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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None of the top teams in the BCS wants a good non-conference opponent.
I think TCU probably would have been chosen if that had happened. Atleast that seemed to be the consensus but then again this is the BCS.
Wow Penn State at Alabama on September 11th next season. Not sure what Penn State has coming back next year but with JoePa it ought to be interesting. You gotta think that’ll be a ABC or CBS National game. Maybe an ABC saturday night game.
They like it because it's a huge payday. Alabama can fill their stadium playing against air. They don't need a big name team to come in to put seats in seats, although to credit them, they played a pretty good Virginia Tech team in non-conference. For the most part, though, they'd rather play Florida International, North Texas and Tennessee Chattanooga.
There are two simple facts. First, the Alabama, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma (Oklahoma did have the guts to play BYU), Notre Dame, Penn State, Southern Cal, and others are not going to risk their chances at a national title by playing a tough schedule. There were five undefeated teams going into the bowl games, largely because teams HAVE to schedule to go undefeated if they want a chance at the title. Second, the schools I mentioned and a few others are extremely profitable. They like their cartel and don't want additional teams like Boise, TCU, BYU, etc., breaking into the big time and getting some of that money.
There are other issues, of course. The networks prefer it the way it is, cause it's easier to sell a Texas-Alabama title game than it would be to sell a TCU-Cincinnati game. In college football, it takes time to build brand awareness, and it's easier to sell what's already big. Nebraska fans will travel to the east or west coast to see the Huskers.
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