re: Since 2007: LSU (2 SEC WC, 2 SECC, 1 NC), Bama (5 SEC WC, 3 SECC, 3 NC)

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why 2007 gets called lucky and 2003 doesn't

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Another pointless line of argument. LSU was the best team in the nation both years and legitimately won the NC both years. Also, in both years, it took some other things happening to get us into the NC game. Yes, we needed West Virginia to be upset by Pitt in 2007. Contrary to popular legend, that was the only surprising result that helped us into the NC game, as Missouri was a decided underdog to Oklahoma, which had just throttled them a couple of weeks earlier, and no way was VT, the eventual #3 in BCS, going to be ranked ahead of a team that crushed them 48-7. Likewise, in 2003, a late-night Boise St.-Hawaii game tipped the SOS component of the BCS formula in our favor. Nevertheless, we were clearly the best team in the country both years, deserved to win, and DID win, the national championship both years.