(10-10-2012 06:49 PM)warhawk09 Wrote: (10-10-2012 06:16 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote: (10-10-2012 06:12 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote: (10-10-2012 06:01 PM)Chrono124 Wrote: (10-10-2012 05:57 PM)Burn the Horse Wrote: Auburn has no chance to make a bowl game. They can't win enough games of the schedule they have left ahead of them to even get bowl-eligible.
The local sports talk guys (one of which is the honorable Barry McKnight) were talking about it yesterday. They ran down their remaining schedule and were saying they simply aren't good enough to win more than 2 (NMSU and Alabama A&M) more games.
My thoughts exactly, they have a horrible team this year. Chizik might as well pack his bags and get ready for the fans to carry him out the gates.
I support Auburn as far as the Iron Bowl is concerned. I think Auburn should stick with Chizik for at least another year. He did win a friggin national championship in 2010.
Cam Newton did that....
Chizik has a AWEFUL record at Auburn without Newton.
No Cam Newton did not. There was a lot of talent on that team. Cam was certainly a big piece, but there were others
A big piece? Seriously? Are you also a closet myopic Auburn fan, or do you just not pay that much attention to football? Granted a championship can never be 100% attributed to one player, but I don't know if there's ever been a guy come closer to that than Cam Newton. I don't think there was another quarterback in college football that year, including Andrew Luck, that you could have put in Cam's place and they would have still gone undefeated. Auburn went 8-5 the year before and 8-5 the year after. Let's compare that to the last few decades of national champions.
Between 1980 and Auburn's title in 2010 there were 33 teams that captured at least a share of the national title.
09 Bama the year before 12-2 the year after 10-3
08 Florida the year before 9-4 the year after 13-1
07 LSU the year before 11-2 the year after 8-5
06 Florida the year before 9-3 the year after 9-4
05 Texas the year before 11-1 the year after 10-3
04 Southern Cal the year before 12-1 the year after 12-1
03 Southern Cal the year before 11-1 the year after 13-0
03 LSU the year before 8-5 the year after 9-3
02 Ohio State the year before 7-5 the year after 11-2
01 Oklahoma the year before 7-5 the year after 12-1
00 Florida State the year before 11-2 the year after 11-2
98 Tennessee the year before 11-2 the year after 9-3
97 Michigan the year before 8-4 the year after 10-3
97 Nebraska the year before 11-2 the year after 9-4
96 Florida the year before 12-1 the year after 10-2
95 Nebraska the year before 13-0 the year after 11-2
94 Nebraska the year before 11-1 the year after 12-0
93 Florida State the year before 11-1 the year after 10-1-1
92 Alabama the year before 11-1 the year after 8-3-1
91 Miami the year before 10-2 the year after 11-1
91 Washington the year before 10-2 the year after 9-3
90 Colorado the year before 11-1 the year after 8-3-1
90 Georgia Tech the year before 7-4 the year after 8-5
89 Miami the year before 11-1 the year after 10-2
88 Notre Dame the year before 8-4 the year after 12-1
87 Miami the year before 11-1 the year after 11-1
86 Penn State the year before 11-1 the year after 8-4
85 Oklahoma the year before 9-2-1 the year after 11-1
84 BYU the year before 11-1 the year after 11-3
83 Miami the year before 7-4 the year after 8-5
82 Penn State the year before 10-2 the year after 8-4-1
81 Clemson the year before 6-5 the year after 9-1-1
80 Georgia the year before 6-5 the year after 10-2
Of those 33 teams, 13 of them won double digit games the year before and the year after their national title, Auburn is one of only 5 teams that didn't win double digit games in either year. No other team in the sample lost 10 games in the combined two years around their national title and 21 of 33 lost 5 or less, only 83 Miami and 90 Georgia Tech even lost a combined 9 games. Their 16 combined wins is tied with 80 Georgia and only better than 90 Georgia Tech(15), 83 Miami(15) and 81 Clemson(15) and their .615 winning percentage is worst on the entire list.
I'm sorry but Cam Newton was undoubtedly the closest to a one man national championship we've seen at least in the last three decades and I doubt there are very many before then or in the next 100 years that are(or will be) even close.
my guess your are correct but I'm sure every bowl is keeping a eye on WKU as a option also and games like this allows them to see both teams at once.
