Auburn to get late 2004 National Championship?

[gtcu17]

I'm hearing/reading a bunch of low-profile stuff about how since USC is vacating its wins, that means its vacating its 2004 NC.

I know we've been over it eleventy billion times about vacating wins doesn't mean the other team won, but can Auburn retroactively be named the 2004 National Champions since now there is no de facto winner of the 2004 national title? would the title even be taken away?

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aaaand after 10 seconds of googling the right search terms, I got my answer. The BCS can take back the 2004 title from USC, but it can't award it to a team that hasn't won it. I guess that'd mean that there would be no BCS national champion for 2004

http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports....1967205?tag=comBlogEntryListCnt;entry21967205

 

[Enuratique]

The AP would have to revote, I think, and they have said they're not going to bother... Too lazy to Google.

 

[gtcu17]

The AP would have to revote, I think, and they have said they're not going to bother... Too lazy to Google.

yep. I'm reading another article now. They said something about that, but they'd have to get the voters from 2004 to do it

 

[zippyGT]

Opps.. someone else already got it.

 

[McWreck]

yep. I'm reading another article now. They said something about that, but they'd have to get the voters from 2004 to do it

Might have to have a Séance to get a few of those re-votes! :laugher:

 

[gth816f]

That wouldn't make sense. Wouldn't OU have just as legitimate of a claim? The only game they would have lost was to a team deemed to have cheated.

 

[zippyGT]

That wouldn't make sense. Wouldn't OU have just as legitimate of a claim? The only game they would have lost was to a team deemed to have cheated.

But with the win vacated and not forfeit, they keep that loss. (not that the voters have to care...)

 

[GT65_UGA89]

That wouldn't make sense. Wouldn't OU have just as legitimate of a claim? The only game they would have lost was to a team deemed to have cheated.

I was about to go with this angle as well. OU Played in the BCSCG, AU did not.

 

[gtcu17]

That wouldn't make sense. Wouldn't OU have just as legitimate of a claim? The only game they would have lost was to a team deemed to have cheated.

Yep. In fact, they'd have more of an argument than Auburn. The Tigers are arguing is that Auburn went undefeated and would have been the other team in the game...

woulda, coulda, shoulda in my opinion. They can still wear the rings they got :laugher:

 

[gtcu17]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5273313

Tommy Tuberville wants a revote!

 

[andrew]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5273313

Tommy Tuberville wants a revote!

Shocking.

 

[Diseqc]

BCS Statement:
"In accordance with the findings released today by the NCAA, the University of Southern California's 2005 Orange Bowl game victory has been vacated," said Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Executive Director Bill Hancock. "We take the integrity of NCAA rules seriously. As a procedural matter, the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee (POC) must meet to formally consider vacating USC's championship title and the game records. If the POC takes such action, there would be no BCS champion for the 2004-05 season. The POC will meet shortly to discuss this matter.


So Auburn won't be the BCS champ.

 

[Flywheel]

Not happening. Oklahoma is in line before Auburn anyway.

 

[JJacket]

If they hadn't have chickened out of the Dome game of three game series with us, they would have had a loss that year. So no National Championship for you Auburn. We won in 2003 and 2005.

 

[JWE37]

Not happening. Oklahoma is in line before Auburn anyway.

+1. Auburn barely beat a VT team that we had beat until Reggie ran out of the back of the endzone....oh yeah....then he threw em a pick 6.

 

[GT1994-1999]

What about Utah? There were 4 undefeateds going into bowls that year and Utah beat the S out of a good Pitt team. If Colorado gets a championship with a loss, a tie, 5 downs, and a questionable clip then why not vote for Utah.

 

[00Burdell]

Isn't that the year that Auburn ducked us which weakened their schedule just enough to cost them a chance at the NC? I can't remember which year that was.

 

[gtcu17]

Isn't that the year that Auburn ducked us which weakened their schedule just enough to cost them a chance at the NC? I can't remember which year that was.

I think you're right. We played them at BDS in 2003, then at JHS in 2005.

I mean, if they were going to award an NC to a team that wasn't even competing in the BCS-NCG, I was going to write some letters to get the 1990 AP voters to vote again... :rolleyes: