BOISE STATE DESERVES A BCS SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!

[kevkelsar]

When I heard this news I immediately thought of this thread. It really bites for TCU and BSU to be shut out like they have been. On top of it all, they faced each other LAST year in the Poinsettia Bowl. Once again, the BCS fails big time.

With this set up, it's a lose-lose situation for the WAC (mainly just BSU) and MWC (Utah, TCU, and maybe some day BYU). Two non-automatic qualifying teams break into the system for the first time. Instead of letting the two non-AQ teams from two separate conferences prove the farce that the BCS is by letting them play the "big" boys, they just shove them over into their own little corner. No matter who wins, there will not be any leverage against the BCS for either conference. It's a shame.

I think we have my University of Utah Utes to thank for this, though. After embarrassing Alabama last year in the Sugar Bowl, the BCS will do whatever they can to avoid having anything like that happen again. Even if Texas had lost this weekend, they would have found some way to make sure that BSU and TCU would not be in the "National Championship" Bowl.

 

[handy]

My feelings exactly, kev!

Cory McCartney on SportsIllustrated.com has a defining article about this obviously craven slap-down:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/w ... xid=cnnbin


Nonetheless, it will be a GREAT game. I'd really like to see the Fiesta Bowl pull some great ratings (even though it is on a Monday night. :mad ) and show that non-BCS football is just as good as the BCS snobs.

TCU really showed up the big boys this year. ('k, I admit it, they deserve the Championship). As you said, the Utes showed up and humiliated Alabama last year and the Boise State/Oklahoma Fiesta Bowl of '07 is still be talked about as one of the all-time greatest bowl games ever.

One of these days, the wall will fall. There are just too many sensible people that are seeing through the BCS at this point, and people who like the idea of the under-dog facing and beating the reputed "champions". Sheesh, hasn't anyone in the BCS ever watched "Seabiscuit"?

I do hope however, that a reasonable system can be worked out and that we can keep the big Bowls. Bowl games have gotten to be a bit of a joke, what with the "Little Ceaser's Pizza Pizza Bowl" and my own former bosses, the ever-to-be-forgotten "micronpc.com bowl", but there is a lot of tradition and history with the Big 5 Bowl games, and I'd hate to see it replaced by play-offs. I think the BCS bigshots just might start realizing that if they keep on shutting out great teams like BSU and TCU and your Utes, then the demand to scrap the whole sorry mess in favor of playoff just might become unstoppable.


Now that I've that rant out of my system (well, maybe)... here's a thought:

Arguably, and from fairly high sources, TCU really does deserve the Championship. Now, if Boise beats them Jan 4, what does that say about Boise.

 

[Blazin Bones]

I can't complain any, as I am a Long Horns fan. Hook 'em Horns!

 

[InHisShadow]

I think we have my University of Utah Utes to thank for this, though. After embarrassing Alabama last year in the Sugar Bowl, the BCS will do whatever they can to avoid having anything like that happen again. Even if Texas had lost this weekend, they would have found some way to make sure that BSU and TCU would not be in the "National Championship" Bowl.

Alabama did not play at all, even before the game everyone had said they did not deserve to play such a bad team. If you watch the game, you will see the lack of effort.

As far as Boise St. goes, I would recommend to the AD to change conferences, OR schedule bigger games against good teams. They had ONE game I consider a tough one, and they play in a WEAK WEAK conference. If they scheduled USC, Oregon, and another bigger school like Texas Tech, I would say they have NO doubt they would play in the BCS Championship game.

 

[(THE)]

I heard BSU tried to buy their way into the BCS... with potatoes! :toofunny :toofunny

I'm a bit of a Florida/Florida St. fan and I'm sure they'd agree to play "your" team. Either Florida team usually has no problem getting to the BCS on a semi-regular basis.

Hey, they were "Yukon Gold" potatoes!!!! As for Florida/Florida St., well then, why haven't they, hmmmm? The offer is there, the Broncos will travel to any school, so why isn't anyone down there in the Sunshine State taking them up on the offer? :chicken

[quote="Vic C.":16uio8bz]No prob, Jo. :yes

Hey, where's Dora? She abandoned her thread.

Oh, I get it, it was a drive-by...

Nah, I just had to get the last of the wind-damage stuff put all back together, clean out the fridge, cook up the pumpkin for pies and get everything ready for our big Thanksgiving Day today. Mom came and is staying with us until Sunday. She'll go to our new church with us and then we'll take her home. Steve's folks came as well and we had a great day. I hope you all had as blessed a day as I did.

No they don't.

I'm too full of good food and good Thanksgiving will right now. Otherwise it'd be the for you, bub![/quote:16uio8bz]

As for Florida/Florida St., well then, why haven't they, hmmmm?

My Sems would destroy the Broncos :yes ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if this was 10 years ago

 

[jasoncran]

hopefully fsu will.

 

[handy]

As far as Boise St. goes, I would recommend to the AD to change conferences, OR schedule bigger games against good teams. They had ONE game I consider a tough one, and they play in a WEAK WEAK conference. If they scheduled USC, Oregon, and another bigger school like Texas Tech, I would say they have NO doubt they would play in the BCS Championship game.

Well, we did play Oregon and we whooped 'em 19-8. As for playing other bigger schools, that's exactly what this thread is about. Boise certainly would like to, we want to, but they refuse to play us.

It's kind of a vicious cycle: Boise plays in the WAC, about the weakest conference out there. They are ready to take on bigger and better teams, but the other conferences won't let them play because they play in the WAC which is the weakest conference out there.

My Sems would destroy the Broncos :yes ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if this was 10 years ago

Memories lighting the corners of your mind there (THE)?" :P

Boise would certainly take on FSU, if FSU would play them.

 

[kevkelsar]

As stated, the "big" boys won't play against the likes of TCU, BSU, and U of U. They're afraid to play them.

As for the silly "Alabama didn't really play in the Sugar Bowl" talk, that's just ridiculous. Alabama got outplayed and completely embarrassed, those types of comments are just excuses. It doesn't matter if they didn't "want" to be in the Sugar Bowl. Great teams prepare for EVERY game, no matter how small or big they perceive it to be. That's the problem with the AQ BCS conferences, they think they are entitled to greatness and don't have to prove it on the field. When in reality, greatness is proven on the field, which the BCS system does not allow to happen.

 

[InHisShadow]

As far as Boise St. goes, I would recommend to the AD to change conferences, OR schedule bigger games against good teams. They had ONE game I consider a tough one, and they play in a WEAK WEAK conference. If they scheduled USC, Oregon, and another bigger school like Texas Tech, I would say they have NO doubt they would play in the BCS Championship game.

Well, we did play Oregon and we whooped 'em 19-8. As for playing other bigger schools, that's exactly what this thread is about. Boise certainly would like to, we want to, but they refuse to play us.

It's kind of a vicious cycle: Boise plays in the WAC, about the weakest conference out there. They are ready to take on bigger and better teams, but the other conferences won't let them play because they play in the WAC which is the weakest conference out there.

My Sems would destroy the Broncos :yes ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if this was 10 years ago

Memories lighting the corners of your mind there (THE)?" :P

Boise would certainly take on FSU, if FSU would play them.

You can't always rely on the media to inform you of the correct facts. If it truly was the reasoning, no one will play them, Boise could petition the NCAA to do something about it; however, it's not the case. 19-8 is not really whipping someone, the whipping Oregon put on USC is what a whooping is like. The media tends to lead its viewers into lies, so you can form your opinion, but we all know 119 teams can't refuse to play Boise since they have a full schedule...