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Did Jimbo Fisher just take a recent sample of some Costa Rican crack to say this?
Posted on 9/22/23 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 9/22/23 at 12:57 pm
Fisher, trying to cozy up and sniff some of Hugh Freeze's behind, says Auburn was "cheated" out of winning the 1983 national championship.
Guess what? I actually agree with him -- and I don't do drugs -- and I hate Auburn.
When the bowl games of 1983 had been played:
-- #1 Nebraska lost to #5 Miami in the Orange
-- #2 Texas lost to #7 Georgia in the Cotton
-- #3 AUBURN defeated #8 Michigan in the Sugar
-- #4 Illinois lost to unranked UCLA in the Rose
Logic and common sense would tell you that....
-- Nebraska would not be #1 any longer
-- Texas would not be #1 at all
-- Illinois would not be #1 at all
-- Auburn, being the highest-ranked WINNER, would move into the #1 spot. But, nooooo.......
-- Miami leap-frogged over Auburn from the #5 spot and dropped a turd-bomb on them while doing so and was moved into the #1 position by the voters and named national champions.
Jimbo Fisher has a very good point here. No Costa Rican crack in use here.
ETA: Auburn had the toughest schedule in the nation, too, in 1983.
Guess what? I actually agree with him -- and I don't do drugs -- and I hate Auburn.
When the bowl games of 1983 had been played:
-- #1 Nebraska lost to #5 Miami in the Orange
-- #2 Texas lost to #7 Georgia in the Cotton
-- #3 AUBURN defeated #8 Michigan in the Sugar
-- #4 Illinois lost to unranked UCLA in the Rose
Logic and common sense would tell you that....
-- Nebraska would not be #1 any longer
-- Texas would not be #1 at all
-- Illinois would not be #1 at all
-- Auburn, being the highest-ranked WINNER, would move into the #1 spot. But, nooooo.......
-- Miami leap-frogged over Auburn from the #5 spot and dropped a turd-bomb on them while doing so and was moved into the #1 position by the voters and named national champions.
Jimbo Fisher has a very good point here. No Costa Rican crack in use here.
ETA: Auburn had the toughest schedule in the nation, too, in 1983.
This post was edited on 9/22/23 at 1:03 pm
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Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:05 pm to JetDawg
I don't know how that comes up in a conversation or how they got on that topic but I agree. 1983 Auburn was better than Miami. That Miami team was the one that put them on the map but they were not a powerhouse who just dominated ppl. They got hot and just kept winning games, but nothing spectacular. That being said they jumped to #1 from 5 because they beat 1983 Nebraska a team that has been forgotten but is one of the greatest of all time. They underestimated Miami in the Orange bowl. They had no business losing to them.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:06 pm to JetDawg
Let's also add that Florida spanked Miami 28-3 that year, and Auburn beat Florida.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:09 pm to JetDawg
If you want to make a case for Auburn getting fricked both 1993 & 2004 would make better cases than 1983.
With that said we all know Bilbo Boomhauer Aggins ain't that bright
With that said we all know Bilbo Boomhauer Aggins ain't that bright
Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:14 pm to JetDawg
Plus, Miami only won because Tom Osborne had the stones (or stupidity) to go for two when a tie would have locked in the #1 ranking.
It's not like Miami really "won" that Orange Bowl. Nebraska lost it.
It's not like Miami really "won" that Orange Bowl. Nebraska lost it.
This post was edited on 9/22/23 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:18 pm to bigDgator
it was a mess at the top
Auburn beat Georgia
Georgia beat Texas
Texas beat Auburn
Auburn heat Florida
Florida beat Miami
Miami beat Nebraska
all had 1 loss I believe..
Miami did receive 47 1st place votes
Auburn got 7
So for whatever reason.. it wasn’t all that close in their minds.
Auburn beat Georgia
Georgia beat Texas
Texas beat Auburn
Auburn heat Florida
Florida beat Miami
Miami beat Nebraska
all had 1 loss I believe..
Miami did receive 47 1st place votes
Auburn got 7
So for whatever reason.. it wasn’t all that close in their minds.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:23 pm to BigBro
Nebraska would have won had they just kicked the extra point.. decided to go for it.. and finished 2nd
Texas would have won if they hadn’t muffed a punt in the 4th quarter with 5 minutes left to go.. that was returned for a TD to make it 10-9 (final)
Interesting season for sure.
Texas would have won if they hadn’t muffed a punt in the 4th quarter with 5 minutes left to go.. that was returned for a TD to make it 10-9 (final)
Interesting season for sure.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:31 pm to BigBro
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Interesting season for sure.
I was 15 at the time but remember it as a year that didn't have one team except Nebraska that dominated. The rest were a bunch of good teams that were pretty equal. I do remember most of the media going on and on about that Nebraska team was the run away #1 team in the country and that Nebraska's second string was #2. Looking back at their schedule they beat up on a bunch of bad teams. I guess they set the tone with a blowout of #4 Penn State
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Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:37 pm to JetDawg
His remarks were pretty interesting. Starts at the 30 minute mark. Auburn beats 7 Top 20 teams that year.
It was a good trip down memory lane. He talked about Lionel James and dropped some Dan Marino fun facts.
The George Blanda thing was really crazy. As Jimbo said, I remember the guy as a punter but he threw 36 tds as a QB in 1961, a record that lasted until Marino broke the record in 1984. That record was broken by Peyton Manning several decades later.
Auburn was screwed in 1983
It was a good trip down memory lane. He talked about Lionel James and dropped some Dan Marino fun facts.
The George Blanda thing was really crazy. As Jimbo said, I remember the guy as a punter but he threw 36 tds as a QB in 1961, a record that lasted until Marino broke the record in 1984. That record was broken by Peyton Manning several decades later.
Auburn was screwed in 1983
This post was edited on 9/22/23 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:47 pm to Pimphand
1993 Auburn didn’t play in the SEC Championship or in a bowl game due to probation. In the era of post bowl championships, it’s hard to reward a team for skipping the likely toughest games of the season.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:54 pm to Decker
PimpHand is an idiot, and he is not even funny or ironic despite his efforts.
2004 featured an undefeated USC that held the #1 spot every week of the year. That USC squad humiliated #2 Oklahoma in the bowl game.
Auburn hung around and got to #3 prior to the bowl game but no one had them over undefeated Sooner or Trojan squads.
2004 featured an undefeated USC that held the #1 spot every week of the year. That USC squad humiliated #2 Oklahoma in the bowl game.
Auburn hung around and got to #3 prior to the bowl game but no one had them over undefeated Sooner or Trojan squads.
This post was edited on 9/22/23 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:54 pm to BigBro
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it was a mess at the top
Auburn beat Georgia
Georgia beat Texas
Texas beat Auburn
Auburn heat Florida
Florida beat Miami
Miami beat Nebraska
I do remember it well. Agree, it was a mess at the top.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:58 pm to Decker
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1993 Auburn didn’t play in the SEC Championship or in a bowl game due to probation.
Uhhhh....
Posted on 9/22/23 at 2:02 pm to Windy City
OU played a soft schedule, and had lost their QB for the bowl game to injury. USC didn't just beat them, they obliterated them.
ESPN set the matchup by constantly hyping the potential for the Heisman winner vs the Heisman runner up from roughly last week of October on, while persistently running down Auburn.
Auburn was better top to bottom than either team. VT was the only team that gave USC a game all year long, and AU just strangled them in the bowl game, they were never a threat to win it.
ESPN set the matchup by constantly hyping the potential for the Heisman winner vs the Heisman runner up from roughly last week of October on, while persistently running down Auburn.
Auburn was better top to bottom than either team. VT was the only team that gave USC a game all year long, and AU just strangled them in the bowl game, they were never a threat to win it.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 2:03 pm to Pimphand
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If you want to make a case for Auburn getting fricked both 1993 & 2004 would make better cases than 1983.
We got fricked all 3 times so when we finally did reached the Promised Land in 2010 it was glorious!
Posted on 9/22/23 at 2:06 pm to JetDawg
2004 was probably a bigger travesty or at least as big.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 2:08 pm to Windy City
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Auburn hung around and got to #3 prior to the bowl game but no one had them over undefeated Sooner or Trojan squads.
Auburn didn’t just hang around, other than LSU they comfortably made their way through an SEC schedule. They also got to #2 after defeating top 10 UGA.
Aggies don’t hang around the pointy end of the polls though, so I’ll forgive you for not remembering
Posted on 9/22/23 at 2:10 pm to JetDawg
I would except this for Auburn. Sounds like they have a legitimate argument here. Why has this not come up more in discussion?
Posted on 9/22/23 at 2:12 pm to TheRealTigerHorn
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AU just strangled them in the bowl game
This not true. Auburn won 16-13
Va Tech outgained them, had more first downs, and blew several scoring opportunities. They had a dropped wide -open TD pass on a 4th and 1 and missed 23 yard field goal that would have been the difference in the game.
The coverage of the game was nearly a consensus that they did not do enough to overtake USC.
This post was edited on 9/22/23 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 9/22/23 at 2:14 pm to TheRealTigerHorn
I agree that it would seem that Auburn would be the choice in 83 in the old move the next team up scenario.
I don’t know that 93 Auburn was better than 93 FSU…but who knows.
Like it or not Auburn getting drilled at home in 2003 by USC probably put bias on the 2004 AP voters. They were better than that 04 Oklahoma team for sure but I don’t know about USC. Maybe they were.
I don’t know that 93 Auburn was better than 93 FSU…but who knows.
Like it or not Auburn getting drilled at home in 2003 by USC probably put bias on the 2004 AP voters. They were better than that 04 Oklahoma team for sure but I don’t know about USC. Maybe they were.
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