It would but IMO I think it would be more embarrassing to label someone a national champ without even making it to the NC game.I hope that never happens no matter what the circumstances. At least this satisfies the BCS rules somewhat without speculation. That is why the BCS will likely just have No Champ.
So the SEC now owns 6 of the 11 BCS titles, including 5 of the last 6. The Pac-1 now has zero. Colorado "could" become the first BCS Champion from the Pac-1. :hihi: Life is good!
And yet OU still could have beaten Auburn 45-0 if they played. We'll never know, and for the most part championships are determined on the field...
Hardly .... Auburn won it on the field more than several of the teams that claim championships over the past decade. Auburn won every game they were asked to play, and that is all you can really do. OU was a pretender in '04, and everybody recognized it. The BCS is nothing more than a media front designed to engineer television ratings - the BCS's sole purpose. The problem is .... OU should never have been in the game to begin with. I don't care whether the AP or BCS awards it to Auburn or not .... makes little difference at this point. But what I do know is that OU was and is undeserving.
And I would agree with you on the latter point. OU did not belong, but they were there and Auburn was not. To me you can't claim a BCS championship when you did not win a BCS championship game. Whatever the AP decides to do is their business, but to me the AP poll winner is of little concern. The crystal is what matters.
Hell, they claim HALF of a national championship for 2003 and they were not even in the national championship game! They have no shame.
Ooooh, a shot at the LSU 2007 National Championship. The difference is that LSU was the best team in the country in that season of no undefeated contenders and we beat the #1 team in the the championship game. Earned on the field. The BCS rules are there and everybody knew them. Auburn's cupcake out of conference schedule hurt their SOS and so they placed third in the BCS. Just like USC did in 2003. No matter what the circumstances, they can't claim a national championship when someone else won the national championship game.
Nope, not at shot at 2007 team. And I agree with you that they were the best team that season. It's also fair to say that the 2007 team benefitted greatly from the screwing Auburn took in 2004. And BTW, your characterization of Auburn's schedule as "cupcake" is pure media myth.
