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Let's have a look back at the BCS days (1998-2013)
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:21 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:21 am
Let's start with this; who is the most undeserving team to be crowned BCS Champions?
The Bama mulligan team?
The LSU team that lost 2 games...to Arkansas
& Kentucky ?
The Auburn team who were allowed to field a player who should clearly have been ruled inelligible according to NCAA rules at the time?
Also...this came as a little bit of a surprise to me given that the 2000s were glory years for them; but Auburn only had 3 BCS appearances. It's not so bad because 2 of the appearances were BCSNC games, but I'm surprised AU only made 1 non-championship BCS bowl (2005 Sugar Bowl). For comparison, W VA also made 3 BCS appearances, while Bama made 6 (and Bama was terrible the 1st half of the era).
Tenneee also only managed 2 appearances, despite having won the very first BCSNCCG.
The Bama mulligan team?
The LSU team that lost 2 games...to Arkansas
& Kentucky ? The Auburn team who were allowed to field a player who should clearly have been ruled inelligible according to NCAA rules at the time?
Also...this came as a little bit of a surprise to me given that the 2000s were glory years for them; but Auburn only had 3 BCS appearances. It's not so bad because 2 of the appearances were BCSNC games, but I'm surprised AU only made 1 non-championship BCS bowl (2005 Sugar Bowl). For comparison, W VA also made 3 BCS appearances, while Bama made 6 (and Bama was terrible the 1st half of the era).
Tenneee also only managed 2 appearances, despite having won the very first BCSNCCG.
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 8:22 am
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Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:28 am to GumpDyke
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The LSU team that lost 2 games...to Arkansas & Kentucky
Compared to other BCS title teams this was probably the worst one, but who else was deserving that year? Multiple teams had their shot and choked it away.
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For comparison, W VA also made 3 BCS appearances,
Meh, all of these came after VT and Miami left for the ACC.
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 8:32 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:31 am to GumpDyke
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The Auburn team who were allowed to field a player who should clearly have been ruled inelligible according to NCAA rules at the time?
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:31 am to GumpDyke
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The bama mulligan team
Hey don't forget the two that backed in to the championship
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:35 am to GumpDyke
They didn't win and got blown the frick out, but the least deserving team that got in the BCS title game was Oklahoma at the end of the 2004 season. The only reason they got in that game was that The Citadel backed out of their game with Auburn to play Oklahoma and the only replacement team Auburn could find on such short notice was Ball St. 
Be thankful, though, rest of the SEC, because after it happened and with the result of the game that year, no other SEC team got passed over in favor of someone else for the title game.
Be thankful, though, rest of the SEC, because after it happened and with the result of the game that year, no other SEC team got passed over in favor of someone else for the title game.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:55 am to GumpDyke
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The Auburn team who were allowed to field a player who should clearly have been ruled inelligible according to NCAA rules at the time?
Clearly.
You do realize the rule was changed after the fact, no? How many Saban recruiting rules have been established the same way?
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 8:57 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:00 am to GumpDyke
The worst teams to win were 2002 Ohio State and the Chris Leak Florida team. But the least deserving team was 2003 LSU. They lost 19-7 at home with their only score coming by a special teams TD to an 8-5 Florida team starting a true freshman QB. Compare that to USC who lost in triple OT to an Aaron Rodgers led Cal team on the road. USC had by far the more respectable loss. Plus their schedule was garbage that year. Their OOC schedule consisted of a 2-10 Arizona, 1-11 Louisiana Monroe and FCS team Western Illinois. The SEC West was down and the only teams they played with a pulse were Georgia 2x, Florida and Ole Miss. They were badly outplayed in two of those games (Florida at home, Georgia at home) and barely scraped by Ole Miss. USC was completely hosed that year.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:23 am to GumpDyke
The one LSU shares with USC should really be on there.
Co champion just doesn't say "great" to most folks
USC and LSU are co champions
Co champion just doesn't say "great" to most folks
USC and LSU are co champions
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:26 am to GumpDyke
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The Auburn team who were allowed to field a player who should clearly have been ruled inelligible according to NCAA rules at the time?
Cam Newton, the gift that constantly has and will continue into perpetuity keep on giving.
Living rent-free in Bama cranial cavities forever and ever.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:38 am to GumpDyke
Meyer the greatest coach ever got robbed in 2004.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:56 am to GumpDyke
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who is the most undeserving team to be crowned BCS Champions?
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bama mulligan team
/thread
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:09 am to GumpDyke
Georgia being the only Big 6 member to not even make the title game. 
And we won the most BCS games.
And we won the most BCS games.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:54 am to GumpDyke
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who is the most undeserving team to be crowned BCS Champions?
Easy question.
2011 Bama.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:58 am to GumpDyke
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The Bama mulligan team?
The LSU team that lost 2 games...to Arkansas & Kentucky ?
The Auburn team who were allowed to field a player who should clearly have been ruled inelligible according to NCAA rules at the time?
If you must pick, LSU lost two games in OT, but they were to bad, bad teams.. LSU has always been lucky to get in the game. The one they got screwed in was the mulligan game. Bama was the best team, but should not have been given a Mulligan, so they get my vote.
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 11:00 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 11:07 am to GumpDyke
The BCS system was so incredibly stupid.
For the life of me, I cannot figure out how we all heard that computers were going to be 50% of the formula and said to ourselves "Well, that sounds like a great idea!" The computers rankings were absolute shite-shows.
For the life of me, I cannot figure out how we all heard that computers were going to be 50% of the formula and said to ourselves "Well, that sounds like a great idea!" The computers rankings were absolute shite-shows.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 11:11 am to GumpDyke
I wish you would've labeled the title accurately according to the contents of your message.
It would've looked closer to this: "Let's talk (read shite on) Auburn's days in the BCS with little to no mention of any other team"
It would've looked closer to this: "Let's talk (read shite on) Auburn's days in the BCS with little to no mention of any other team"
Posted on 4/10/15 at 11:27 am to GumpDyke
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Let's start with this; who is the most undeserving team to be crowned BCS Champions?
Most undeserving? 2011 Alabama.
LSU had a better record against better competition. In a playoff, Alabama likely would have had trouble with Oklahoma State.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 12:35 pm to GumpDyke
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Also...this came as a little bit of a surprise to me given that the 2000s were glory years for them
Guess you weren't around for the 80s quote:
Auburn only had 3 BCS appearances. It's not so bad because 2 of the appearances were BCSNC games, but I'm surprised AU only made 1 non-championship BCS bowl
Should have went to the Fiesta Bowl in 2006 instead of LSU, especially since we beat dat arse that year and had the same record. It's a popularity contest, not who's most deserving...figured you gumps would know that by now.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 2:06 pm to GumpDyke
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The Bama mulligan team?
The LSU team that lost 2 games to Arkansas & Kentucky?
The long and short of it is this, both teams had questionable paths to the championship game, but both teams actually won the game to take the championship. People seem to forget that the title wasn't simply awarded, it was won on the field.
Oklahoma was the real pretender of the BCS era - 4 appearances with a .250 record. That's the worst record for any team with more than 1 appearance.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 2:26 pm to GumpDyke
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the most undeserving team to be crowned BCS Champions?
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The Bama mulligan team?
People look at this debate from the wrong angle. LSU was a lock, they were in the game no matter what, so any debates btwn bama/lsu are completely irrelevant. The debate was who LSU would play, the the choices were either bama or osu.
Bama played a tougher schedule and their only loss was in OT to the best team in the country. OSU's was to a lousy iowa state. I can see why bama going is justifiable.
With that said, I woudl have personally rather seen OSU go, but it doesn't bend me out of shape that bama did go because they have a valid argument.
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