Congratulations, Boise State Broncos!!

[Major Hogwash]

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.

[GaYellowDawg]

1. They deserved a BCS bid.

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]

2. I agree

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]

3. I'm starting to lean more toward playoffs.

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]

4. Possibly the weakest schedule I've ever seen a team play.

Let's see how they play in the Big East.

[hughee99]

5. Moving to the Big lEast isn't going to make their schedule any tougher. n/t

[trumad]

6. Not much---but tougher then the cream puff schedule they played.

[Major Hogwash]

7. Perhaps.

I don't know how old you are, trumad.
I don't know how long you've been watching football.

[trumad]

8. Does it matter?

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]

9. If they played in the SEC this year

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]

10. Sure it matters.

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