Should Auburn be awarded the 2004 National Championship?

Due to the recent NCAA findings against USC, one of the things stripped was their 2004 National Championship. In that game they play Oklahoma and trounced them 55-19 in Miami. Auburn played Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl and won 16-13. So when the season was over the final polls had USC number one Auburn number two and Oklahoma number three.

2004 Head Coach Tommy Tuberville

The College Football Writers Association is considering to revote in order to see if they will award Auburn with the 2004 National Championship. The AP has already left the trophy vacant. Should Auburn be awarded the National Championship for the 2004 season? No, heres why. First off Auburn did not play in the National Championship game therefore did not have a chance to play for it in the first place. If they were not in the game in the first place then  how can you just give them a trophy for something they did not play or earn. Ofcourse they did earn the peoples national championship, which was a trophy auburn fans made up to feel good about themselves.

Runningback Carnell Williams

Secondly they all ready had two shots at USC the previous seasons. In the 2002 and 2003 seasons Auburn played USC, once at home and once in Los Angles, and lost both of those games. They lost 24-17 in Los Angeles and 23-0 in Auburn. USC out scored Auburn by thirty points in those two contest. Those were even USC's best teams but the 2004 team was. If those two teams would have played the two teams pretty much would have played with the same roster it had the season before when USC blew Auburn out 23-0. How in the world could the game even been close? It would not have been. USC was the best team in 2004 top to bottom than any other team in the nation.

Linebacker Karibi Dede

Thirdly, the SEC was pretty weak in 2004. Auburns toughest test that season in the SEC was the LSU Tigers who did finish overall 9-3 and lost to Auburn 10-9 on the plains. LSU's first game against Oregon State was a one point victory for the Tigers but Oregon State's kicker missed about 5 field goals in that game or Oregon State would have beaten LSU in Baton Rouge. They played a sub-par Tennessee team twice and handled both of the contest. There out of conference scheduled was the Bulldogs of Louisiana Tech, Louisiana Monroe, and Citadel. Those teams are not what i would call as top notch teams not only in the nation but in there conferences, Citadel is also Division 1-AA. Auburn's schedule in itself also hurt there chances of getting the National Title.

If they decided to award the National Championship it should be to Oklahoma Sooners. After all they did play in the game and they are the ones who got cheated the most.