The irony is practically making me pass out over here. Maybe I need some good old-fashioned Southern lemonade. Or a whiskey.
So the first BCS rankings come out on Sunday, and out of all people, Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville has the audacity to say that the SEC will be overlooked:
"Every year, it's going to be like this. Until we get a playoff, the SEC's going to be on the outside looking in. I don't think [a one-loss SEC team in the BCS title game] will ever happen. I think people are enamored by not losing, rather than voting on who the best teams are. That's what I do. Of course, you've got to look at the wins and losses, but you've got to look at who they lost to, where they lost and how they came back."
This is coming from a guy whose team got waxed, at HOME, by an UNRANKED team, and is now ranked #4 in the BCS.
If anything, the SEC is getting too much respect by putting a one-loss (and really shitty loss) team ahead of some deserving undefeated squads.
And about the SEC having a title game and other major conferences not having one, the Big Ten does have one: it's called the Ohio State/Michigan game.
I'd love to see Auburn take on the Buckeyes in the title game, but this year, Auburn will be on the outside looking in. But that's not because they're being overlooked, it's because they lost to an unranked team at home.
Sorry, Tommy.
1 comment:
But its not a longshot that they actually get in the game undeserved:
if they win out their regular season and
1. USC loses
2. Arkansas loses one game or less
Auburn will be set up to play the Ohio State-Michigan winner for the national title but will NOT win its conference and NOT even play in the SEC championship game.
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