http://www.auburntron.com/2010/01/08/cbs-thinks-they-deserve-an-asterisk/ Auburn weblog of note Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:40:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.auburntron.com/2010/01/08/cbs-thinks-they-deserve-an-asterisk/comment-page-1/#comment-857 Scrin Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:11:00 +0000 http://www.auburntron.com/?p=1975#comment-857 I have to respectfully disagree. Then again, I am a Bama fan. I'm surely biased. But hear me out: Bama's most recent win no more deserves an asterisk than Auburn's. Texas lost because they had one key player who they could not do without, and didn't remember that Colt McCoy isn't the entire team. They had no plan for what to do if they couldn't use him, and suffered because of that. Alabama would be hurt if they lost Ingram or McElroy, but they would still be able to work something out; in fact, they did do just that in the game while Ingram was getting a cramp worked out. Alabama was there to play Texas, not Colt McCoy and His Occasionally-Useful Sidekicks, and they beat Texas, even if Colt McCoy couldn't play. Anyway, it's more likely that a player got pulled out because of an injury than for a field goal kicker to repeatedly miss kicks from easy territory. So, I propose this: I'll concede that Alabama's win deserves an asterisk if the Auburn nation admits the same thing. Both of our teams got some bits of serendipity...But I will say I wish McCoy hadn't gotten as hurt as he had. I have to respectfully disagree. Then again, I am a Bama fan. I’m surely biased. But hear me out: Bama’s most recent win no more deserves an asterisk than Auburn’s. Texas lost because they had one key player who they could not do without, and didn’t remember that Colt McCoy isn’t the entire team. They had no plan for what to do if they couldn’t use him, and suffered because of that. Alabama would be hurt if they lost Ingram or McElroy, but they would still be able to work something out; in fact, they did do just that in the game while Ingram was getting a cramp worked out. Alabama was there to play Texas, not Colt McCoy and His Occasionally-Useful Sidekicks, and they beat Texas, even if Colt McCoy couldn’t play. Anyway, it’s more likely that a player got pulled out because of an injury than for a field goal kicker to repeatedly miss kicks from easy territory. So, I propose this: I’ll concede that Alabama’s win deserves an asterisk if the Auburn nation admits the same thing. Both of our teams got some bits of serendipity…But I will say I wish McCoy hadn’t gotten as hurt as he had.

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