It's the sort of silly debate that livens up the run-up to college football, which begins in four days with the first full slate and Oregon's opener against Montana State in 11, Saturday August 30 in Autzen Stadium.
Tuesday the Auburn Tigers announced that they are "claiming" the national title from 2004, according to a report from Pat Smith of WJOX radio in Birmingham, Alabama.
USC won the BCS National Championship Game that season, 55-19 over Oklahoma, but the Trojans subsequently vacated the title in 2010 after the NCAA ruled Reggie Bush and his family received illegal benefits from an agent, benefits that are commonplace now.