... we haven't seen a real longshot win the national title. Since 2003, we have seen a bevy of teams that many people, and so-called experts, felt could have won a national title before the season even started, and then ended up doing it.

2003:  USC and LSU

2004:  USC

2005:  Texas

2006:  Florida

2007:  LSU

2008: Florida

2009: Alabama

Those teams were all ranked within the Top 15 (LSU 2003 was No. 15 preseason) before the season started, and then lived up to their early season billing and finished the business at hand.

Then we ha...

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