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re: Would AU still be in the MNC if the LSU & UGA outcomes were switched?
Posted on 12/20/13 at 7:42 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
Posted on 12/20/13 at 7:42 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
I say no. Sometimes it's the timing of the loss that keeps you out.
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Posted on 12/20/13 at 8:26 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
They'd still be in. Don't think a theoretical loss to UGA looks any worse than the "current" loss to LSU. Maybe have changed the computers a little (direction?) but not enough to change the outcome. It's almost the same 1 loss in the grand scheme of things.
The Return was the kicker, everything else now pales in comparison.
The Return was the kicker, everything else now pales in comparison.
Posted on 12/20/13 at 9:34 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
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a 4 year old who gets up at the asscrack of dawn
sounds like bad parenting
Posted on 12/20/13 at 9:36 am to I20goon
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They'd still be in
Maybe, but I'm not so sure. Timing of losses (LSU's miraculous luck in 2007 notwithstanding) is a pretty big deal, as they play a big part in the rankings. If they had beaten LSU, they'd work there way up to what, around 5th? by the UGA game. UGA was unranked at the time I believe and with 3 losses, so losing at home to UGA would've likely dropped them back to around 10th. A win over #1 bama, then missouri in the SECCG would move them right back up, but all the way to #2? I dont' know..
Posted on 12/20/13 at 9:48 am to WG_Dawg
We would have been ranked no 3 going into the UGA game, the loss would have dropped us a few spots, but the Bama win and SECcg win would have put us back in the same position
Posted on 12/20/13 at 9:49 am to NYCAuburn
I think Mich St woud have been #2...or Baylor.
Posted on 12/20/13 at 9:52 am to parkjas2001
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I think Mich St woud have been #2...or Baylor.
we would have been undefeated with wins over top teams at the time, it would have been Bama, FSU, Auburn, Ohio state, Baylor. the week of the UGA game
Posted on 12/20/13 at 9:55 am to NYCAuburn
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We would have been ranked no 3 going into the UGA game, the loss would have dropped us a few spots
More than a few IMO. The first game of the season we were ranked 5th and clemson 8th, and we dropped all the way back to 12th. And that was the first game of the year on the road.
#3 and undefeated AU losing at home to unranked UGA would have certainly dropped you back more than just a few spots. But yes, beating bama and missouri would move you right back up, but how far is the question. Kinda just depends on how far they would've dropped.
Posted on 12/20/13 at 9:56 am to NYCAuburn
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Bama, FSU, Auburn, Ohio state, Baylor. the week of the UGA game
So why would MichState not be the #2 team after championship weekend assuming an AU loss to UGA?
Posted on 12/20/13 at 9:58 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
Iron Bowl got AU rolling.Roll Was Eagle Roll.
Posted on 12/20/13 at 9:59 am to G I Jeaux
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Iron Bowl got AU rolling.Roll Was Eagle Roll.
u drunk?
Posted on 12/20/13 at 10:00 am to WG_Dawg
He is off duty.
Posted on 12/20/13 at 10:02 am to WG_Dawg
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The first game of the season we were ranked 5th and clemson 8th, and we dropped all the way back to 12th.
thats because of the beginning of the season, the polls are starting to shape up, as opposed to the end of the season where for the most part its already shaped up except final placement.
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dropped you back more than just a few spots
would not have dropped us out of the top 10, more than likely would have been ranked 5-7 after the loss
Posted on 12/20/13 at 10:03 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
I like these threads where Auburn fans fantasize about beating LSU. They are some of my favorites, but then again I'm a science fiction aficionado. 
Posted on 12/20/13 at 10:03 am to WG_Dawg
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So why would MichState not be the #2 team after championship weekend assuming an AU loss to UGA?
Because of the strength of the SEC, we would have been in the same situation. again beating two top 10 teams to close out the season. with a similar loss on the record
Posted on 12/20/13 at 10:05 am to Lsupimp
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but then again I'm a science fiction aficionado.
loser
Posted on 12/20/13 at 10:34 am to NYCAuburn
quote:no, gotta think you go back to around 10. UGA was unranked and you were at home.
We would have been ranked no 3 going into the UGA game, the loss would have dropped us a few spots
quote:LSU was a strong #1, not 3rd at the time of the loss. Amazing series of other losses also occurred, and finally, there was the UGA matter- we leapfrogged them because we won the West and the SEC, and they didn't win the East. The Bama rule about not having to win the division doesn't apply to non-Bama teams.
I call bullshite. LSU lost to Arkansas in the last week of the season for their SECOND loss and still got in
quote:Possible, but not definite. Auburn and Michigan St would have about the same resume, with wins over top teams and losses to decent but not great teams. The Mizzou win might be enough, but you's still hear the nation screaming about SEC favoritism.
the Bama win and SECcg win would have put us back in the same position
Posted on 12/20/13 at 10:36 am to Scoob
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no, gotta think you go back to around 10
behind 2 loss stanford and South Carolina and one loss baylor? no
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3 Ohio State 11-0
4 Auburn 10-1
5 Missouri 10-1
6 Clemson 10-1
7 Oklahoma State 10-1
8 Stanford 9-2
9 Baylor 9-1
10 South Carolina 9-2
we would have been 7 at the worst, win over bama would have put us right back at 3 before the cg
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Auburn and Michigan St would have about the same resume
no
This post was edited on 12/20/13 at 10:40 am
Posted on 12/20/13 at 11:10 am to Scoob
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LSU was a strong #1, not 3rd at the time of the loss. Amazing series of other losses also occurred, and finally, there was the UGA matter- we leapfrogged them because we won the West and the SEC, and they didn't win the East. The Bama rule about not having to win the division doesn't apply to non-Bama teams.
That and everyone that wasn't being a homer knew that regardless of the slip ups, that LSU team was a mean group and by far the best team in the country when they came to play. People can say whatever they want about backing into the title game but we would've handled anyone they put in that game to face us.
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