Krocker Krapp Wrote:I think some people are letting their personal opinion of Hawaii, because of past fights and referee issues, cloud their judgement on anything related to the team. They are good and, if they go undefeated, will deserve to be in a BCS bowl. Those are the rules everyone follows.
I have no personal opinion of Hawaii. I usually cheer for non-BCS teams (except when they play the BE.)
But if Hawaii gets a BCS bid it would be a travesty.
Let's look at who they've beaten:
Northern Colorado (0-7), 63 to 6
UNC is a relatively new 1-AA program who, after their game against Hawaii, was blanked 31-0 by a Division II school. They were also blanked by a 2-4 Weber State squad and were blown out by limited-scholarship San Diego.
Louisiana Tech (2-4), 45 to 44
Hawaii was able to hang on for the win as La Tech went for 2 in OT and failed to get it. La Tech's only prior win before today's 1-point victory over NMSU (a team that Boise blanked 58-0 last week) was over 1-AA newcomer Central Arkansas. The average margin of victory for the other 3 teams to beat La Tech? 22. Hawaii held on by 1 point.
UNLV (2-5), 49 to 14
Only Hawaii can say their best win thus far is against a 2-5 UNLV team. UNLV was competitive against BYU and Wisconsin, and beat Utah.
Charleston Southern (3-3), 66 to 10
Hawaii isn't even playing GOOD 1-AA squads. The only wins for Chas Southern? D-II Johnson C. Smith and North Greenville, and Savannah State - probably the worst team in all 1-AA.
Idaho (1-7), 48 to 20
Hawaii pounded the Vandals, just like everyone else who has played them - apart from 1-AA Cal Poly, Idaho's only win. Idaho even lost to Northern Illinois - the ONLY win for the Huskies, who have been beaten by Temple and 1-AA Southern Illinois.
Utah State (0-6), 52 to 37
Hawaii allows 37 points to a terrible, winless Utah State squad. The last time the Aggies scored so many points? Back in 2003 against MTSU. The average points scored by USU in their other 5 losses? 15.
San Jose State (3-4), 42 to 35
Hawaii had to storm back and sneak out a win in OT against a Spartan team that lost to the 3 BCS teams they played by an average score of 39 to 6. The 3 wins for SJSU? 1-AA Cal Davis, winless Utah State, and the above-mentioned Vandals. Yet they almost took down Hawaii.
The combined record of Hawaii's opposition?
11-36
Who do they have coming up?
New Mexico State (3-4)
NMSU and Hawaii have something in common - they've both beaten up on two 1-AA schools (in NMSU's case it was SE Louisiana and a 3-point win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. eeeesh.) They do have a win over UTEP.
Nevada (2-3)
The Wolfpack have beaten 1-AA Nichols State, and UNLV. They were pounded by Nebraska, and lost to Northwestern and Fresno.
Fresno State (4-2)
The Bulldogs 4 wins? Idaho, La Tech, Nevada (2-3), and 1-AA Sacramento State. They lost to Texas A&M (the school that's been pounded by Miami and Texas Tech), and were torn apart by Oregon.
Boise State (4-1)
Would obviously be a nice win, but Washington also beat the Broncos. BSU's 4 wins? New Mexico State, 1-AA Weber State, Wyoming (nice, but New Mexico also beat them) and Southern Miss (nice, but Rice also beat them). It would be a solid win, but one that is worthy of propelling a team into a BCS bowl? I think not.
Washington (2-3, about to be 2-4)
Would obviously be a nice win, but by the time the game rolls around the Huskies might be looking at a 3-10 or a 4-9 record, looking at their remaining schedule.
That's it! If that's the resume for a multi-million dollar BCS bowl berth, then I think you'll have alot of teams changing their scheduling philosophy and taking the "Hawaii route." The top 6 BE teams would all have an excellent shot at going undefeated with that schedule, and probably about 50 to 60 other teams as well. I have nothing against Hawaii, and sure Boise pulled off a win for the ages last year against Oklahoma. But last year's Boise team and this year's Hawaii team are not even close.
