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How many teams in the top 10 have beaten another top 10 team?
that's right, just one
I guess I'm making this like the ****Official BSU Thread****
man, I've been down on the team this year, but they are definitely more talented than the 06 Fiesta Bowl team
How many teams in the top 10 have beaten another top 10 team?
that's right, just one
I'm so cool! I play on a blue field!
Sometimes you say some of the funniest . But on the real...Boise St. is lame and overrated.
so's Texas, Alabama, Cincy, TCU, Ok State etc. the only "for real" team is Florida, the rest aren't much better then BSU
Sometimes you say some of the funniest . But on the real...Boise St. is lame and overrated.
besides four games this year where their "for real" -ness wasn't for real.
and i agree...tebow is most def the most underrated qb in the nation!
That is so funny on so many levels.
Like I said in my first post in this thread, the ONLY beef I have with BSU is their bull blue field. I can't stand all that garbage talk about teams not wanting to go up there. It's like, NO WE DON'T WANNA PLAY THERE! We can't ing see them! Until they change their field to green like EVERYONE ELSE, or at least wear their away jerseys on that field, I can't take them seriously
yeah, it's busch league, if they won't change it themselves, NCAA needs to make them change it
or the AQ conference that invites them should mandate a change
Last edited by vander; 11-28-2009 at 04:43 PM.
Pat Forde...Stirring it up.No. 1 in 2010? It's a no-brainer
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By Pat Forde
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Where would you rank the following team going into the 2010 season?
It is coming off a 14-0 season capped by a victory in a BCS bowl. It returns 21 of 22 starters from a team that finished the 2009 season ranked in the top five. It loses the fewest graduating players in the entire country -- five seniors, just three of whom dressed for its bowl game, just one of whom played a significant role in that game. It returns the nation's most efficient quarterback during the regular season, a 1,000-yard rusher, a 1,000-yard receiver and a complete offensive line. The defense returns its top tackler, top sacker and leading interceptor. The guy who handles punting and place-kicking is back. The core of an excellent coaching staff also is expected to be intact.
No-brainer, right?
That team has to be ranked No. 1.
But when you put a name on that team, and that name is Boise State, watch the voters suddenly fall out of love with the Broncos.
They can grudgingly accept voting them into the top five at season's end -- because the results demand it. But putting them on top at season's beginning? That novel concept will meet a bourgeois backlash.
It's wrong, but it will happen. Watch it. College football's age-old laundry issue will rear its ugly head again.
If the Broncos wore, say, Florida's laundry, or USC's, or Ohio State's, they'd be the landslide No. 1 team heading into next season. Amazing how much a team's uniform and tradition can affect how we look at it.
But because the Broncos don't dress in the gear of an old-money superpower, and because their turf is blue and their conference is the Western Athletic, not the SEC or Big Ten, they will not start the season on top.
Boise State should be No. 1 going into 2010, and it will be on my ESPN.com power rankings unless something catastrophic happens in the offseason. The Broncos have taken loaded to a new level, returning more experience than any other team I can remember from one season to the next. The single starter who is leaving is a great one -- cornerback Kyle Wilson, a cinch NFL draft pick -- but he is the only loss.
Will voters do right by Boise and make the Broncos the preseason No. 1 heading into 2010?
Alabama figures to be the heavy favorite for '10, and on one level, I can understand that. But don't tell me the Crimson Tide have anywhere near as much coming back as Boise State. The Tide started 10 seniors in the BCS National Championship Game on Thursday night, plus clutch kicker Leigh Tiffin and punter P.J. Fitzgerald. They likely will lose superstar junior linebacker Rolando McClain as well and possibly junior cornerback Kareem Jackson.
There certainly is more rebuilding work to be done in Tuscaloosa than in Boise.
You also will hear a lot of buzz about Ohio State as a 2010 le contender. The Buckeyes don't lose much -- but they still lose more than the Broncos, and they finished this season behind Boise in the rankings. No way Ohio State should start ahead of Boise in the polls.
We all know the knock on Boise State is its schedule, and there is no denying that this season's slate was soft. The WAC was weak, and the nonconference schedule was uninspiring outside of Pacific-10 champion Oregon. Jeff Sagarin's computer rated Boise's the 96th-strongest schedule in the nation, lowest of anyone in his top 30.
But next season, Boise State will have two credibility-enhancing nonconference games. The Broncos play Atlantic Coast Conference heavyweight Virginia Tech in Washington, D.C., and host perennial bowl team Oregon State. Win those two, and national respect will be non-negotiable.
They also travel to Wyoming, which won a bowl game this season under first-year coach Dave Christensen. The fourth nonleague opponent is Toledo.
So Boise State will get its opportunities to prove itself a legitimate national le contender. I hope the voters give the Broncos a fair shot and don't hold their laundry against them.
I would say Alabama #1, Boise St. and then Ohio St. We will see.
I doubt BSU will even be top 3. Really, they deserve to be no lower than 2, but that doesn't mean once the voters have creamed themselves watching USC/UF etc over the spring/summer.
Their schedule next year will allow them to prove it on the field though. Every year I root for multiple unbeatens to roll into bowl season so it makes the BCS look like . Maybe BSU will be there again next year. If they beat Va Tech and the Beavs then maybe they'll finally get a chance to play for it all (assuming they're unbeaten in the WAC) Or, maybe they'll get ed again. I'd bet on the latter.
well we're bringing back basically EVERYBODY!!!
Kyle Wilson (who was disappointing this year) will be gone and a kicker and a FB I think, I don't see how we could be much lower than 3 going into next season. It'll be the same team with one more year of experience, and one more year learning from one of the best coaching minds in College Football.
ESPN had an early preseason ranking article that had BSU at #3 I think, maybe 4. good times
Broncs definitely look to be loaded. I would put them at #2 if I had a ballot.well we're bringing back basically EVERYBODY!!!
Kyle Wilson (who was disappointing this year) will be gone and a kicker and a FB I think, I don't see how we could be much lower than 3 going into next season. It'll be the same team with one more year of experience, and one more year learning from one of the best coaching minds in College Football.
ESPN had an early preseason ranking article that had BSU at #3 I think, maybe 4. good times
@Vander. Who, in your opinion, presents the toughest challenge next year for your Broncs. Va Tech or the Beavs? I know Va Tech is on the road. Both will be tough, but both also play much different styles. Va Tech will have one of the best backfields in the country next year, and the Beavs are bringing a lot back.
no question Va Tech. they have so much speed on offense, it's going to be near impossible to contain that for 60 minutes, BSU can beat anyone strategically, with gameplan and preparation. but with a team like Va. Tech, that all goes out the window, we could know all their plays ahead of time and still might not be able to stop them.
if Va. Tech is smart, they'll run sideline to sideline, sweeps, reverses, options, etc. BSU will be gassed in the second half
if they try to play traditional Football and let the QB try to read defenses and find open WRs, BSU will confuse him and probably get some picks.
Tyrod Taylor (Va Tech QB) certainly isn't a traditional drop back QB. He's been alternately great and terrible. Beamerball means hard nosed defense, downhill running attack, and excellent special teams. Taylor has a nice arm but is known more for his playmaking ability with his feet. His decision making has left a lot to be desired. Hokies also have about 3 backs (all top-notch) they can run at you.
This game will be highly anticipated. It's in DC right? That will be tough, no doubt.
Damn, I hate that the season is over. I'm ready for late-August
I think the Beavs will be ready for BSU. Doesn't mean they'll win, but I fully expect them to be ready. We've got everybody coming back other than our QB and a linebacker. If Ryan Katz settles in at QB decently we will be tough to beat. Should be a good game.
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