soccerboy said:
I think their schedule is being disrespected more than the team is. I don't doubt that the team is good, but I don't know that they should get the National Championship game because of their schedule.
I can't argue that the WAC does water down their merit some. Having said that, Peterson and the BSU president has practically
begged major programs to play them. There have been Yahoo reports that they don't even have to agree to home-and-home splits. Boise State would go to
them. They absolutely controlled an Oregon team last year in the first game that went on to win every other regular season game that year, only to lose to the douchebags down in Columbus. The game was memorable - even without the Legarrette Blount sucker-punch of Byron Haut.
This year they agreed to go all the way out to Maryland to play Beemerball essentially in their own backyard. Let's face it - nooooooooooobody wants a piece of Boise State. That right there automatically makes me think that there's something to them.
I'm aware of the fact that beating Louisiant Tech, Fresno State and Nevada isn't exactly winning them brownie points, but they've consistently played top ten teams and lived to tell the tale. Last year, there were murmurs of TCU being on equal ground to Alabama and Texas.
There's an easy way to settle this. The Big 12 winner will not be a 1 loss team, this I'm sure of. If the SEC winner is a 1-loss team, the Big 12 isn't a 1 loss conference winner, and nobody goes perfect in the Big 10 or Pac 10, an undefeated Boise State should play for the national championship. Big and Pac do not have a SOS boosted by a championship game to have a "right" at playing for it.
Boise State has earned the right. Three perfect seasons in the last six and two BCS victories earns it in my eyes.