Auburn keeps saying it is the ‘other’ National Championship. Laughable.

USC had a right to say that last year about their Rose Bowl game, because they were ranked #1 in both the AP and the ESPN Coaches poll. Also, a point to be noted is that USC never said that they were playing in a National Championship. The coaches as well as the players kept saying that they were there to win ‘their Bowl’ and let destiny take care of the rest.

Of course, after they won and after they got the #1 ranking by AP, they pronounced themselves National Champions, and rightly so.

Another point to note - last year, even experts were saying that there are practically two National Championships. One in the Sugar Bowl and one in the Rose Bowl. And that was based on the fact that USC being AP #1, had very little chance of dropping to #2 or #3 if they won their game against Michigan, which was ranked #5 (or was it #4?).

But this year, only Auburn coach and the players are talking about there being two National Championships. First of all they are ranked #3 in both polls. So it would need an absolutely stellar performance by them PLUS an absolutely pathetic performance by BOTH OU and USC in the Orange Bowl to even make some of the pollsters think about moving them to #1. Even if some of the guys change their votes, it would be too much to ask a whole bunch to change so that Auburn becomes #1.

Dream on, Auburn. Concentrate on winning. VA Tech is not going to be easy. In looking too far ahead you may miss the freight train coming in the form of a pumped up, underdog, nothing-to-lose Hokies team. At least win the game.

I hope you don’t.