Posted on 01/06/2010 9:51:24 AM PST by Domandred
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Boise State coach Chris Petersen wants his football team to set challenging but attainable goals. This year, the Broncos set out to win a Bowl Championship Series game. And they did.Winning a national championship wasn't on the radar.
That could change when the team begins preparing for 2010 later this month. The Broncos, who have won 26 of their past 27 games, will finish this season with their second Top 5 ranking in four years.
And they should start next season with their first preseason Top 10 ranking.
All of that was made possible by the No. 6 Broncos' 17-10 upset of No. 3 TCU on Monday night in the Fiesta Bowl. The win made the Broncos the second 14-0 team in major college football since 1900.
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Would the BCS ever allow a non-bcs school to even play for the National Championship, no matter who they played and what the season standings are?
I can see BSU at another BCS bowl game, but I'm not sure they'll ever be in the National Championship game unless they leave the WAC for say Mountain West(non-bcs but tougher schedule) or Pac-10(11?, BCS)
Thoughts?
I haven’t anything against BSU but I wonder what their record would be if they had to run thru the SEC gauntlet.
For the record, I’m a Big East man and firmly believe the SEC is the best football conference PERIOD.
My solution.
Each team in the Top 32, should have to play two other Top 32 teams outside of their conference in the following year. Set aside two weekends when these games will be played. That would guarantee that Boise State would have to play two tough non-conference games. If they win those games, by all means they deserve their shot. That is one way to improve the BCS without necessarily having to have a playoff.
I would like to see BSU open up against Alabama in the Georgia Dome next year.
Watching the Boise State-TCU game, I didn’t come away impressed with either team.
They need to play a SEC team regular season, but no one will.
They will have to go undefeated again during the regular season to have a shot at the national championship.
I sorta think we ought to wait for the final whistle tomorrow night before we crown NEXT year’s champion.
Oh. And , ROLL TIDE.
I would like to see Boise St, TCU, and Texas Tech all play in the SEC. That would end all this false pretense of greatness.
“Oh. And , ROLL TIDE.”
The Tide will roll out, sans the championship.
They are playing Va Tech on Oct in DC. Va Tech should be a very good team with their RB, Ryan Williams and QB Tyrod Taylor coming back. Oregon State should have the Rogers brothers back. Potentially two wins over what could be Top 20 teams.
I’ll be shocked if the Tide don’t win by at least 20. Texas has no ground game.
Either TCU or Boise State would whip most of the grossly overrated SEC
“Watching the Boise State-TCU game, I didn’t come away impressed with either team.”
Beating TCU does not qualify Boise State for the championship game.
Since 1998 when the BCS began SEC teams have won as many National Championships as every other conference in the country combined.
Yep...when Boise wins that will prove that the sun doesn't rise in FLA and set in AL!
How about one of these?
Tell the WAC and the MWC that if they merge, they get a championship game and an automatic BCS bid for the winner.
TCU, Texas Tech and Boise State need to find their ways into tougher conferences. The 2 Texas schools could go to the Big 12—their locations would keep their travel costs down. Unfortunately, it would be tougher for Boise State. The Pac-10 would be the obvious choice, but their travel costs would increase, and they would have trouble finding a “travel partner.” (Look at a map of Pac-10 teams to see what I mean—e.g., ASU and UofA basketball teams play at USC and UCLA on the same weekend, and granted, Oregon and Washington teams are further apart.)
To dream the impossible dream......
Agreed!
Any team that would let an impotent Tech stay around as long as they did will need about 20 years to compete with any team in the SEC. West coast teams are ‘too white’ to be contenders.
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