[Bad~Rodeo]

"Little Sisters of the Poor"?

[FTJM]

This is just tainting the jury pool. TCU and Boise State both belong were they are...this season.

[FreedomPoster]

It is a common generic term for a very weak team. When you have a match-up like Alabama vs. Georgia State, Alabama is said to be playing the Little Sisters of the Poor.

Which is a good description of much of Boise and TCU’s schedules, not just one or two games.

[re_nortex]

Gordon Gee is just a civil servant at a government-run Yankee school. I surmise that he's upset that Texas CHRISTIAN University, a private school is faring so well this year and gaining such national prominence.

TCU's success has all the annoyance factors in place for an employee of the state:

• PRIVATE
• CHRISTIAN
• TEXAS

That trio has got to be Kryptonite to a government hack like lil' ol' Gordy Gee.

[bushpilot1]

In the big12 soon to be big10..schools have to play the teams and the Texas officials. Examples are the 16 fouls to Nebraska and 2 to Texas A&M.

[animal172]

I’ve had no use for Ohio St ever since the Woody Hayes days. This just confirms my feelings.

[mac_truck]

I watched Boise State play Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl several years ago, and it was one of the most exciting games ever. IIRC the only other team that went undefeated that year was...Ohio State who lost to Florida for the national title.

[RayChuang88]

The President of Ohio State may have just handed either Boise State or TCU a place in the BCS Championship Game with those remarks. Given how surprisingly strong the defenses of both Boise State and TCU are this season, Auburn QB Cam Newton—if he’s still eligible!—would have serious trouble trying to pass the ball if Auburn ends up facing either of these two schools in the BCS Championship Game.

[sphinx]

There is no legitimate national champion without a playoff system. Eight teams; no more than one team per conference (no runners-up); an automatic bid for the champion of the five or six top conferences with two or three at large spots for the best of the rest; flip a coin and play the games on the winners’ home fields. Good riddance to the bowls; the alums can find other reasons to get drunk.

[Artie]

I would not want to be the opposing coach to Boise State or TCU in any bowl game this year.

[Rummyfan]

If either Auburn or Oregon - or both - drop a game here in the stretch, Boise State deserves to play for the championship. Ohio State and even SEC powerhouses like Alabama - playing Georgia State last week, a school that has had a football program for only five years or so - have their patsy opponents too.

[Slehn]

Some things are better left unsaid. Bad on Gee to bring the rain down on OSU by stating the obvious.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I’m still LOL on this story to even comment on it and I saw it 12 hours ago.

[hadaclueonce]

I would have guessed this quote would be from a coach or the AD, not the President of the University who wants to be respected for “higher learning.”

I guess this just about says it all.

[LS]

I live in OH and I hope, if either gets a chance to play OSU, they kick the Buckeyes’ @ss.

[Darren McCarty]

I don't like the BCS, but OSU's remarks are right on. I'll even add that the Big East shouldn't have an automatic qualifier.

Boise St and to a lesser extent TCU don't have to play tough teams weak in and weak out. The WAC is on par with the MAC. The Mountain West is a little better, but still not even as strong as the Big East, let alone the Big 10, PAC 10, or SEC.

It's one thing to play three decent teams a year, spread apart by a few weeks. It's another to play good teams week in and out, and decent teams in between those teams that can beat you on an off night. It's not only who you play, but when you play them. Nevada, Oregon State, and Va Tech spread out is one thing. Wisconsin, at Michigan, Illinois, at Northwestern, at Iowa for five weeks back to back to back is a whole other matter. All of those teams are capable of winning on a given day and are bowl eligible. Boise St is Michigan with a better defense.

I'd put Boise and TCU ahead of the two loss teams, but I'd take a one loss Big 10, SEC, or PAC 10 team ahead of either of them. Beating up on New Mexico teams week in and out do not impress me. Boise has one good win (VA Tech) and two decent wins (Oregon State, a .500 PAC 10 team and Hawaii). TCU beat Utah, BYU, and Baylor, and some slightly tougher teams than the WAC which flat out sucks outside of Boise, Fresno (down this year), and Hawaii.

IMO, Iowa, a 7-4 Big 10 team would beat both Boise and TCU. I'd put both teams behind not only Auburn/Oregon, but Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan State, LSU, Oklahoma State, and Stanford.

Personally, I'd like to see a playoff. 11 Conference champions with weaker conferences getting a play-in game, and the top 16 of the rest. If Boise/TCU is that good, let them have to deal with tough games week to week.

[who knows what evil?]

Gordon Gee...another whiny elitist jackass...

[Old Retired Army Guy]

Big 10 “Murderers Row”? The Big 10 is just a shadow of its’ former self. It has been a namby pamby conference for 10 years and to put it in the same class as the SEC is ludicrous.

[OrioleFan]

The BCS was set up to be an exclusive club of selected conferences. In that respect the “National Championship” game is aleays suspect. I would love to see Boise State in a real championship game. Win or lose, BSU will make the game exciting to watch and not be the typical blowout that passes for a BCS setup farce.

[bonehead4freedom]

I'm a Buckeye fan but really, loading up the non conference schedule with Ohio University,Marshall,and Eastern Michigan before Big 10 play doesn't really fit the bill of playing the finest schools. Every time Ohio State plays a top tier SEC school they tend to get spanked badly.My opinion let Boise State and TCU in the BCS they have consistently proven they can match up with the big boys every time.Let skill not politics between schools and tv networks decide who gets to play!
I hope that we can still keep our finally game with Michigan if they go to divisions in Big 10 play. I really would have loved to see how well Ohio State would have done this year against Michigan State so I say more conference games and 2 non conference games with teams like Miami and Texas.If they do that then Gordon Gee can make can spout off about playing the finest schools.

[Free Vulcan]

I was at the Iowa-Ohio State game last weekend. OSU is good, but Iowa led most of that game and lost it on one long ball pass with their third string linebackers in the game due to injury. Had Iowa been healthy they would have beat their ass, and the Iowa offense was mediocre at best that day.

I will laugh if there’s a OSU and either a TCU or BSU matchup in the bowl and OSU gets wiped.