Monday, November 22, 2004
Other Random Football Thoughts
On Monday mornings, I think a lot about college football. Other than the post below about Utah, here's what I'm thinking.
* This week I am a huge Texas A&M fan. If they beat Texas, that will open the door for Boise State or Louisville to move into the top 6 in the BCS standings. What would it take for Utah, Boise State, AND Louisville to all get there? Perhaps losses by two or more of: USC, Oklahoma, Auburn, Cal, Texas, Georgia, and/or Miami. That could theoretically happen. How would the stupid BCS handle THAT?
* I am, however, glad that Louisville is still ranked so high, despite their one close loss to Miami. It shows the double standard for BCS-conference teams isn't too strong.
* But then you look at Florida State and wonder how in tarnation a team with three losses--two of them to unranked teams--can still be ranked so high.
* I also hope Boston College and West Virginia both lose this weekend, thus creating havoc in the piddly conference that is the Big East. The Mountain West, WAC, and C-USA have all shown that, at least this year, they're better conferences than that one.
* Can anyone tell me where I can find BYU's 2005 football schedule? Google searching has only pulled up future schedules of other teams; from that, I can deduce that they're playing UCLA on Sep. 10, 2005 and Notre Dame (again!) on Oct. 22, 2005 and Boston College at some point. Who is/are the other non-conference opponent(s)? How does TCU joining the Mountain West affect the conference schedule? Help!
* This week I am a huge Texas A&M fan. If they beat Texas, that will open the door for Boise State or Louisville to move into the top 6 in the BCS standings. What would it take for Utah, Boise State, AND Louisville to all get there? Perhaps losses by two or more of: USC, Oklahoma, Auburn, Cal, Texas, Georgia, and/or Miami. That could theoretically happen. How would the stupid BCS handle THAT?
* I am, however, glad that Louisville is still ranked so high, despite their one close loss to Miami. It shows the double standard for BCS-conference teams isn't too strong.
* But then you look at Florida State and wonder how in tarnation a team with three losses--two of them to unranked teams--can still be ranked so high.
* I also hope Boston College and West Virginia both lose this weekend, thus creating havoc in the piddly conference that is the Big East. The Mountain West, WAC, and C-USA have all shown that, at least this year, they're better conferences than that one.
* Can anyone tell me where I can find BYU's 2005 football schedule? Google searching has only pulled up future schedules of other teams; from that, I can deduce that they're playing UCLA on Sep. 10, 2005 and Notre Dame (again!) on Oct. 22, 2005 and Boston College at some point. Who is/are the other non-conference opponent(s)? How does TCU joining the Mountain West affect the conference schedule? Help!
Comments:
First off, Boise State doesn't belong in any sentance that includes BCS unless the sentance is, "Boise State doesn't belong in the BCS." They played all but 3 games at home! And the games they played on the road they had struggles. If they want to put themselves in position to play in a BCS game they must do two things: play at least two strong teams (consistant top 25 teams) in their non-conference schedule and play half their games on the road.
I agree that Boise State hasn't proven exactly how good they are. But I disagree that that means they shouldn't be allowed a chance to prove it. When my high school calculus class complained that our tests were too difficult--everyone missed at least a few problems--the teacher told us, "If someone gets 100% on a test, I haven't measured everything they know." So far, Boise State has scored 100% on its tests longer than any other team in college football (no matter whom you play against, or where you play, 21 games in a row is an incredible feat). If you were a big-time program, would you put Boise State on your schedule? Of course not! If you win, you get criticized for just beating up on a soft WAC team; if you lose, you have just lost to a crappy WAC team! The only way Boise State will be able to "take a test" that truly tests them is to allow them to play a top-tier team in the postseason.
And don't forget to take into account the fact that the BCS keeps all of the good players out of the non-BCS conferences (Utah coach Urban Meyer put it best when he said that sometimes "you lose a recruit to someone, and you have better facilities, better academics, better location and a better style of offense, and he looks you in the eye and says, 'I'm going there because they're BCS.'"). Texas is ranked #5 in the BCS and they have yet to play anyone good except Oklahoma (who crushed them 12-0), but they have the best recruits in the nation.
Boise State belongs in the BCS. I'll say it again (since this is my blog, I can say what I want as many times as I want): Boise State belongs in the BCS.
For that matter, so does Louisville.
And don't forget to take into account the fact that the BCS keeps all of the good players out of the non-BCS conferences (Utah coach Urban Meyer put it best when he said that sometimes "you lose a recruit to someone, and you have better facilities, better academics, better location and a better style of offense, and he looks you in the eye and says, 'I'm going there because they're BCS.'"). Texas is ranked #5 in the BCS and they have yet to play anyone good except Oklahoma (who crushed them 12-0), but they have the best recruits in the nation.
Boise State belongs in the BCS. I'll say it again (since this is my blog, I can say what I want as many times as I want): Boise State belongs in the BCS.
For that matter, so does Louisville.
BSU doesn't belong. You can't play cupcakes at home in a weak conference and claim stake that you belong with the big boys. If BSU wants to get in the mix, memo to all other non-BCS conference teams, schedule top tier BCS conference teams now. BSU put itself in a crux, they played powder puffs and now want to be recognized. If teams don't want to play them now then BSU has an argument that they tried but it didn't work. But that hasn't happened.
At the end of this weekend Texas, whom I detest, will have played 5 ranked teams, 3 of which are currently in the BCS standings.
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At the end of this weekend Texas, whom I detest, will have played 5 ranked teams, 3 of which are currently in the BCS standings.
