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  • 06/07/2011, 01:20PM ET

the 2004 Title Should be Awarded to the Rightful Winner: Auburn

Frank Pentangeli (144-412-26) vs Irving 4 president (20-44-2)
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In its 13 years of existense the SEC has been represented in 7 BCS Championship games and won all 7. It is a certainty that if Auburn had been awarded the opportunity they would have easily defeated OU or USC.

All Joking aside, the 2004 Auburn Tigers are the best NCAA team in history. Who you got to compare? When you look at the roster its hard to believe they could have lost a game. Guess what, they didnt. They swept the toughest schedule in all of sports.

The team roster featured four first-round NFL draft picks in Cadillac Williams, running back Ronnie Brown, defensive back Carlos Rogers, and quarterback Jason Campbell, as well as three future Pro Bowl participants: offensive lineman Marcus McNeill, running back Ronnie Brown and defensive tackle Jay Ratliff

Not to mention perennial NFL starter Devin Aromashadu and Im sure im forgetting someone.

They should be awarded the title. They were the best team in the best conference. They were undefeated. They were the best NCAA team in History.


First off "Best team in NCAA history?" What are you smoking? Just because they were 13-0 doesn't mean they are the best team in history. The Tigers had a great roster, but 2001 Hurricanes team was better than them. Clinton Portis, Jeremy Shockey, Andre Johnson, Ed Reed, Jonathan Vilma, Vince Wilfork Willis Mcgahee, and Ken Dorsey. Not saying they were best ever but their roster was unbelievable. Saying that the 2004 Auburn Tigers was the best team ever is going too far.

Oklahoma deserves the title! They actually played in the BCS. The title got vacated and Oklahoma made it to the BCS and they should automatically get the award.

Oklahoma had Adrian Peterson, Mark Bradley, Mark Clayton, Brodney Pool, Garret Hartley, and the 2x pro bowler Jammal Brown. A team with Adrian Peterson and Jammal Brown is very talented.

You can't just say Auburn would've defeated either Oklahoma or USC. I think the that Auburn was very good but not good enough to win the BCS and certainly not be award BCS champions. It wouldn't be right to give the title to Auburn and not OU. The people who chose OU to be in the BCS knew what they were doing.


Good Luck


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June 7, 2011  01:22 PM ET
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Great, another SEC TD....

June 7, 2011  01:22 PM ET
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Why Auburn? It was OU that played in the title game. If anything it should go to them.

But really, vacating it is the right call. Re-awarding it now and not re-awarding other vacated titles just isn't right.

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June 7, 2011  01:30 PM ET
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If anything it's OU's. I don't get the point of vacating a title though, if your not going to rename a new champ. It's stupid. If your not going to give it to someone USC is still going to be viewed as that years Champ.

June 7, 2011  01:32 PM ET
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No. I don't think the title should be stripped. Everybody and their mama knows that USC was the best team in 2004, and they would have still been the best team without Reggie Bush. I'm a SEC homer, but in 2004, Auburn had no shot against USC.

The title might not be USC's anymore, but as far as I'm concerned USC is the 2004 national champs, and if Auburn's title gets stripped, I'll have the same opinion.

June 7, 2011  01:33 PM ET
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Originally posted 01:30 PM ET  06.07 by :CubanMissile:

If anything it's OU's. I don't get the point of vacating a title though, if your not going to rename a new champ. It's stupid. If your not going to give it to someone USC is still going to be viewed as that years Champ.

AP has already stated they will continue to recognize USC as the champion. Which makes it all kind of silly.

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June 7, 2011  01:56 PM ET
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Originally posted 01:43 PM ET  06.07 by Frank Pentangeli

auburn beat 4 top 10 teams, how many did usc or ou beat?

Who are the 4 top 10 teams?

I see Georgia and thats it

June 7, 2011  01:57 PM ET
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and VT

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June 7, 2011  02:04 PM ET
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Originally posted 01:59 PM ET  06.07 by Frank Pentangeli

and tn twice

So....... not a top 10 team

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June 7, 2011  02:21 PM ET
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OU shouldn't even have been in the game. Auburn was always the better team. Just go back and look at the rosters now. Auburn's roster was amazing.

June 7, 2011  03:10 PM ET
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Until college football gets rid of the BCS and goes to a playoff system there will never be such a thing as a national champion. Who cares about 2004, vacate it and move on.

June 7, 2011  03:16 PM ET
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a team that didn't even play in that game, should be recognized as the winner of that game, "IF" they had gotten to play in that game


makes sense to me

June 7, 2011  03:20 PM ET
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If they waited another six years would anyone really care.......why does anyone really care now? Is it September 3rd yet?

June 7, 2011  03:23 PM ET
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Originally posted 03:10 PM ET  06.07 by Celtics Rule!

Until college football gets rid of the BCS and goes to a playoff system there will never be such a thing as a national champion. Who cares about 2004, vacate it and move on.

Going to a playoff will still use the BCS to determine who makes it, and there you have the same complaints.

The BCS is fine, people need to stop finding things to complain about.

June 7, 2011  03:32 PM ET
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I would agree, but USC didn't even get a shot at the title the year before.

The BCS is irrelevant. THey picked Oklahoma to play LSU in the Nat'l Title game, despite Oklahoma losing to Kansas State by 28 in the Big 12 conf. champ game. Absurd.

Why do we even care what a computer thinks? Everyone that was alive in 2004, knows USC was the best team in the nation.

 
June 7, 2011  03:54 PM ET
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That LSU team would have rolled up and smoked any team that year as well.Just admit it ya'll. Dont'fuckwith football in the South.

In 2003? LSU lost to Florida that year...

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