BCS rant ping.
Auburn did a great job but I don't think the best team ever.
Tiger, I think you're more of an NFL guy, but all football fans have to hate the BCS system.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, poor widdle Auburn. Life ain't fair sometimes.
I'm sick of this constant arguing over this stuff. It is all the NCAA's fault. There is no reason why the bowl games can't be played this weekend, with a playoff game next weekend, and championship in January. Until the teams have to actually play each other, nothing will be solved.
We need to send Jesse and the Rev. Sharpton over to the BcS offices and declare that the final polling to determine the two teams to play in the championship is not over.
We should demand a recount of all final major national polls to determine if certain voters were pressured to exclude Auburn.
Auburn needs to take care of business and win the Sugar Bowl and let the chips fall where they may. Personally I think they are the best of the unbeatens (USC, Oklahoma, Utah and Yes, Boise State) since the SEC is a much tougher conference top-to-bottom this year than either the Pac-10 or the Big 12.
As much as it pains me to say (Tide fan), I'll have to agree that Auburn should be playing for the Championship. Those "War, Darn, Eagles!"
You know what, this is just bound to happen with the current system. It seems every year, a team or two is "screwed".. Until the system is changed (abolished), loof for more of this krap...
The SEC has five teams ranked among the top twenty in the country (Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, and Florida). Just think about that: One out of every four teams in the Top 20 is from that conference.
Barnes needs to stick to political commentary and do a little more simple research.
First, 'SC also beat 9th ranked Virgina Tech on the road in front of 70,000 fans in the BCA Classic opening game.
Secondly, I'd like to know how many USC games Barnes watched during the year. Probably one - Notre Dame.
Third, Matt Leinart excelled with a Frosh/Soph offense minus Mike Williams and with a true freshman at wideout (Dwayne Jarret). Everyone has been gunning for this team since spring camp. No one expected Auburn to be this strong.
Fourth, if Auburn wants the respect they "deserve", they need to stop scheduling patsies like Lousiana-Monroe and a DIV-2(!) team like The Citadel. A DIV-2 team matchup shouldn't even count in the standings.
Fifth, Auburn lost a lot of traction with the press when they were manhandled by 'SC in 2003 by a score of 23-0 after getting picked to win the National Championship by a lot of writers. It didn't help them in this year's pre-ranking after burning a lot of voters the year before.
Ugh. In a perfect world, we'd have a playoff. 'SC didn't moan last year when we finished ranked #1 in both polls and didn't get a chance at the BCS championship. Pete Carroll stayed above the fray and quietly went about soundly beating Michigan in the Rose Bowl instead of whining to the press about how ridiculous the situation was. Now the tables are turned, we're ranked #1 anyway, and still the Eastern press corps thinks there's some sort of God-given right to be coronated "the champion" because West Coast games are past their bedtime and hard to watch....
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Best undefeated team not to win a national championship? I'd go with Penn State, 1995.
Auburn's non-conference schedule was pitifull; The Citidel, Louisianna Monroe, and SW Louisianna St. They hurt themselves with that cream puff schedule. They might as well have scheduled The Alabama School For The Blind. Auburn got screwed, but they also screwed themselves with their early season opponents!! The BCS is a crock Div 1A needs a true playoff. The only fair way to do it is take the champ from every Div 1A conference and 4 at-large teams, and play it on the damn field! Untill then BCS stands for Big Crock of S@#t!!!!!
OU had the toughest schedule of the top three.
They also beat Texas-no small feat as they are #4 in the BCS.
You need to get in line to win that distinction.
The Best Team(s) that wasn't a National Champion
All the whining and yapping this year about the BCS makes it sound as if this kind of "injustice" has never happened before. It happens all the time.
And BTW. I think Auburn is a fine team and may well be the "best" this year. But I also think they would have gotten the butts kicked by any number of past teams on that list that never got the recognition either.
The team may have class, but not Tuberville. I recall him coaching them against Jackie Sherrill's MSU team a few years ago. Auburn was up big very late in the game. The outcome was not in doubt, and Tuberville orders a fake field goal that results in a "rub your face in it" touchdown. The cameras then pan to Tuberville, who has a big shi# eating grin on his face. Totally classless. That's why I'm glad Auburn got jobbed this year- I'll bet Tuberville ain't grinning now! LOL
(hey, a boy can dream, can't he?)
WAR d**n Eagle baby!
My Dad went to Auburn, class of '49. I went to the "other place", class of '82. We don't talk about football.