Boise State is unworthy, and this is why

If Boise State beats Oregon State tonight, the Broncos are a safe bet to finish the regular season undefeated, and therefore in position to create another BCS controversy.

Which is absolute dung.

In the college football that I know and love, there are no "safe bets" to run the season and finish it undefeated if you win your first game. That's nonsense, but that's the reality for Boise State. Which means Boise State is nonsense.

Boise State as a national title contender, I mean.

Pick a school from a BCS conference. Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, USC, Ohio State, (OK, don't pick one from the Big East. That league sucks.) If any of those teams wins their first game, are they a safe bet to run the table? Of course not.

Boise State is, but only because Boise State's schedule includes Miami (Ohio) and Nevada and something called UC Davis. Georgia plays Florida. Oklahoma plays Texas. USC plays Ohio State. And there are plenty more tough games where those came from.

Boise State is a nice story, and probably a pretty good football team. But Boise State as a national title contender? Come on. You don't really believe it, right?

I agree, mostly. I think that Boise State could get a title shot at some point, but only if they ran the table and nobody else did. Maybe if we were left with two loss teams. I am all for the non-majors getting their due, but when Oregon is the toughest game on your schedule, and it's first so that Fresno St. or San Jose State or Tulsa is your toughest game left, you don't score a lot of points with other coaches or the computers. I'm not sure why Boise St. doesn't have a tougher schedule, but they need to work on it. Maybe major conference teams don't want the risk of an Oklahoma-like loss (since it appears that one is never going away). All of that aside, the game tonight might be interesting because of the bad blood.
By the way, the "something called UC Davis" is a Univ. of California school (like Berkley, but not quite as liberal), that just joined the FCS (so, also not as good). UC Davis is the team that made news in '05 with the huge upset of Stanford (before even finishing the probation to become an FCS school). Not that UC Davis is likely to beat Boise St., but they also open against Fresno St. so they might make some noise.

Jinx Reputation: 86 Level: All-Star Since: Sep 1, 2006	Posted on: September 3, 2009 2:36 pm Score: 152 Boise State is unworthy, and this is why I totally agree with that statement. It's hard for me to agree though because I am a lifelong Boise State fan but I stand behind everyone who throws out strength of schedule and who makes the argument that Boise never plays anybody. They are a good team, and a great team in fact. I think they should step into the Mountain West Conference so that they can get more credibility when they have winning seasons. But until then I don't see Boise ever getting into any bowl games higher than lets say....oh i don't know the Fiesta Bowl? [ Reply to Comment ]
nfootball24 Reputation: 5 Level: Amateur Since: Sep 3, 2009	Posted on: September 3, 2009 3:18 pm Score: 1 Boise State is unworthy, and this is why Who ever said that they would national champion contenders...your just making stuff up man...come on. [ Reply to Comment ]
WesCoastBias Reputation: 99 Level: Superstar Since: Feb 3, 2009	Posted on: September 3, 2009 3:20 pm Score: 121 Boise State is unworthy, and this is why How about instead of playing such juggernauts as Charleston Southern, Troy, and something called FIU, Florida travels to Boise. Or Oklahoma, who shouldn't be allowed in the BCS Championship until they can prove they can win a bowl game, can go further west to play Boise State instead of Idaho State. LSU plays mighty Washington, Tulane, and La-Lafeyette and La-Tech, why not Boise? Georgia beat Boise St. (badly), so there's no complaint there. But seriously, here's a solution. Since we can't get a playoff like we all want (except old people), why not having a Pac-10/ACC challenge, or a BigTen/SEC tournament and so on in the first four weeks like College Basketball does? Then if you survive the first month, you could have a somewhat less controversial Championship game (unless all the SEC ends up with 2 or more losses) and we can pretend it similar to a playoff and makes the regular season meaningful? [ Reply to Comment ]
SoonerBred Reputation: 96 Level: Superstar Since: Aug 7, 2008	Posted on: September 3, 2009 3:32 pm Score: 70 Boise State is unworthy, and this is why Oklahoma has a winning record in bowl games...FYI. In the 2000's they are 4-5 with 2 BCS wins and a national title. [ Reply to Comment ]
SoonerBred Reputation: 96 Level: Superstar Since: Aug 7, 2008	Posted on: September 3, 2009 3:35 pm Score: 66 Boise State is unworthy, and this is why All-time bowl record is 24-17-1 [ Reply to Comment ]
mooninites24 Reputation: 97 Level: Superstar Since: Aug 17, 2007	Posted on: September 3, 2009 3:43 pm Score: 120 Boise State is unworthy, and this is why I agree, mostly. I think that Boise State could get a title shot at some point, but only if they ran the table and nobody else did. Maybe if we were left with two loss teams. I am all for the non-majors getting their due, but when Oregon is the toughest game on your schedule, and it's first so that Fresno St. or San Jose State or Tulsa is your toughest game left, you don't score a lot of points with other coaches or the computers. I'm not sure why Boise St. doesn't have a tougher schedule, but they need to work on it. Maybe major conference teams don't want the risk of an Oklahoma-like loss (since it appears that one is never going away). All of that aside, the game tonight might be interesting because of the bad blood. By the way, the "something called UC Davis" is a Univ. of California school (like Berkley, but not quite as liberal), that just joined the FCS (so, also not as good). UC Davis is the team that made news in '05 with the huge upset of Stanford (before even finishing the probation to become an FCS school). Not that UC Davis is likely to beat Boise St., but they also open against Fresno St. so they might make some noise. [ Reply to Comment ]
SoonerBred Reputation: 96 Level: Superstar Since: Aug 7, 2008	Posted on: September 3, 2009 4:52 pm Score: 94 Boise State is unworthy, and this is why Anytime you beat Stanford and it's considered "a huge upset" you are a nobody. (at least when it comes to any team with national title hopes) I think Boise could play in the championship...I wouldnt bet on it, but its possible. I do think they would need to CRUSH Oregon to have a real shot and then not even be challenged the rest of the way. [ Reply to Comment ]
RoboToad Reputation: 64 Level: Pro Since: Apr 1, 2009	Posted on: September 3, 2009 6:30 pm Score: 119 Boise State is unworthy, and this is why It's very unusual the big school will travel to the small school. Kudos to Oregon. Most big schools pay to have an easy win at home. Easy competition, more home games. Stacking all the odds in their favor. The SEC, BIG 10 & 12, ACC, Big East, and Pac 10 all claim th5eir conferences are the best by far but are scared to play away from their stadiums, scared to have a playoff, and scared to play a BCS buster team. The same thing will happen again. A small school will get hosed and we will have a 4 way championship. This year I want a reach around. [ Reply to Comment ]
WesCoastBias Reputation: 99 Level: Superstar Since: Feb 3, 2009	Posted on: September 3, 2009 6:37 pm Score: 72 Boise State is unworthy, and this is why They won the Rose Bowl in 2002, and were awesome from 2000-2002, then.......what? Beat Oregon by 3 in the Holiday Bowl. Clap. Clap. Clap. Please, no more Okies in a relevant Bowl for awhile. [ Reply to Comment ]
Goat on Fire Reputation: 95 Level: Superstar Since: Nov 3, 2006	Posted on: September 3, 2009 7:29 pm Score: 120 Boise State is unworthy, and this is why It is true that Boise State is not worthy just by winning tonight. However if they do win, and then win the 12 games after that then they are worthy for an NC shot provided there aren't 2 other undefeateds with tougher schedules. Let's talk about past history. How do we know which schedules will be tough? We're basing that off past history, right? Let's go back to past history, then. The year when Boise State beat OU. Remember who was number 1 going in to the national championship that year? Now imagine that Boise was sent as number 2 against that number 1 that year. For the national championship. Who was this number 1 I am talking about? It would be an overrated Ohio State Buckeyes team that was probably worse than the Sooners that Boise State beat. If Boise was sent to the title game that year, they very well may have won it. [ Reply to Comment ]

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