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OT, Great article from the washington post (cfb)
Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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John Germ, Photographer
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Wadsworth | Oh | USA | Posted: 4:13 PM on 09.11.10 |
| ->> Looks like their claim just took a big hit. a loss to James Madison by VT is going to really kill their chances. |
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Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 8:34 PM on 09.11.10 |
| ->> ooops, thanks for the correction Nick. :( |
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Mike Brice, Photographer
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SLC | UT | USA | Posted: 12:37 PM on 09.12.10 |
->> It is a good thing for Boise it didn't put JMU on the schedule as the first game, or they might have lost it.
I watched Boise St. play Bowling Green last year in person, and Boise St. is a very talented team, but they are not a top 10 team.
I just wish they could play an Ohio State or heck, even Utah, to put this to rest.
If JMU could beat VT, than a Top 10 program should have been able to crush VT, not win by 3. |
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Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 5:10 PM on 09.12.10 |
->> That is the thing Mike, everyone says they are not that good yet every week they just continue to win.
Plus it isn't like they are losing bowl games either.
They are a good team |
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Mike Brice, Photographer
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SLC | UT | USA | Posted: 5:21 PM on 09.12.10 |
->> I was in Bowling Green for the game last year, and they looked sharp.
But they are playing some teams that shouldn't even be Division I.
I want them to get a title shot, or a game against a top team - who is having a good year, that year - so this can be settled.
If VT ends up going under 500 for the year, the 3 point win over VT doesn't mean as much. Just saying. |
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Israel Shirk, Photographer, Assistant
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Boise | ID | US | Posted: 7:17 PM on 09.12.10 |
->> Then maybe the Division 1 teams should book us instead of running away from the proposition. Yes, we're a little school in a little state - but seriously, someone should be willing to step up to the plate and stand on their word that they can beat us. ;)
The few games we've had against big teams, we've won. We can only win the games we can play... Thus our moving out of the WAC. |
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Mike Brice, Photographer
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SLC | UT | USA | Posted: 7:37 PM on 09.12.10 |
| ->> Big teams. Who? |
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Lane Hickenbottom, Photographer
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Omaha | NE | usa | Posted: 9:43 PM on 09.12.10 |
->> /OT rant
Why the big mystery post? "BSU" or "Boise State" easily could have been in the post title. But since it wasn't, I was hoping to know what this thread was about by reading the text of the original post. But no! In order to know if this is a subject I care about I need to follow a third link, and find out a paragraph or two into it that it is a column about a topic that has been hashed over in every sports publication over the past two weeks, with an opinion shared by many.
OT rant/ |
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Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 9:48 PM on 09.12.10 |
->> Third click? At most it is two clicks. One to open the thread, two to click on the link to read the article.
Sorry I was not as detailed as I should have been on the title, the article was about CFB (College Football) which I put in the title of the post.
Last thing, I left it a link because I was not going to copy and paste here.
OT rant/ |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 11:17 AM on 09.13.10 |
->> boise state? isn't that the school with the horrendous blue turf? 8)
this thread is kind if funny. I was bored and surfed for some information for a while and (according to even a bronco fan site and some non-partisan sites)it looks as though this team has a terribly weak schedule. they were hanging their whole season on two teams, virginia tech and oregon state. well VT imploded against a division I AA team AT HOME!! that will certainly not help them...so they are hanging their BCS hopes on one game? not good. in my humble opinion, if they want to be taken seriously they need to load the schedule against big name programs (since their conference is so weak) and get rid of that tacky blue astroturf!! 8) |
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Eli Lucero, Photographer
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Logan | UT | USA | Posted: 11:49 AM on 09.13.10 |
| ->> Mike, last year they beat Oregon, who won the Pac-10, and TCU which was ranked #4 in the AP poll going into the bowl game. |
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Derek Montgomery, Photographer
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Duluth | MN | USA | Posted: 12:13 PM on 09.13.10 |
| ->> People said the same stuff about Utah before the 2009 Sugar Bowl before they absolutely dismantled Alabama, who was ranked No. 1 in the country before losing their last game of the regular season in the SEC championship game. When Boise has played top-tier programs, they have won. I'm just tired of seeing the same five schools play in the national championship every single year. Sometimes different is good. |
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John Germ, Photographer
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Wadsworth | Oh | USA | Posted: 12:21 PM on 09.13.10 |
->> The challenge, of course, is to find big time programs that are willing to play them. It's a lose-lose proposition for a big time program. If big time program wins, they haven't gained much. And if they lose it torpedos their season. So, if you were in charge at Alabama or OSU or Texas or whoever, why would you want to play them? Do you get rid of one of your easy-win teams? Or do you get rid of one of the other perennial contenders on your non-conference schedule?
And aren't these contracts done about 4 years in advance? But I still ask: if you were a big time program why would you take the risk? |
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Israel Shirk, Photographer, Assistant
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Boise | ID | US | Posted: 12:22 PM on 09.13.10 |
->> Chuck-
Big schools won't travel to Boise because of lack of revenue from the game - we have a 30k seat stadium - which seats approximately 10% of the people from 100 miles in any direction. Small name schools usually go to big schools to get beat (and bring in revenue there), or have to pay the bigger schools to travel. They've been trying to get games with bigger schools for the last couple of years which has been impeded by their being in the Western Athletic Conference, thus their moving to the Mountain West Conference - that process started almost two years ago, and will be in effect next season.
And it's called smurf turf, thank you very much ;) |
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Jason Orth, Photographer
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Lincoln | NE | USA | Posted: 12:33 PM on 09.13.10 |
->> I think the question is not whether or nor BSU is an any given Saturday team, it's whether or not they are an EVERY given Saturday team.
Also, BSU is asking $1 Mil to travel to other schools - at least that's what they asked Nebraska to pay. Not gonna get a lot of takers. |
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Butch Miller, Photographer
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Lock Haven | PA | USA | Posted: 1:27 PM on 09.13.10 |
->> Well ... a true playoff system would settle issues such as this ... arguing over strength of schedule really gets you nowhere ... Look back at Penn State in 1982 and 1986 ... they were accused of a weak schedule and many sports writer's and coaches questioned their opportunity to be involved ... Fortunately they had the opportunity to remove that doubt when they handled Georgia and Miami respectively ... but every season there are as many questions as there are answers because of all the "what ifs" that remain ....
As long as the BCS is selected at least in part by a popularity vote ... we'll always have this discussion .... championships should be settled on the playing field ... not using a ballot box and a computer algorithm .... or by who is the most popular or who can draw the largest gate .... it should afford all the top teams the opportunity to prove themselves .... regardless of who may deem, by opinion alone, any of those teams as unworthy of the opportunity ...
How long would a BCS type system last in any other college sport? I don't think it would be tolerated for one second ... It's nothing more than a stop-gap compromise to preserve the traditional holiday bowl schedule ... |
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Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 2:17 PM on 09.13.10 |
->> As long as they keep on pulling in the billions of dollars for TV, bowl, etc... things will never change.
I have yet to meet someone (watch someone will change that in this thread) that is NOT in favor of a playoff system. If you are going to declare someone #1, how the hell can you not have a playoff type system to decide that #1.
The other problem is these stupid ass preseason polls. NO polls should be released till week 4 of the season. That gives everyone 4 weeks to properly see who is who and where they belong in the polls.
The preseason polls is absolutely worthless. It does more harm then good, period.
I have basically stopped watching college football because of this bullshit |
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