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Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:36 pm
Last BCS title game and broke the SEC's 7 title streak. Would have been nice if the SEC won each of the last 8 BCS titles.
Great effort by Auburn anyway in a game where few people thought they had a chance coming in.
FSU of course was QBed by a rapist.
Funny in retrospect how everybody considered Jimbo and Malzahn to be two of the best coaches in the country.
I still find that PI on 3rd and 8 at the 10 to be a pretty questionable call, although I guess it doesn't seem like as bad of a call watching the replay as I thought it was live. (And FSU would have had one more play on 4th and 8 even without that call.)
Amazing how FSU has fallen off so much since this game. Jimbo never recreated anything close to the 2013 season again (even the next year was rather unimpressive despite starting 13-0), and of course the post-Jimbo years have been a shitfest other than 2023 and to some extent 2022.
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Great effort by Auburn anyway in a game where few people thought they had a chance coming in.
FSU of course was QBed by a rapist.
Funny in retrospect how everybody considered Jimbo and Malzahn to be two of the best coaches in the country.
I still find that PI on 3rd and 8 at the 10 to be a pretty questionable call, although I guess it doesn't seem like as bad of a call watching the replay as I thought it was live. (And FSU would have had one more play on 4th and 8 even without that call.)
Amazing how FSU has fallen off so much since this game. Jimbo never recreated anything close to the 2013 season again (even the next year was rather unimpressive despite starting 13-0), and of course the post-Jimbo years have been a shitfest other than 2023 and to some extent 2022.
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Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:43 pm to UFFan
Game was rigged in FSU's favor
Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:29 pm to UFFan
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Amazing how FSU has fallen off so much since this game
You could be talking about either team honestly
Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:43 pm to UFFan
Kelvin Benjamin doesn't receive enough credit for getting through to Jimbo and bailing him out:
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During the 2013 BCS National Championship Game, Florida State receiver Kelvin Benjamin was heard in the TV broadcast telling quarterback Jameis Winston that Auburn assistant Dameyune Craig, who was on the Seminoles' staff the previous year, was "calling all the plays" FSU was running. Coaches brought out towels to shield the signalers in the second half and went on to outscore Auburn 24-10 to come from behind and win. A victorious coach Jimbo Fisher acknowledged their signals were stolen -- and couldn't have cared less. "That's our fault," he said. "You've got to change them. ... That's part of the game." Fisher rehired Craig in 2017 and brought him to Texas A&M, where he remains on staff today.
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Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:49 pm to UFFan
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FSU Auburn 2014
Auburn was up big in that game too IIRC
Imagine what happens to the SEC's balance of power had Auburn won that game
You're talking Auburn and Bama tied 2-2 for titles from the SEC in the 2010s and maybe Malzahn and Auburn's big money donors are more committed to sustaining that momentum than what ultimately happened (fell off the next 3 seasons, returned to national relevance in 17, made noise in 19, fired Malzahn in 20, shitshow ever since; Bama remained on top through all that)
As much as LSU fans kick themselves for letting Miles then O (sans 2019) coach them out of being a dynasty in the 2010s, that's gotta suck for Auburn fans though
People don't realize how big a sleeping giant in football Auburn truly is, they have the most loyal true blue fan base who constantly make that 88,000 seat stadium rock no matter how bad the team is and they're backed by the most elite top donors in Alabama
It's criminal that the cow college let the capstone regain Alabama dominance in the 2010s and 2020s with those elements existing
Posted on 8/5/26 at 10:31 pm to Gen Patton
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Auburn was up big in that game too IIRC
Yep. Up 21-3 late 2nd Q with all the momentum.
FSU has 4th and 4 inside their own 40 and our dumbass ST coach doesn't have us in punt safe when the situation screams desperation fake punt call.
I was screaming at the TV that they were going to run a fake.
If FSU punts there, they know we are going to score again and it's over at halftime either 24-3 or 28-3 in all likelihood, at worst we are stil up 21-3. Instead, we try to block the punt and get sucked into giving up a first down run. They drove on and scored a TD, air went out of our sails, and we never got it back. That game was lost on that fake punt conversion aided by our stupid arse ST coach.
Still chaps my arse to this day.
Posted on 8/5/26 at 10:44 pm to UFFan
When number 3 pulled his hamstring on the kick off return for TD, the game completely flipped momentum. That and the fake punt before halftime that everyone knew was coming except Gus
Posted on 8/5/26 at 11:14 pm to UFFan
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FSU of course was QBed by a rapist.
Damn. I thought he just stole crab legs.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 5:04 am to Lt. Columbo
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Game was rigged in FSU's favor
ABSOFRICKINLUTELY
I remember reading about how many huge futures tickets would have cashed big at sports books had Auburn won that game as well as many huge parlays during bowl season that only needed Auburn in order to win millions
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Posted on 8/6/26 at 5:25 am to MikeyFL
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Auburn assistant Dameyune Craig, who was on the Seminoles' staff the previous year, was "calling all the plays" FSU was running.
So Auburn cheated their way through the season. The only way little brother can win.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 6:25 am to Gen Patton
It was jameis Winston bday too, supposedly the night before the game he and several other fsu players got wrecked up. Not sure if that part is true but it’s confirmed they were out at the clubs after midnight
Posted on 8/6/26 at 6:27 am to TigerScorpion
Yeah allegedly it was a hs girl in tally. She didn’t press charges until she found out he had a big nfl paycheck coming.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 6:33 am to UFFan
That was a wild night, not gonna lie the auburn message boards were amazing that night. It went from we are a team of destiny to we won the natty to frick real fast. By the end of the game one of em was shut down bc a bunch of usce fans got on and shat all over the barn for breaking the sec natty streak.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 6:52 am to bamabaseballsec
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Yeah allegedly it was a hs girl in tally. She didn’t press charges until she found out he had a big nfl paycheck coming.
The first was Erica Kinsman when they were both freshmen at FSU. She alleges he raped her and got no support from the school or police in actually investigating the report in spite of reporting it hours after the incident and well before Winston was a household name.
She and her story are featured on the Hunting Grounds documentary. After a second FSU student accused him of assault, a half arse investigation into both were done.
She ended up with a hefty settlement from FSU for their failures to investigate and follow procedures.
Hunting Ground Film: Kinsman's claim, details and timeline of Winston allegations are halfway down the article at this link.
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Posted on 8/6/26 at 7:11 am to MikeyFL
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A victorious coach Jimbo Fisher acknowledged their signals were stolen -- and couldn't have cared less. "That's our fault," he said. "You've got to change them. ..
Signals weren't "stolen". When you got an ex-coach across the way and you haven't changed your signs, he was simply observing and reporting the signs, he didn't have to steal them.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 7:35 am to UFFan
That was a great game. I was definitely rooting for Auburn that night.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 7:46 am to Gen Patton
Imagine what happens to the SEC's balance of power had Auburn won that game
It don’t think it changes much. Gus was very fortunate that season prayer at hare, kick six, and nick marshall(an uga cornerback that was magically able to play qb) you can’t replicate that type of fortune.
It don’t think it changes much. Gus was very fortunate that season prayer at hare, kick six, and nick marshall(an uga cornerback that was magically able to play qb) you can’t replicate that type of fortune.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 8:07 am to Simple Solution
So Auburn cheated their way through the season. The only way little brother can win.
Thats rich coming from an Updyke. Why you think POS Saban quit. Cause everybody pays now.
Thats rich coming from an Updyke. Why you think POS Saban quit. Cause everybody pays now.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 8:09 am to UFFan
We scored too early late in the game. Left too much time on the clock.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 8:32 am to UFFan
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Amazing how FSU has fallen off so much since this game.
In retrospect it appears the game was a curse on both teams. On paper Auburn has had a rougher ride than FSU. Since that game:
Auburn: 83-69; one 10 win season, six seasons with six or less wins; zero division or conference titles; zero CFP appearances, one NY6 bowl appearance; 2-7 in bowl games; biggest post season victory was a Music City Bowl win; five losing seasons; finished ranked four times; one AP top 10 finish.
FSU: 89-61, five 10+ win seasons (two 13-1 seasons), six seasons with six or less wins; two division and conference titles, one CFP appearance, four NY6 bowl appearances; 3-4 in bowl games; biggest post season victory was an Orange Bowl win; six losing seasons; finished ranked five times; three AP top 10 finishes.
Both have been bad. FSU has been much more inconsistent. Their bad seasons were worse than Auburn’s bad seasons. But they have more “good” seasons than Auburn and those good seasons were better than Auburn’s. Their fans have had to deal with some horrific seasons, but they did have more to cheer for than Auburn fans.
What a fitting way to end the BCS era. Everything about college football is shittier today than it was then, so it is appropriate that the last teams to play a BCS game are shittier too.
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