There are always a few nutballs and people with axes to grind (and checks to cash). Even Babe Ruth and Ted Williams weren't unanimous selections to the Hall of Fame.
If Auburn had bothered to play anyone noteworty on its non-conference schedule then they could have made a better beef.
The scary thing is that USC has 16/22 starters coming back next year as well as Reggie Bush. This is a team that should repeat next year and possibly 2006.
They remind me of the lat 80's early 90's Miami teams without the ghetto gansta' behavior.
uhhh.....aren't you the guy who said OU would "slaughter" USC last night?
heh.
Auburn is better than Utah or OU.
Ummmm, Auburn actually played the toughest schedule of any of the undefeateds. Their strength of schedule was number 9 in the country. As a Tennesseee fan I can tell you they whipped us twice. They were more deserving to go to the National Championship than Oklahoma, but the sportswriters were not going to let that happen again. LSU was in by a fluke last year, this year we're giving it to USC. All the while, no one considered giving OU the boot either year. OU is pathetic. The people that voted for Auburn aren't nutballs. The people who voted OU second are the ones whose bones you should be picking.
"There are always a few nutballs and people with axes to grind... "
Yeah, like me. I'd vote USC #1, but I was pulling against USC when I heard OJ would be at the game!!!
The Auburn game was so boring. It and Virginia Tech did not look impressive. But Auburn is still whining. Utah looked far better than either of those two.
I'm surprised someone did'nt vote for NoterDame #1.
How so? We know what happened to OU last time they tangled with an SEC team (LSU). They were as overrated then as they were this year.
I waited and waited for the commentators on ABC to admit the obvious during the game, that Auburn would of been a better match-up for the Orange Bowl. But of course, all three commentator predicted OU to win, so they would not swallow their pride and admit how inflated their opinions were.
AU got the shaft, plain and simple.