While Boise State has a very good team, there's no way they should be National Champions. Beating an OU team that my team beat by 3 TDs(and UT didn't play that well) shouldn't propel them to the #1 Slot.
One of the reasons the BCS was created was to prevent a "backdooring" to the MNC like BYU did in 1984. Playing a schedule like BYU did back then and then to get ranked above all others was ridiculous. Another one was to prevent teams on probation frpm getting ranked #1 at the end of the year ala 1974 OU. People forget that the sportswriters in this country have refused time and time again to take the high road and will still rank teams that have been cheating. That's just not fair to the rest of Div 1A Teams who try their best to play by the rules.
Quote:Boise does go out and try to schedule these BC$ schools. But do you really think these BC$ schools, like LSU, USC, Ohio State, want to play Boise State? What do these teams have to gain? Nothing. They beat a team from a weaker conference. What do they have to lose? Everything because they lost to a non-BC$ school. It's easy to say that Boise needs to go out and schedule tougher teams. Perhaps it should be the tougher teams need to say YES when Boise asks if they want to schedule a game!
I believe that Boise State just backed out of their series with Georgia especially since the Bulldogs destroyed them in 2005. I'm sure that most major teams aren't scared of them. However, playing in Boise in 30000 seat stadium venue when Fall starts isn't going to be my idea of having fun if you're the opposing team. Major schools would lose money playing in those small venues on a straight home-and-home basis. If Boise State wants to play my Longhorns down in Austin in September, I say go for it. We'll play them as long as they willing to come down here. For the record, we're playing TCU next season and the Horned Frogs are another one of those "Mid-Major" teams that have been on the cusp of making the BCS.
Quote:I'm not saying Notre Dame is some strong team. What I AM saying is that the years they ARE playing well, they get to the big time....and they aren't in a BCS Conference either.
Notre Dame is part of the BCS Alliance because simply, they're are the 2nd winningest college football program of all time. You cannot exclude a football program that has a winning tradition like Notre Dame out of the loop. The Fighting Irish have to win at least 10 games now and be ranked in the Top Eight to make it to a BCS Bowl. Not always an easy thing to do these days especially since they have to play two "Cathedral" schools every year.
Quote:While I prefer a 16-team playoff, I think it's important to mention that the BCS is an improvement over what was previously in place. Before the BCS, Boise State wouldn't of even had a shot against Oklahoma.
If there was ever a playoff, I would prefer a 12-team one with no auto-bids but is wholly sponsored by the BCS and not the NCAA. The "Big Conference" schools will
never allow their main revenue sport to be controlled by the NCAA in that fashion. The "Mid-Majors" better start accepting that fact before ever talking about a playoff. I should also say that before the BCS, my team wasn't not allowed to go to the Rose Bowl because of the auto tie-ins. Now. because of it, we are. I agree with you, GTS..your Yellowjackets got screwed out of a consensus MNC back in 1990 because there wasn't a BCS. That and Colorado forgot to do the honorable thing in their game against Mizzou that year and forfeit it.
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Boise State possibly to share National Championship with OSU
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