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Auburn definitely deserved the win tonight although I'm glad VT made it a game at the end (I'll even take credit for that since Tech plays better when I don't watch and I changed the channel before they got on the board).
So, we'll have three unbeaten teams. Unfortunately, I still don't think Auburn will get enough votes in the AP for a split (mythical) championship.
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The BCS is still a horrible system. It was pointed out on ESPN that Auburn beat more teams with at least 9 wins than OU OR USC, as well as had 3 wins over teams that were in the top 10 at the time they played. They had one Division I-AA team on the schedule, which really hurt the 'computer ranking'.
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There has never been a national champion in college football. It's really that simple.
There have been years when many consider one time to be clearly superior to the rest, but that's not the same thing at all.
A 4-round playoff would settle all this nicely. Only two teams would have to play 1 more game than Auburn did this year if we changed the regular season to 10 games. Even if two teams had to play 15 games, it wouldn't be so bad. Thats 15 total playoff games. The teams who don't make it can play in bowl games.
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Play a 3 week round robin with the top four teams. Has there ever been a year in which more then four teams could legitamtely be considered the best in the nation?
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Well according to a recent AFLAC trivia question the last year there were two undefeated 1-A teams that weren't voted National Champions was 1975. Interestingly Oklahoma was the national champ that year.
AJ<--- wearing team colors at work today!
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Not an Auburn fan, but I do feel sorry for them in a way, it's happened to them before, they went undefeated when they were on probation and couldn't play for the title because they were suspended from post-season play.
What killed them was their non-conference schedule, when you play panty-waist teams like Louisiana-Monroe and the Citadel, you just don't get the votes for strength of schedule.
(no offense intended to either LA-Monroe or the Citadel, fine institutions but not known for their footbal prowess.)
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While we're on the topic of bowls and BCS, any Cal fans that wish to defend their team being pretty much dismantled by the most oft ignored university football program in Texas?
And on an entirely unrelated note, man that was a great game to be at. I would never have thought 48,000 people could be so quiet at times.
But bravo to Auburn and Utah for going unbeaten, as well as to UT for doing what they needed to do in the Rose bowl.
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As I write this USC leads the Sooners 38-10 after one half of play. Does anyone believe that the Sooners are so undoubtedly better than Auburn that Auburn didn't deserve a chance to play for the title.
I refuse to recognize any school as national football champion until there is a playoff.
Unless UVA wins it. That would be, like, totally different. Because they would soooo deserve it.
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Every year something happens to make this BCS national champion "OK." But it's not OK, and USC is as much a victim of it as Auburn.
Celebrate your bowl victory. Celebrate being #1 in the polls. Be fairly confident that USC could beat Auburn in a game. But know that Auburn had a tougher schedule and did absolutely everything within its power to stake a claim on being the best. Had polling gone slightly differently, they would be the ones in this position.
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