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Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
Fri Dec 23, 2011, 06:01 PM Dec 2011

Congratulations, Boise State Broncos!!

The Vegas Bowl was awesome!!

Maaco really picked a good team to play in that bowl game again this year.

50 wins in 4 years for Kellen Moore!!
Man, that really says something about the lameass BCS system.

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Congratulations, Boise State Broncos!! (Original Post) Major Hogwash Dec 2011 OP
They deserved a BCS bid. GaYellowDawg Dec 2011 #1
I agree JonLP24 Dec 2011 #2
I'm starting to lean more toward playoffs. backtoblue Jan 2012 #3
Possibly the weakest schedule I've ever seen a team play. trumad Jan 2012 #4
Moving to the Big lEast isn't going to make their schedule any tougher. n/t hughee99 Jan 2012 #5
Not much---but tougher then the cream puff schedule they played. trumad Jan 2012 #6
Perhaps. Major Hogwash Jan 2012 #7
Does it matter? trumad Jan 2012 #8
If they played in the SEC this year hughee99 Jan 2012 #9
Sure it matters. Major Hogwash Jan 2012 #10

GaYellowDawg

(4,886 posts)
1. They deserved a BCS bid.
Sat Dec 24, 2011, 02:17 AM
Dec 2011

I would have bet on Boise State against Clemson, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, or Michigan. And I'd bet they would give Stanford or Wisconsin one hell of a run for their money.

Boise will have to have a couple of rebuilding years while they replace Moore and all those defensive starters, but they were absolutely legit this year. I think they could have won any conference or division this year with the exception of the SEC West or the PAC-12 North.

JonLP24

(29,349 posts)
2. I agree
Sat Dec 24, 2011, 03:44 AM
Dec 2011

The fact that bowl organizers can choose based on which crowd following is most likely to show up in large numbers is BS. It should be based on the best teams in the country even if it means half the stadium is empty.

backtoblue

(11,682 posts)
3. I'm starting to lean more toward playoffs.
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 11:38 AM
Jan 2012

The BCS is supposed to pick the best teams based on many, many factors that limit teams like Boise St. because of their "weak" conference. They played a heck of a bowl game and its a shame that they have been left out year after year. (and this is coming from an SEC homer)

 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
8. Does it matter?
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 04:43 PM
Jan 2012

But I'll play...

I was 10 in 1966---Colts were my first favorite team because it was my Dads team---Unitas, Mackey, Bubba Smith, ...and so on...

Shula came to my home town Miami and it was the Phins ever since.

I know too much football.

Thing is---I'm a stat guy... I don't think stats lie. Same with strength of schedule.

If Boise state played in the SEC, they'd go 5-5 ---errr maybe.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
9. If they played in the SEC this year
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 07:16 PM
Jan 2012

They'd have had the usual 3 cream-puff games as most SEC teams do, they already beat Georgia, and I'd like their chances against Tennessee, Kentucky, Vandy, the Mississippi schools. Florida, SC, and Auburn might have been good games, but I don't like their chances with Arkansas, Alabama and LSU. In the SEC East, they could have won 8 or 9 games. In the West, maybe 6. I think next year would be a bloodbath if they were in the SEC, though.

Of course, if they were in the SEC, they'd be able to get better recruits, so who knows what the team would look like. I don't think an SEC team would even recruit Kellan Moore, and that worked out pretty good for Boise.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
10. Sure it matters.
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 08:41 PM
Jan 2012

I didn't want to waste my time arguing with some guy who had seen the Galloping Ghost play.




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