A note for those Auburn fans who say they deserve a National Championship just because they went unbeaten. This includes the so-called pundits on ESPN/ABC Sports.

Of course most of the thoughts written in this article are the same as mine, but I post the article here just to give it some legitimacy.

Trojans are number 1 in both polls, so no split championship!

And here’s a copy of the article:

Poll domination gives Trojans undisputed title
GREG COTE, gcote@herald.com

Did you ever notice that people attempting to support a flimsy case tend to complicate what is simple in order to obfuscate logic?

But enough about LeBatard, who, based on his argument, apparently had dinner last night with Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, who I presume was kind enough to pick up the check.

Let’s keep this simple.

A legitimate split-national championship in college football occurs when the BCS and The Associated Press have different No. 1-ranked teams and both win their bowls.

Bulletin for Dan: That was not the case this season.

LOOK TO THE POLLS

Unbeaten Southern Cal was top-ranked in both deciding polls (along with the coaches' poll). Further, the Trojans were No. 1 ahead of Auburn by a considerable margin. There wasn’t much debate . . . outside of Auburn.

Auburn was as unbeaten as USC and did all it could, yes. You can feel badly for the Tigers if you like. You can feel badly for unbeaten Utah, too. But not losing does not bestow upon you an inalienable right to claim a national title. Sorry.

If Auburn has such a legitimate claim to that, why did Southern Cal lead in final AP first-place votes, 62-3? (Who even knew there were three voters from central-Eastern Alabama?)

Hey, wasn’t 62-3 also the Orange Bowl Classic final score? No, wait. That’s right. USC only swamped Oklahoma by 55-19.

SUGAR TOO CLOSE

That was one day after Auburn, hell-bent to run up the score and make its big case, managed to edge Virginia Tech, 16-13, in the Sugar. (By the way: USC had beaten Tech by 11 points this season, if memory serves).

As for Auburn supposedly having played a tougher schedule than Southern Cal, I say we make a new rule: When you open your season against Louisiana-Monroe, you shut up about your tough schedule.

Hey, don’t get me wrong here. Auburn had a terrific season, second-best in the whole country. Be proud, Tigers. But enough with the whining.

Southern Cal – No. 1 wire-to-wire, and punctuated with an overwhelmingly impressive title-game performance – stands alone, and should. Rarely has college football crowned a champion so clear-cut, and so deserving of bipartisan praise.