There is no doubt, I am pulling for Oregon in this game as I detest everything about Auburn and the idea of them winning a National Title makes me sick, especially since I believe they paid players to get there... That being said, I am also a proud SEC fan like many of you, so the idea of the SEC losing to a PAC 10 team also makes me sick. These are the PROS to both as I see them, you may want to remember these so you can make yourself feel better no matter what the outcome of the game may be...
PROS if Auburn WINS
1) 5 Straight SEC Titles by 4 teams, a feat that will NEVER be matched in any of our lifetimes by another conference or maybe ever for that matter.
2) The PAC 10 has to shut up about being on par with the SEC.
3) The rest of the country has to swallow REAL hard and admit that the football they play in their conference doesn't even compare to the SEC.
4) This almost assures that ANY team that comes out of the SEC in 2011 or 2012 as the SEC Champ will be playing in the National Title Game even with 1 loss.
5) The State of Alabama would become the center of the College Football Universe, having back-to-back Heisman Winners, SEC & National Champs from it's 2 Major Schools...something even Florida, Texas & California can't say.
6) With Bama most likely being the favorite (or at least 1 of the top 3) team to win the National Title in 2011, we would have the chance to put the state of Alabama in a place that even we have never experienced as far as National Respect in College Football.
7) Finally, the JOY that will come with the NCAA comes calling and strips Auburn of it's title and possibly Heisman. The SEC will have already received all of the credit for the title Nationally, so this will be all gravy for Tide fans and Auburn haters.
PROS if Auburn Loses
1) Everything Auburn accomplished this year more less goes down the drain. It's ALL very hollow without finishing with a Title after what Bama did last year.
2) The Auburn fanbase will be CRUSHED emotionally.
3) The very real feeling will set in that Auburn can't even BUY a National Title.
4) Auburn fans will still feel like the little step brother that can't have anything that the prodigal son has.
5) We still get to tell recruits that Auburn hasn't won anything since before their parents were born.
6) Auburn is the team that lets THE WHOLE SEC DOWN by not continuing the STREAK of Dominance...not an enviable position.
7) Auburn becomes the only SEC Team to ever reach the BCS Title Game and LOSE...pretty sweet.
Let me know if you have any more to add. I'm trying to prepare myself for the possibility of Auburn winning, but may very well be sitting in a bar in Dallas, Texas wearing Green and Yellow on Monday night and screaming GO DUCKS!!! for the first time ever.
Roll Tide
PROS if Auburn WINS
1) 5 Straight SEC Titles by 4 teams, a feat that will NEVER be matched in any of our lifetimes by another conference or maybe ever for that matter.
2) The PAC 10 has to shut up about being on par with the SEC.
3) The rest of the country has to swallow REAL hard and admit that the football they play in their conference doesn't even compare to the SEC.
4) This almost assures that ANY team that comes out of the SEC in 2011 or 2012 as the SEC Champ will be playing in the National Title Game even with 1 loss.
5) The State of Alabama would become the center of the College Football Universe, having back-to-back Heisman Winners, SEC & National Champs from it's 2 Major Schools...something even Florida, Texas & California can't say.
6) With Bama most likely being the favorite (or at least 1 of the top 3) team to win the National Title in 2011, we would have the chance to put the state of Alabama in a place that even we have never experienced as far as National Respect in College Football.
7) Finally, the JOY that will come with the NCAA comes calling and strips Auburn of it's title and possibly Heisman. The SEC will have already received all of the credit for the title Nationally, so this will be all gravy for Tide fans and Auburn haters.
PROS if Auburn Loses
1) Everything Auburn accomplished this year more less goes down the drain. It's ALL very hollow without finishing with a Title after what Bama did last year.
2) The Auburn fanbase will be CRUSHED emotionally.
3) The very real feeling will set in that Auburn can't even BUY a National Title.
4) Auburn fans will still feel like the little step brother that can't have anything that the prodigal son has.
5) We still get to tell recruits that Auburn hasn't won anything since before their parents were born.
6) Auburn is the team that lets THE WHOLE SEC DOWN by not continuing the STREAK of Dominance...not an enviable position.
7) Auburn becomes the only SEC Team to ever reach the BCS Title Game and LOSE...pretty sweet.
Let me know if you have any more to add. I'm trying to prepare myself for the possibility of Auburn winning, but may very well be sitting in a bar in Dallas, Texas wearing Green and Yellow on Monday night and screaming GO DUCKS!!! for the first time ever.
Roll Tide