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Slive says playoff will protect a team like 2004 Auburn
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HOOVER — Auburn's unbeaten and uncrowned 2004 football team isn't forgotten — at least not by SEC commissioner Mike Slive.
He pointed to the Tigers' squad from that year when talking about the four-team college football playoff, which will begin in 2014. Auburn didn't make the BCS National Championship Game in 2004, despite not having lost a game. Slive said a team like that wouldn't be left out of the new system.
"I'm often asked if the four-team championship playoff is good for the SEC," Slive said. "The answer is unequivocally yes. It's good for college football. ... It provides the student-athletes and fans a championship playoff while at the same time protecting the greatest regular season in sports."
Slive said questions such as game sites and the makeup of the selection committee still must be determined. However, he stressed that strength of schedule would be an important factor in selecting teams.
He added that teams would need to examine their non-conference schedules and balance them against the strength of their leagues.
MARK EDWARDS
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He is right. Doesn't matter if you are not an AU fan, you have to admit that what happened in 2004 was a travesty in college football. Auburn went undefeated and won the toughest conference in football, but did not get in. Compare that to last year when UA, who was not undefeated and did not win the conference, did get in. Don't misunderstand what I am saying because Bama did deserve to be in that game as they were one of the top 2 teams in the nation, but that glaring inconsistency shows what a joke the BCS system was.
This new system will take away the argument that a conference champ has to be in the game and puts the top 4 teams in the nation in the playoff, which negates the issues from last year and 2004.