Pop23
Gold Member
The problem is, Auburn didn't come to play. Once they didn't make the playoffs, they didn't care. It happens every year. In 2008, Bama lost the SEC Championship in the final minutes of the game. They weren't going to the BCS Championship game. They played flat when they played against Utah. They lost.
The bowl game was the Super Bowl for UCF. For auburn it was their 7th best team to play this season. It didn't matter to them like it would if they were playing in the playoffs.
Is that right? No, of course every team should put their best into it. But when you have 18 to 22 year olds playing, you get emotional letdowns.
And UCF would have been destroyed in the playoffs. Both Bama and Georgia (and to an extent Oklahoma & Clemson) played their top game.
You know I have lots of respect for you, but when you have the recruits that Auburn has compared to UCF. The above makes no sense. Anyone who watched the game saw UCF was simply the better team.