The case for Boise....

[Cebby]

Re: The case for Boise....

I know SEC fans like the BCS because it has been designed to always benefit that one conference.

How?

If the BCS always "benefited the SEC" why was Auburn left out?

The BCS uses polls and computers. The computers have never had an SEC bias (if anything, Sagarin and other central based computers put the polarized SEC at a disadvantage) and the polls haven't really favored the SEC. Four of the six SEC national champions went into the game ranked #2 and the other two were undefeated.

Whereas LSU and Georgia both lost significant players to graduation.

UGA started the season #3 and LSU #4. USC actually lost far more players than UGA (four players in the top 2 rounds of the NFL Draft and BMW).

Personally I don't know one way or another who would have won between Auburn and USC, but to say the 2003 game is proof that Auburn shouldn't have been allowed to play them is ridiculous.

That.....or substantial differences between 2004 Utah, 2008 Utah, and 2009 Boise State from 2007 Hawaii.

Or perhaps the substantial differences between 2004 Pitt, 2009 TCU, and 2008 Alabama and 2007 UGA are highlighted.

But since it furthers the SEC agenda on this board that gets selectively ignored.

Your fear of the SEC is always amusing.

[MassNole]

Re: The case for Boise....

It may be my opinion, and it involves my own team but...

I just don't see the Auburn/USC matchup having the same result from 2003 if it was replayed for the National Championship in 2004. I wouldn't go as far as to say we would have won, but it wouldn't have had anywhere near the same result as in 2003..

MassNole, using your' logic.. team's with the same personell can't improve from year to year... am I missing something here ??


Utah was a very good team in 2004, and they could have made just as much of a case as Auburn did... I would have rather played them then Virginia Tech... ****ing funny how the debate continues 5 years later...

I am saying when looking at the then contemporaneous 2003 game and considering it was the first game for Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, LenDale White, and a lot of other key players gives me the belief that the 2 years of experience they gained between the time those games would have been played lets me very confidently say USC wins that game. If not for 2001 Miami, that USC team was likely the best of the entire decade. I know Auburn also gained experience but not to the extent that same USC team had.

[Cebby]

Re: The case for Boise....

I know Auburn also gained experience but not to the extent that same USC team had.

Auburn's offense improved far more in that offseason than USC's did.

Statistically, USC's offense actually got significantly worse.

[BigDofBA]

Re: The case for Boise....

I know SEC fans like the BCS because it has been designed to always benefit that one conference.

Some of your arguments are way out there. Do you remember the 2004 National Champion Auburn Tigers?

The BCS wasn't designed to benefit anyone. It was designed to make money any create controversy.