If Auburn wanted to lay claim to a piece of the NC, they would have to at least cover the spread on Va Tech. Instead, they barely hung on to win. Va Tech scored lots of points against Duke, W Michigan and Fl A&M. Besides that, they weren't an offensive powerhouse. 13 points would be about right against a defense as good as Auburn. We only put 16 on Miami.
Auburn choked. Bottom line.
Nonsense, USC beat UCLA (unranked) by less than 10 points in their final pre-bowl game. UCLA then lost to Wyoming: not exactly a powerhouse. The only real word to describe that is: double-standard.
Furthermore, VA tech has the best passing offense in the ACC-they only scored two touchdowns for 13 points while averaging close to 30 points a game prior to that.
Bottom line: Oklahoma was a tremendously over rated team with no defense and no chance of beating USC( orange bowl= 55-19). The only team in the country that had a real shot at beating them was Auburn, and they got screwed. Ah, the BCS works its magic again. I wonder who'll get screwed next year?
Style points is for figure skating. Football is about scoring more points than your opponent on the field. A win is a win. Case in point, the Ohio State team from a few years back barely beat a lot of their opponents, they also barely beat the Miami Hurricanes, who everyone thought would destroy them. Guess what, they were the champs and deservedly so.