Active)
Rushing yards
5,328
Rushing average 4.2
Rushing TDs
38
Receptions
241
Receiving yards
1,922
Receiving TDs
2

Reggie Bush NFL carreer (Still Active)
Rushing yards 5,168
Rushing average 4.3
Rushing TDs 33
Receiving yards 3,236
Receiving average 7.6
Receiving TDs 18

*Auburn Every Down Back vs USCw Every Down Back
(Though White proved to be situational in the NFL)
Carnell Williams NFL career (Injury Plagued Career: Only 3 of 7 seasons were not injury plagued allowing him to carry the ball more than 200 times each healthy season he had nearly a 5 ypc average.)
Rushing yards 4,038
Rushing average 3.8
Rushing TDs
21

LenDale White NFL career (Food Cost Him His Career after playing 4 full season)
Rushing yards
2,349

This post was edited on 9/4/14 at 8:54 pm