Eric wrote:Yeah, I didn't overlook Boise State, I just feel they will be 11-1 when the season ends. Nevada will have nothing to lose and will play spoiler in Boise's last game of the year.
I don't think that will happen, myself. Boise St, would be 'crazy' to overlook Nevada that late in the year. And, I think Boise St has a much better team, than Nevada does, evidenced in part, by how BSU played against Fresno St (an admittedly much weaker team, late in the year).
Donovan wrote:If Boise State loses one game....they will be gone in a heartbeat. No one will give them any consideration whatsoever. All they are to most of those in power is an irritation they hope goes away. But after yesterday's games, I think they could play with the best of them.
I 'echo' that sentiment. They won't be 'in the hunt' if they should happen to lose a game, late in the year. They would likely be playing (at home) in the MPC Computers Bowl for the second consecutive year.
They would drop behing Brigham Young, who is 'cruising' at the moment, (and would receive any 'at large' BCS bid, as a result. One loss, drops Boise St out of the BCS consideration.Eric wrote:If they lose to San Jose State next week, for example purposes only, they might get kicked out of the top 25, but if they creep back in there at 11-1, and an unranked Nebraska team upsets a team like Texas in the Big 12 championship game, it's possible. It doesn't matter what the AP and coaches think, it all comes down to the BCS formula. If Boise is ranked 21st and Nebraska is 24th, wouldn't Boise get a BCS invitation? Correct me if I'm wrong.
For one thing, Texas is ranked fairly high, in the most recent BCS poll (#5 overall). A loss by Florida, combined with an 'upset' of Louisville could send Texas into the BCS title game.Yeofoot wrote:The problem with a team like Boise State in a BCS bowl is this:
If they make it to a BCS bowl game, they have nothing to lose, they'll be partying like they just won a Super Bowl for just getting there. But if the projections are correct and they end up playing Texas in the Fiesta Bowl, it's a lose-lose situation for Texas. If they lose, they get beaten on National Television by a team that most have never even heard of. And no matter what the score, it will be an emberassing blemish in the record books for Texas.
As the saying goes: Don't count your chickens, until they've hatched.
Rutgers could conceivable beat Louisville. Would the BCS prefer an undefeated Rutgers over a once-beaten Texas team? It's a wash.
Not a bad analogy, actually. I'd like to see Boise St and Rutgers in the Fiesta Bowl, personally. Neither are serious NC teams.Yeofoot wrote:If Texas wins, it'll be a waste of a BCS bid. Who will care, and who will be talking about it? But like the Alamo Bowl last year, you got two mediocre squads that was an instant classic, Michigan vs Nebraska.
I don't think so. And, as I've already stated, I'm not convinced that's what happens, anyway. If Texas wins out, they will be a 'contender' for the NC. Mark my words. Louisville isn't so good they can't be 'upset'. Rutgers is gunning for them. Rutgers & W.V. play late.Yeofoot wrote:If Texas plays Boise St, they can onlyl break even in that game by blowing them out. It would diminish Texas' entire season.
Yeofoot wrote:They would be the least talked about BCS game on ESPN, the least written about BCS game in Sports Illustrated, the least talked about BCS game on talk radio. Texas would make less money on there merchandising for the games. Why would it be a big deal to have a Fiesta Bowl T-Shirt with the Texas-Boise State game on it?
Again, I think you are being too 'presumptuous'. I think IF Boise St is selected (they still have a ways to go before they are), they are likely paired against a 'comparable' team. You are correct, however Texas (if not selected to the NC) would be the Fiesta's Bowl's 'host'. Boise St. would likely be selected, but that's still only one possibility. Supppose Missouri makes the Big XII title game. It's in K.C., MO. Seems to me, that might 'motivate' them, similar to how K-State beat Oklahoma, 2003.
Had you not 'qulalified' your statement (in a bowl) I would have corrected you, as it is, you are correct, but they did beat Texas Christian, 2003 (a team, that but for a loss to S. Mississippi, was a BCS representative). And, they did it on their own 'turf'. I'ts all relative.BillyBud wrote:Well...Boise did lose with dignity to Boston College last year...although it must be tough to be dignified while playing on smurf turf. I though BC was a dignified winner. BC deserved better than the frozen wasteland of Idaho in winter.
Boise has yet to beat a team from a BCS conference in a bowl...will this be the year?
It is flooding here in Washington and my boat leaks.....at my age..everything leaks.....