re: BCS works __% of the time? 27%

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AU was making lots of noise in the polls until they laid an egg against a so-so UTenn team in the SECCG

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I'm not at all arguing that AU could not have won it all, but someone had to be left out. There was nothing you could hang your hat on to say that they were the best. Their SOS sucked. They played good, but not great defense, and were consistent, but not spectacular on offense. They didn't shut everyone out, nor did they beat everyone by 50. All they did was win, and it's unfortunate they were excluded, but it was justified by the record. It was not due to not being #1 in preseason. If they had, they would have been hammered for that schedule (and the SEC's overall poor performance that year) and they would have dropped and it would have been supported by the computers.