re: Who's Georgia's biggest rival?

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Dude. Your fans try to claim titles when you finished ranked #3! Years when you were on probation for cheating.

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Polls are beauty contest...even the BCS formula and now the CFP is a beauty contest to some degree. Being ranked #3 doesn't mean you don't have a claim on #1 some seasons.

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Please explain how you claim a title when you finished ranked #3, or you didn't play in the title game. Auburn fans have reduced themselves down to UCF levels, and you can't even claim superiority to them.

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I have said multiple times...I do not claim them. However, in 1983, 1993, even in 2004 and 2010 Auburn has been selected National Champions. What that tells us about each season is Auburn's on the field performance was good enough to be in consideration. Finishing ranked #3 doesn't change the on the field performance. Case in point we finished #2 in 2013, but due to the system in place no selector would choose Auburn based on what happened on the field. IMO the same is true of 2004 even though we were selected champion by a selector. 1983 and 1993 are different the play on the field and the system in place is based on human opinion and politics. One poll isn't any more worthy than another no matter how much anyone suggests that it is. In 1983 the title for some selectors awarded to Miami the crown simply because of the value the Orange Bowl brought to the media outlets that season. In 1983 a blind assessment of team records would have given either Nebraska or Auburn the title 100% of the time. If you punished teams for late season loses over early season loses as was the custom of the time, then 100% of the time Auburn would win the title.

Again the point of it all isn't to claim those titles, but to pretend as if in 1983, 1993, 2004 and 2010 Auburn's on the field performance wasn't worthy of championship consideration is to neglect that selectors actually chose Auburn champions those seasons. Since 1980 what selectors judged a season for uga as championship worthy? Maybe you finally realize the point when you figure out that answer.