re: Who's Georgia's biggest rival?

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1913-The Billingsley Report named Auburn posthumously National Champions while using a new metric...margin of victory. however, using their primary metrics the Billingsley Report named Chicago the National Champions.
By the way, Chicago played a much tougher schedule, and also went undefeated. If you can't understand the Northern bias in The Billingsley Report I can't help you. I guess we are to assume Ohio State played a tougher scheudle than bama this year as well.

1957-Legitimate. Auburn recognizes this one.

1983-Was not named national Champions by the UPI OR the AP Polls. Auburn was selected National Champion that season...assuming the AP or UPI has more merit is based on ignorance.

2004-Did not play in the national Championship game. USC was disqualified from the title for cheating, and Auburn fans want to claim it because they "might" have beaten Oklahoma. Auburn was also selected National Champion this season, IMO it shouldn't be counted since the formula for selecting a team had been agreed upon prior to the season. It still is a note worthy season, because Auburn did everything it could do to win a title. The error was in the system.

2010-Legitimate. The school recognizes this one.


The "weak" one you mentioned.(1993) You think? You were on probation for cheating. Yeah. Again Auburn was selected. I wouldn't claim 1993. However, it was selected and did everything a team could do that season to win the title. What we know about that season...Notre Dame, Florida State and Nebraska all lost a game...Auburn never lost and beat the same Florida opponent FSU played in a similar fashion.

It is also important to understand what Auburn did to be on probation. Similar infractions in our modern era result in a player losing a few games and coaches being fired. Teams are not put on probation for a player receiving benefits not connected to recruiting. In 1993 a non-probation Auburn would have been undefeated in the Sugar Bowl likely trouncing an undefeated WVU team while the other undefeated would have lost to one loss FSU in the Orange Bowl. It's unlikely that Auburn wouldn't have been awarded the poll selection you mentioned. ;)

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To be clear two polls being accepted as the standard doesn't mean the system wasn't broken. Even the NCAA knew it and that is why they don't recognize football champions but do list teams who were selected in specific years.

Sadly, it isn't much better now. The CFP may be an improvement on the Poll Era or the BCS Formula but a jackass can see the problems inherent in the system. In a perfect world a playoff should be defined by teams who earned the right to play in it...thanks to Notre Dame being conferenceless we have to create a system where human beings susceptible to bias pick the worthy contenders.