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It disgusts me to say it, but I'm starting to think that if all these upsets continue, BSU has an outside shot at making it to the le game (especially if Oregon wins the Pac-10).
lol @ BSU being #1 on espn's fan rankings.
It disgusts me to say it, but I'm starting to think that if all these upsets continue, BSU has an outside shot at making it to the le game (especially if Oregon wins the Pac-10).
Sadly, I think they do.
However, I think the BCS standings will have them rated much lower than the voter rankings even though those are factored into the BCS equation.
No they don't, unless Tim Tebow dies. 1-3 probably won't change all year, and then 1 and 3 would play in the SEC le to determine who faces 2 in the BCS le game.
BSU is pretty fun to watch sometimes but I don't like their blue field at all. 's hard to watch on TV.
This. And I hope it's the Horns.
First off, I said an outside chance.
Florida and Texas have looked a lot weaker to me this year, so it won't shock me to see them lose. Bama is legit, but they also have the toughest schedule of the three. LSU has displayed a lot of weaknesses and will very likely lose at least two. All the other big dogs are at one loss and counting.
BSU, on the other hand, is already at #5 () and has a soft schedule from here on out.
So assuming BSU and TCU both go undefeated, what are the chances the Fiesta Bowl takes them both instead of the 2nd best Big 12 team? (assuming Texas in the NCG)
I'm guessing 0%
but if there is no 2nd Big 12 team in the top 14, they would have to take someone else right?
I think an at-large team has to come from the top 14 first, so (assuming all conference champions are in the top 14) 4 other teams in the top 14 must be ineligible or less desirable than TCU or BSU. we need Houston to make the top 14, and have 2 conferences combine to put 7 teams in the top 14, perhaps the SEC and ACC, then The Fiesta Bowl would have no choice but to take 2 of BSU/TCU/Houston, RIGHT?
this must happen
hey, looks like Nevada decided to participate in the 2009 season after all
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this Defense isn't ready for prime time yet, they're a year away
sideline interference?
this is pathetic, I hope TCU gets ahead of them eventually this season. this is not a BCS Bowl worthy team.
Boise sucks. OU destroyed Tulsa. Dont really care if they make the BCS, because they'll get smashed anyways.
BSU and their blue field
As someone who was there and watched, Boise is not a great football team. Tulsa is medeocre at best and they had plenty of chances to beat Boise. Ok, so make all the jokes you want about geting used to seeing OSU play and yadda yada, but in going to OSU games, I get to see UT and uo and KU and Mizzou and ttek every year. Boise would be fighting for 2nd or 3rd in the B12 north. They are slow, don't cover well, have awful gap discipline and fall for their own tricks worse than people fall for theirs.
Yay for them, they were able to trick their way to the biggest win of the century and earn some cool points, but this is not a BCS caliber team; which makes me wonder if they ever are.
um yeah, we could all see that from our couches as well.
but don't forget, this is one of the youngest teams in the FBS, which would explain the discipline issues and mistakes. take those away and BSU wins this game just as convincingly as Oklahoma, and we were at Tulsa
BSU was no where near as convincing as uo and uo wasn't even all that good when they beat TU and were without its 3 best offensive players (uo was).
uo threw 2 picks and had 8 penalties for 85 yards. Boise had 2 fumbles and 3 penalties for 24 yards.
And, oooo, having to play AT TU in front of a capacity 30,000 fans (they were selling tickets for 10 bucks to get a sell-out) who were wet and quiet must be very daunting, lol.
Spin it like you want, the team I saw last night would possibly luck out one game if forced to play the other top 10 teams; maybe 2 or 3 if playing the top 25. Not BCS worthy and I assume everyone else saw what I did and they will drop a few places in next weeks polls.
OH NO! Not AT Tulsa! I'm sure those couple hundred people really made it hard to hear for bsum yeah, we could all see that from our couches as well.
but don't forget, this is one of the youngest teams in the FBS, which would explain the discipline issues and mistakes. take those away and BSU wins this game just as convincingly as Oklahoma, and we were at Tulsa
whatever, there's still no place like home.
I disagree with mike's assessment about how BSU would fair in the B12, I'd put them at the top of the B12 north, but they aren't close to the likes of a Texas or Oklahoma.
this is good though, as I've said before, BSU getting into a BCS bowl game and getting destroyed might get the ball rolling on a 7th BCS Conference.
hey Big 12 fans, how awesome would it be if the B12 South added TCU and Houston and became the B12 Texas
IMO that would be win-win-win, and would put more separation between the big 12 and pac 10, making the championship game almost a given to be B12 vs. SEC every year unless USC can go undefeated
of course, without TCU, BSU Utah and BYU alone probably aren't enough to pioneer a 7th BCS conference.
but I digress, BSU is better than it has looked recent weeks, the Offense is playing really conservatively, there have been many unforced errors and blown defensive assignments, once those get solved, and this young grows up a little, they will look much better out there.
also, our offensive game plan is more geared at taking down better teams than running over weaker teams. Kellen Moore is diagnosing defenses very quickly and is taking the passes that the defense gives, many of the passes he's completing are the type that will still work against much bigger and faster defenses. at least it would appear that way to me
they have zero chance.
wish oregon could play them now.
After last night they now have zero chance. Before last night they had a really good chance.
i'm sorry, but they had no chance before the season started.
You're exactly right. Oregon is a completely different team. Our loss by 7 points at Oregon almost looks better than BSU beating them in the first game of the year on the blue turf. The Oregon team now would beat BSU by 20.
I would agree with this, but that's why you play the games. BSU, before last night, was projected to be #5 in the first BCS poll. That's the highest any non BCS team has ever been in the first BCS poll release. Certain things would have to happen for BSU to get into the top 2 in the BCS poll, but before last night it was a definite possibility. After their performance last night it won't happen.
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