Anytime that you bring up the 2004 BCS National Championship, the Auburn Tigers faithful can get a bit heated.
There is good reason for that, the team finished 1-0 under head coach Tommy Tuberville. They won the SEC Championship over the Tennessee Vols, 38-28. The team would accept a Sugar Bowl invite and defeated the No. 9 Virginia Tech Hokies.
The team featured quarterback Jason Campbell, the running back duo of Carnell Williams and Ronnie Brown, and leading receiver Courtney Taylor. Al Borges coordinated the offense that scored 32.1 points per game.
Borges joined The Paul Finebaum Show and discussed who should claim that 2004 BCS Championship after the USC Trojans had to vacate the title. In that game, the Trojans defeated the Oklahoma Sooners by a score of 55-19.
“Whether people want to admit it or not, the game the year before did have a little effect,” said Borges. “And we were a completely different team, that’s an unfair analogy, but I think that might have had a little bit to do with it. But SC kind of eliminated themselves with their problems, and that’s really the case that (Tommy Tuberville) makes is: SC’s not even a factor because they supposedly caught their hand in the cookie jar.”
Borges went on to say that the Auburn Tigers should be awarded the vacated championship but also stated that his view is a little slanted.
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