Boise can’t have it both ways. Bobby Bowden built FSU by playing “anyone, anywhere, anytime” but they won’t do it. They won’t accept 2 for 1s or one off games.
I would have to find the source, but I believe I heard the AD at one of the big SEC schools say they offered Boise a million for one game and they were turned down.
Boise cannot sit in their 30-40k stadium and expect 1 for 1 home and homes with big schools.
Boise is spinning....if you notice they ALWAYS have a lot of time before their “big games”...to get injuries healed and to have time to prepare.
If they had to play Alabama’s schedule, the attrition would get them by the second half of the schedule.
In a one off game, sure they could win, but they couldn’t play Penn St, Florida, Arkansas, S. Carolina, LSU, Tennessee, Miss St, Auburn etc week after week because they don’t have the depth to survive.
And they won’t take the games to prove that theory wrong.
Too bad Boise....too bad. Man up and play somebody.
I like how no one ever thinks Boise or TCU would gain anything if they joined the Big XII or SEC. Is it likely they could handle the schedule right now? Probably not. With the advantage of being in that conference their recruiting would improve dramatically. Add that to a well coached program and they would be able to compete in short order.
You are correct. At some point teams have to man up. I hear its in the works for FSU to play Bama in Game 1 for ‘13 and ‘14.