Boise State

College Football seems to bring me back to this blog more than anything. Why? Because it's the most controversial sport there is. Why is that, you ask. Because teams like Boise State of the WAC get jumped in the purely opinion-based, yet ever important polls after winning 59-0 for it's 18th straight victory, 30th of it's last 31 games. Who'd the Broncos get jumped by? The Oregon Ducks, a team they beat exactly one year ago. A team who lost badly to Ohio State in last year's Rose Bowl. A team who has played only one ranked opponent all year (over-rated Stanford at home).

How does this happen? Boise State has played, and beaten, two ranked teams this year, both on national television, one on the road. Boise State has two BCS victories in the last 4 years, the most wins of any FBS team over the past decade, returned 21/22 starters from last year's Fiesta Bowl Champion team and yet it appears the pollsters are already making their move to ensure the Broncos are left out of the National Championship talk. What a shame.

What makes anyone still think the Broncos can't hang with the big boys? I can see that argument back in 2006 before they shocked the world with a few trick plays to upset Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, but not now. Not after winning the big game against the big name schools on the big stage time after time after time.

Four weeks into the college football season we have four teams realistically fighting for a spot in the National Championship: Alabama, Ohio State, Oregon and Boise State. Granted Oklahoma, LSU and Michigan could potentially run the table in their respective BCS AQ conferences and sneak in there, but only if those above teams all lose one--well, all but Boise State it appears.

What will the pollsters and computers decide if Bama, OSU and Oregon each drop a game and Oklahoma runs the table to win the Big 12 and LSU does the same to win the SEC? We all know those conferences are stronger than the WAC. Does that mean those teams are better than Boise State? I say no. I say Boise State has been patient and proven itself long enough. Should the Broncos play and defeat an undefeated Nevada November 26 on ESPN2, and finish unbeaten a week later for the second straight year, I say they are more deserving than anyone of a spot in the BCS National Championship.

Anyone have a decent argument against this?