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Beginning with Oklahoma's out-of-nowhere BCS championship run in 2000, three teams in the last...

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Beginning with Oklahoma's out-of-nowhere BCS championship run in 2000, three teams in the last decade – the 2000 Sooners, Ohio State in 2002 and LSU in 2003 – have rebounded from unranked, five-loss seasons to win the BCS championship, all with expectations of far more modest improvement. Two others, Washington in 2000 and Auburn in 2004, came off five-loss seasons to finish within very plausible striking distance of a BCS title shot, and Alabama surged from 7-6 in 2007 to within half a quarter of a BCS championship bid following a 12-0 regular season in 2008.

Dr. Saturday points out how a perennial power fallen on hard times can rebound from a five-loss season to win a national championship the following year. Kind of like that team Vince Dooley coached to a 6-5 record in 1979. I'm just saying, is all. Go 'Dawgs!