re: Do the rant posters think that Auburn DESERVES to be awarded the 2004 NC?

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Do the rant posters think that Auburn DESERVES to be awarded the 2004 NC?

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Nope.

I want to start by saying that Auburn team was awesome. I was a Bammer at that point in my life, and I enjoyed watching them play. I still think USC was better though, but Auburn would have given them a game. Hell Okie turned over the ball like crazy in the 2nd quarter and the game was out of reach by halftime. Play that game five times, and I think it looks different.

Auburn has two things going against them.

1. The OOC schedule was horrific. Resume hurting. The point of the BCS is to take the teams with the two best resumes and let them play a game for the championship. Auburn did themselves no favors in this regard.

2. This was the worst the SEC performed record wise since 1990. It was certainly the most down year of SEC football the entire decade. It takes a bit of the shine off the undefeated run in the SEC.

It doesn't matter, the public has already established the idea USC was the champ that year. Title strip or no, this is how it's going to be remembered. So the question doesn't really matter.

frick Auburn. They're lucky if the one they "won" this year won't be taken away

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1. The OOC schedule was horrific. Resume hurting. The point of the BCS is to take the teams with the two best resumes and let them play a game for the championship. Auburn did themselves no favors in this regard.

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Da frick

I may be remembering the wrong year man. I certainly remember that being one of the issues with Auburn's shot, you know beside OU and USC being up there all year.

ULM
The Citidel
La Tech

Yeah...shitty.

OU:

Oregon
Houston
Bowling Green (Finished 9-3 with Omar Jacobs at QB having a 41/4 TD to int ratio that year)

Better.

USC:

VT
Notre Dame
Colorado State
BYU

Clearly better.

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stapuffmarshy

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keep drinking the kool-aid bro

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no need

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5 years from now

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There is a old saying...never invest in hope..you lose a lot of money that way Unless something drastic happens, AU will be sitting pretty in 5 years. Until then, the crystal ball gazing resides in AU Athletic Complex.

I don't care one way or the other bro, just find it funny that Auburn fans want one you didn't get when the one you did get will be gone just like USC


and BTW, the 04 Aubie team had a assist from the SEC refs in beating a rather avg LSU team so add that reason to the Auburn gets nothing list

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and BTW, the 04 Aubie team had a assist from the SEC refs in beating a rather avg LSU team so add that reason to the Auburn gets nothing list

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Regardless of the 04 season, the 2010 season is AU's. And there really isn't anything anybody can do about it.

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So what you are saying 3 ooc games determines the strength of a teams schedule

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Did you even bother to read my OP? I think I explained my thoughts on the schedule very well. Auburn needed more in a down year in the SEC. A Div 1-AA hurts. To jump Okie or USC, they needed a quality win there too.

Like I said, the point of the BCS is to get the two best resumes over a season and let those two teams play for the national championship. Combo of factors, but Auburn did themselves no favors with that OOC. They just didn't have the normal strength of the SEC to fall back on that year.

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Did you even bother to read my OP? I think I explained my thoughts on the schedule very well. Auburn needed more in a down year in the SEC. A Div 1-AA hurts. To jump Okie or USC, they needed a quality win there too.

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Yes I did, Go back and look at the teams Auburn played vs. the others. Auburn's schedule>USC>OK look at the horrible teams they played in-conference

Essentially, we played 3x 10 win teams and a 9 win vs 2x 10 win and a 9 in USC's "beter" schedule

Down year in the SEC>PAC 10 up year>Big 12 Up year

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Auburn needed more in a down year in the SEC

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Tha frick?

#1 SCAL
8.28.04, #1 SCAL 24, #10 VT 13 (Landover, MD)
10.9.04, #1 SCAL 23, #9 Cal 17 (Pasadena, CA)
10.16.04, #1 SCAL 45, #19 ASU 7 (Pasadena, CA)
1.4.05, #1 SCAL 55, #3 OU 19 (Miami, FL)

#2 Auburn
9.18.04, #2 AU 10, #16 LSU 9 (Auburn, AL)
10.2.04, #2 AU 34, #13 TN 10 (Knoxville, TN)
11.13.04, #2 AU 24, #7 UGA 6 (Auburn, AL)
12.4.04, #2 AU 38, #13 TN 28 (Atlanta, GA)
1.1.05, #2 AU 16, #10 VT 13 (New Orleans, LA)

#3 OU
10.2.04, #3 OU 28, #18 Texas Tech 13 (Norman, OK)
10.9.04, #3 OU 12, #5 TX 0 (Dallas, TX)