The ONE and ONLY NCAA Football Thread

[Wolfman]

> > College football sucks.

[leith]

yeah Auburn really looked like it deserved a # 1 ranking. Can\'t even stomp a # 9 seed? Auburn= Overrated

[Marcial]

Whatever, dude... it may not have been pretty there at the end, but we dominated the entire game save a few big plays.  Going 13-0 in the SEC says it all.

Let\'s see how your Trojans do tonight against a real team (ie not in the fucking PAC 10).

[ChrisPitch]

First off, Va Tech wasn\'t the "ninth seed." They were the ninth-ranked team in the country. They\'ve been one of the best teams in college football for years and had wins over four bowl-winning teams: Miami, North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia Tech. They also gave USC one of its toughest challenges (which wouldn\'t be too hard since we saw how good California, the PAC-10\'s second-best team, was against Tex Tech), leading the Lambskins at the half before USC rallied on the heels of a questionable pass-interference call.

That said, Auburn dominated the Sugar Bowl, never trailed, led by two scores for most of it, had two tremendous goal line stands, and never let Va Tech have the ball down by one score in the fourth. The result was never in question. Va Tech\'s TD bomb proved meaningless, except for giving the Hokies the backdoor-cover (+6.5).  Auburn was too conservative on offense, but give some credit to Va Tech\'s D, especially in the red zone.

You can\'t do much better than 13-0. Congratulations to Utah and Auburn for earning a share of the national title along with the winner of the Orange Bowl. Prediction: USC 38, Oklahoma 14. But you can never say with certainty that Southern California was the best team in college football because they literally accomplished no more than the other two undefeated teams. Their fans should know that well because they got stiffed last year. But for Auburn\'s case, beating four teams with 10 wins isn\'t bad (and it would have been five if not for Iowa\'s late heroics against LSU).

An exciting sport. A laugable system. Auburn got screwed because people thought USC and Oklahoma were better teams in August. That makes sense.

Final scores and point differentials are meaningless. Win the damn game. Nobody cares that the Giants beat Buffalo 20-19 in SBXXV. They won the game and were crowned champions. All the matters is the column on the left.

But unfortunately, from what I\'ve read, school presidents of the big-time DI-A programs, would favor reverting back to pre-BCS days over going with a playoff. Sad.

[Stephengencs]

"my cat\'s breath smells like cat food"

[Marcial]

Nice points, Pitchy... especially about Cal... USC\'s "toughest" competition in the PAC 10.

[ChrisPitch]

Thanks man. Callin\' the truth as I see it.

[leith]

UNDISPUTED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BACK TO BACK!!!  13-0 season

 EAT IT ALL YOU DOUBTERS!!!!

This was how a team shows they deserve the #1 ranking not by barely scoring any points over a much lesser RANKED team. Auburn not even close to USC. If USC were to play Auburn nxt week they would whoop their ass just like they just whooped Oklahoma. All you whiners that think USC only got here due to preseason #1 Whine nxt yr. too because they will be #1 nxt yr also most likely.
 
All you least coast biased fools now know what a real champion looks like on Offense AND Defense. I am now gonna smoke many many bowls and laugh as I watch all the backpedaling on ESPN etc.

[ChrisPitch]

Was there a game last night?

[Marcial]

USC played a good game.  Congrats on the title.  I still say the PAC-10 are a bunch of hoo haa teams, and there is no way in hell USC could have gone undefeated in the SEC.  The system is the system though...

[ChrisPitch]

Of course, props to USC for dominating Oklahoma. Thoroughly kick-ass. They should have had a shot at the title last year and got duped.

But last night\'s game does not prove that USC is the best team in the country. Instead, it reinforces that the system failed because Auburn would have obviously been a much better opponent for USC, regardless of the outcome. That\'s what happens when you decide a championship game based on votes taken before any games are played.

But I didn\'t watch much of this debacle. Instead, I watched a tapes of some classic Mets World Series and Lakers NBA Finals games. To think, each of those two teams played their way through an elimination tournament and left no doubt as to who was the best team. What a concept.

You can say that USC would blow out Auburn. But you can only say it. Nobody can ever prove it. It\'s literally impossible. Three teams at 13-0. They are all national champions and should consider themselves as such. Good for them.

[Mark]

Any team can beat any team 15% of the time.

[ChrisPitch]

They said that Oklahoma had a 50-50 chance of beating USC. But that there was only a 10 percent chance of that.

[leith]

Originally posted by ChrisPitch


You can say that USC would blow out Auburn. But you can only say it. Nobody can ever prove it. It\'s literally impossible. Three teams at 13-0. They are all national champions and should consider themselves as such. Good for them.

Of course I can say it, but ANYONE who watched last night\'s game and still thinks Auburn would have beat USC is not only DELUSIONAL but has to be an Auburn fan.


This team also proved it is #1 in such a fashion that there will not be a SHARED title this year as there was last year. It was split last year because USC truly showed in their bowl game that  they deserved a piece of the title, Auburn did not do so this year. USC is on an unbeaten streak of 21 or 22 games no matter the competition this is tough to do in Division 1-A Football. Sorry guys but seeing this team all year EVERYONE this side of the Rockies KNEW this was gonna be a blowout .

 Til nxt year cry in your beer.

[ChrisPitch]

Hmmm. It\'s funny how USC can blow out Oklahoma, but only beat UCLA by five. By the way, UCLA lost to Oklahoma State, California, Arizona State, Washington State, and Wyoming this year, all mediocre teams. I can\'t understand why USC couldn\'t blow out UCLA if they\'re so great. Auburn didn\'t blow out teams all year. They just won games. Consistency. The same was the case against Va Tech. It wasn\'t pretty; it was just a win. Last night, USC\'s win was pretty; but it was just a win. No difference.

And I certainly won\'t cry in my BeeR. Why would you cry when your team goes undefeated? I\'ll cry for the Lakers getting blasted by the Spurs and I\'ll cry for the Mets if they fail to sign Beltran. But to cry over an undefeated season? I don\'t get it.

Also for the record, USC failed to go undefeated last year in "sharing" it\'s national title, unlike Auburn this year. Let\'s see, who did they lose to last year and barely beat this year? Oh, it was Cal, who I think just allowed Texas Tech to score another touchdown. Fuck the Lack-10.