"There comes a time in everybody's life when they're going to get screwed. I guess this is our time. I'm going fishin'."

That quote comes from Pat Dye. He was Auburn's head football coach who led us to SEC titles like crazy in the 1980's. Of course, he also led us to NCAA probation in the 90's but that's another matter. In 1983, Auburn, ranked #3 before the bowls and playing 9 bowl teams that season, won on New Year's Day while #1 Nebraska and #2 Texas lost their bowl games, only to have #5 Miami jump over them to win the national championship. Pat Dye was interviewed that Monday after the polls came out and said those infamous words.

Well, it's Auburn's time again. From today's Dallas Morning News:

"Undefeated and 12-0 Auburn, the big loser in the latest BCS slapdash stab at a title game, has four wins against top 15 teams...Auburn completed a sweep of Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference championship game. A second victory against Tennessee under the pressure of having to win to get into a BCS bowl is far more impressive than a caning of Colorado.

Auburn should be in the championship game by virtue of those high-quality wins and going undefeated in the toughest conference in the country. That will not happen.

Could Oklahoma and USC have done the same thing if given Auburn's schedule? Maybe. Only Auburn actually did it."

I'm going fishin.'