... yet they didn't get the bid for the National Championship game. Instead, 12-0 Oklahoma got the bid to play against 12-0 USC. The Sooners subsequently got trounced , thereby, in some peoples' minds, lending credence to the argument that Auburn deserved the bid . On the other hand, with an out-of-conference slate that included Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana Tech, and that scourge of the Southern Conference, The Citadel, one had to wonder if strength of schedule held Auburn back. After all, Oklahoma played, and beat, Oregon in the OOC part of their schedule. Meanwhile, USC played, and beat, Virginia Tech, BYU, and Notre Dame. Moreover, all three of those games were on the road. When the 2009 season began, Penn State was breaking in a number of ...

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