Backwoods Presbyterian
Puritanboard Amanuensis
Too bad in 5 years Auburn's National Title will be taken away because the NCAA will realize that Cam Newton should be retroactively ineligible. 
BCS Championship Game Tonight
- Thread starter Marrow Man
- Start date
- Status
Marrow Man
Drunk with Powder
In five years? Try five months!
Auburn Coach...."God was with us." Player... "It's a God thing." What? I get perplexed when sports players say that kind of stuff. Like He isn't blessing someone with a loss? I have been more blessed in loss sometimes than I would have been in winning.
Psalm 73 ought to be a warning against such nonsense.
Psalm 73 ought to be a warning against such nonsense.
Reformed Roman
Puritan Board Freshman
The coach thing might have been 50/50,
but Cam Newton brought up how God could use Him to DELIVER HIS WORD. And bring out something good from something bad.
---------- Post added at 11:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:19 PM ----------
The coach just tripped over words there. There's no way he meant that "God was blessed" for being apart of it. He was seriously stumbling around like crazy.
but Cam Newton brought up how God could use Him to DELIVER HIS WORD. And bring out something good from something bad.
---------- Post added at 11:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:19 PM ----------
The coach just tripped over words there. There's no way he meant that "God was blessed" for being apart of it. He was seriously stumbling around like crazy.
Theoretical
Puritan Board Professor
I'm with Carl Trueman on these kinds of pronouncements. America's almost as secular as Britain, we've just got a religious veneer that Two World Wars and the Holocaust hasn't burned away. So I take these kinds of things with a huge grain of salt. And, like Mr. Snyder, I've grown vastly more in my losses than in my victories. It would actually be really refreshing to see an athlete thank Jesus Christ for his team losing the game, rather than automatically ascribing God's favor to the victory.
Marrow Man
Drunk with Powder
Marrow Man
Drunk with Powder
And as a Georgia fan, I can assure you that I have learn quite a number of humbling lessons from this dismal season. 
On a related note, did anyone see the Tweeting that the receiver for the Buffalo Bills did when he dropped a pass in OT on Thanksgiving Day? Talk about blaming God in the midst of adversity:
Steve Johnson, Buffalo Bills wideout, blames God on Twitter after dropping game-winning pass
On a related note, did anyone see the Tweeting that the receiver for the Buffalo Bills did when he dropped a pass in OT on Thanksgiving Day? Talk about blaming God in the midst of adversity:
Steve Johnson, Buffalo Bills wideout, blames God on Twitter after dropping game-winning pass
How sad.
A short update from a post that I made a year ago about SEC dominance...
Even with a collectively disappointing bowl season by SEC standards, the power of the conference continues to shine. I love my Bulldawgs and it's somewhat difficult to watch a rival get the glory but it's still fun to see the Southern schools dominate the national platform.
- With Auburn defeating Oregon last night, the SEC now has 5 National Championships in a row...something that has never been accomplished in the modern history of college football.
- In showing the strength and depth of the conference, these 5 titles were obtained by 4 separate teams.
- If we go back a little further, the SEC now claims 6 of the last 8 National Championships.
- In the BCS era, which began in 1998, the SEC leads with 7 National Championships [accomplished with 5 separate teams]. No other conference has more than 2.
Even with a collectively disappointing bowl season by SEC standards, the power of the conference continues to shine. I love my Bulldawgs and it's somewhat difficult to watch a rival get the glory but it's still fun to see the Southern schools dominate the national platform.
LawrenceU
Puritan Board Doctor
Marrow Man
Drunk with Powder
I used to not mind Auburn so much. They always referred to the Georgia-Auburn game (The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) as being more like two cousins wrestling at a family picnic rather than two hated rivals going at it. But that changed this year with the Cam Newton saga and the dirty play of Nick Fairley.
But say what you will, that performance by the d-line of Auburn was quite impressive. I read this stat this morning: "Auburn had 11 tackles for a loss and held the Ducks to just 75 yards rushing. They entered the game averaging 303.8 yards rushing per game. The Ducks averaged 6.1 yards per rush this season; they gained just 2.3 against the Tigers."
Benjamin mentioned something about the winner of this game having to face TCU. Oh, if only the NCAA were that smart. Imagine how much money they could make from that game. At any rate, though, folks forget that Auburn was left out in the cold just like TCU was this year. The year that Texas and USC played one another in that truly spectacular BCS championship game, an undefeated Auburn team (with four players who would wind up going in the first round the following NFL draft) had to settle for playing in the Sugar Bowl.
But say what you will, that performance by the d-line of Auburn was quite impressive. I read this stat this morning: "Auburn had 11 tackles for a loss and held the Ducks to just 75 yards rushing. They entered the game averaging 303.8 yards rushing per game. The Ducks averaged 6.1 yards per rush this season; they gained just 2.3 against the Tigers."
Benjamin mentioned something about the winner of this game having to face TCU. Oh, if only the NCAA were that smart. Imagine how much money they could make from that game. At any rate, though, folks forget that Auburn was left out in the cold just like TCU was this year. The year that Texas and USC played one another in that truly spectacular BCS championship game, an undefeated Auburn team (with four players who would wind up going in the first round the following NFL draft) had to settle for playing in the Sugar Bowl.
Backwoods Presbyterian
Puritanboard Amanuensis
They could meet halfway at maybe Memphis or New Orleans and play a real National Title game.
Uh-uhh...
Actually it was Oklahoma & USC. Texas & USC was the 2005 season.
Marrow Man
Drunk with Powder
Ah, you are correct. The memory isn't what it used to be. And that whole 2004 season but play the game in 2005 always throws me off.
I am an Auburn alum (class of 2002) so it is kind of neat for them to win the game. I was greatly embarrassed by some of the things that took place. I hope both Fairley and Newton leave school. They are both an embarrassment to the university. I was also appalled at what goes for cheerleading outfits today. Every year that goes by I am more inclined to give up my interest in the sport for several reasons.
I definitely was not surprised at all. Anybody who has lived in the South is quite used to this kind of speech from even obviously wicked men. This doesn't make it any better or less sinful but it was not a surprise.
I agree and was not disagreeing with your statement. I wholeheartedly agree with what you said. It is amazing how easily we can become desensitized. It just goes to show that as Owen said we must be busy killing sin or it will be busy killing us. I appreciate your thoughts on the subject brother.
Tripel
Puritan Board Senior
You are right, there would be a lot of money to be made. But it's important to point out that:
1) The NCAA has nothing to do with who gets crowned the national champion in football. It's all the BCS.
2) The BCS isn't concerned with making more money. If it were, we would have had a playoff system long ago.
To qualify: I hope they both just leave school. I would never hope that they go to the NFL and participate in weekly Sabbath breaking. However, I'm pretty sure, although not informed enough to give a definite answer, that the college teams break the Sabbath just as much with practices and the like on the Lord's Day.
ServantsHeart
Puritan Board Freshman
Auburn was my pick because a dear Brother is a rabid fan,but I do like the SEC conference so I gladly say,Way to go Auburn for your win over those West Coasters!
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
