College Football - Week 13 (Nov. 27th)

[Ryno12]

Thank God. No more Boise. Go TCU

 

can you explain your disdain for boise?

 

The blue field. The hatred is completely irrational but they infuriate me, and I'm pretty sure it goes back to the Blue field. The Statue of Liberty play, the "America's Sweetheart" crap. The lack of any good teams on their schedule. The fact they can play one game a season and go to a BCS game.

 

Yeah that is pretty irrational. I can't understand why anyone would dislike Boise State unless they were playing them.

 

Weak schedule, blue turf, gimmick plays, plus a good friend of mine is an Idaho Alum. I think Boise is a really good team, but I just don't believe they would win near as many games if they had to get up week after week, instead of a couple times a year.

[NeifiIsMyHomeBoy]

Oh and Daryn Colledge sucks

[treebird]

Thank God. No more Boise. Go TCU

 

can you explain your disdain for boise?

 

The blue field. The hatred is completely irrational but they infuriate me, and I'm pretty sure it goes back to the Blue field. The Statue of Liberty play, the "America's Sweetheart" crap. The lack of any good teams on their schedule. The fact they can play one game a season and go to a BCS game.

 

Yeah that is pretty irrational. I can't understand why anyone would dislike Boise State unless they were playing them.

 

Just bothers me, and I've never liked them. I'm well aware I'm in the minority on this one.

 

they won those bowl games, you can't really complain about them not deserving to be there.

[SpongeWorthy]

Man, what a cruel sport.

 

That kicker will never, ever live that down. Suicide watch for real.

[Magnetic Curses]

i always hate when schlereth and hoge talk about kickers like they don't do anything. kickers have more stress on them than any other player on the field.

 

but seriously, [expletive] me.

[SpongeWorthy]

they won those bowl games, you can't really complain about them not deserving to be there.

 

I don't think anyone can deny that Boise State is very capable of getting up for any individual game against basically any opponent.

 

The idea that they have it easier because they don't have to go through the physical grind of playing quality opponents with real good athletes almost every week still holds water though.

[bleedingblue]

Wow, what a game. So where exactly does this leave Boise? Will a BCS bowl take them as an at large?

 

Nope.

 

Humanitarian Bowl at home versus Ohio (who lost to Ohio State by 40+, lost to Toledo, lost to Marshall, lost to Kent State).. If that doesn't show you we need a playoff bad, nothing does.

[SpongeWorthy]

i always hate when schlereth and hoge talk about kickers like they don't do anything. kickers have more stress on them than any other player on the field.

 

but seriously, [expletive] me.

 

I'd flip out on a millionaire NFL kicker missing two sub 30 yard FGs like that. I remember Chris [expletive] Boniol missing a kick like that in OT against the Vikings back in the Jim Miller days and I wanted to kill him.

 

But a college kicker doing that when even so many good programs have spotty field goal kicking is an entirely different matter.

[CubColtPacer]

To give an idea of how far a team like Boise could fall in bowls because of this, Nevada before the game was projected to go to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl against Boston College. Now they'll probably try to find the best matchup possible for a team like Boise but it could potentially get ugly.

 

Unfortunately for Nevada all the focus will be on Boise now and not their great season. They have to be kicking themselves as a couple mistakes in a tough place to play (at Hawaii) is the only reason they aren't undefeated right now.

[ConstableRabbit]

Wow, what a game. So where exactly does this leave Boise? Will a BCS bowl take them as an at large?

 

Nope.

 

Humanitarian Bowl at home versus Ohio (who lost to Ohio State by 40+, lost to Toledo, lost to Marshall, lost to Kent State).. If that doesn't show you we need a playoff bad, nothing does.

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl?

[bleedingblue]

Wow, what a game. So where exactly does this leave Boise? Will a BCS bowl take them as an at large?

 

Nope.

 

Humanitarian Bowl at home versus Ohio (who lost to Ohio State by 40+, lost to Toledo, lost to Marshall, lost to Kent State).. If that doesn't show you we need a playoff bad, nothing does.

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl?

 

I would guess Nevada is going to go there and play Boston College who's terrible (6-5)..

 

Another reason why they're should be a 16 team playoff with the top 16 ranked teams.

[Magnetic Curses]

i always hate when schlereth and hoge talk about kickers like they don't do anything. kickers have more stress on them than any other player on the field.

 

but seriously, [expletive] me.

 

I'd flip out on a millionaire NFL kicker missing two sub 30 yard FGs like that. I remember Chris [expletive] Boniol missing a kick like that in OT against the Vikings back in the Jim Miller days and I wanted to kill him.

 

But a college kicker doing that when even so many good programs have spotty field goal kicking is an entirely different matter.

 

but boniol had no business on a pro team at that point.

 

when a guy like robbie gould hits a 50-yarder in the cold in ot to send the bears to the nfc championship game, that was [expletive] more nails than anything any bear player did that whole game and instantly earns him the right to walk up to schlereth and kick in him in the nuts.

[Banedon]

I hate sports.

[bleedingblue]

Be happy everybody.

 

Instead of seeing Boise in a BCS bowl game, you're probably going get to see UCONN (the same UCONN who got dominated by Michigan/Temple) in a BCS Bowl game because that massive power conference Big East.

[Guest]

Wow, what a game. So where exactly does this leave Boise? Will a BCS bowl take them as an at large?

 

Nope.

 

Humanitarian Bowl at home versus Ohio (who lost to Ohio State by 40+, lost to Toledo, lost to Marshall, lost to Kent State).. If that doesn't show you we need a playoff bad, nothing does.

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl?

 

It used to be the Emerald Bowl and is played at AT&T Park in SF.

[Guest]

Another reason why they're should be a 16 team playoff with the top 16 ranked teams.

 

That would never happen. If there was a 16-team playoff, you'd at least see auto bids to the big six conferences if not all 11.

[SpongeWorthy]

I'm fully expecting LSU to get back in the title picture with Oregon and Auburn losing next week.

[bleedingblue]

Another reason why they're should be a 16 team playoff with the top 16 ranked teams.

 

That would never happen. If there was a 16-team playoff, you'd at least see auto bids to the big six conferences if not all 11.

 

I know it's not going to, but I can dream.

[Guest]

How do the bowls dole out spots that aren't filled because of too few eligible teams? I'm looking specifically at the Pac-10's spots.

 

If Oregon and Stanford both go to BCS games, that leaves five bowls with Pac-10 tie-ins. Arizona is bowl eligible while USC, UCLA and Washington State can't go to bowls.

 

Oregon State (5-5) plays Stanford and Oregon so they could end up 5-7. Cal (5-6) plays Washington (4-6) today and the loser is out. Washington would also have to beat WSU next week to be eligible. Arizona State is only eligible if it wins and there are no other bowl eligible teams. So at the most, there can be six eligible Pac-10 teams with potentially seven spots to fill.

 

Any chance the Holiday Bowl could say they'd rather take Boise than a 6-6 Pac-10 team?

[hawkeyecub]

Be happy everybody.

 

Instead of seeing Boise in a BCS bowl game, you're probably going get to see UCONN (the same UCONN who got dominated by Michigan/Temple) in a BCS Bowl game because that massive power conference Big East.

 

There's no instead of with them. UCONN or someone from the big east was going to be in regardless.

 

That was legitimately one of the craziest/most exciting games I've seen. At least from halftime on. I can't even imagine what that kicker's life will be like.

[hawkeyecub]

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[fiver]

I'm fully expecting LSU to get back in the title picture with Oregon and Auburn losing next week.

 

 

If LSU beats Arkansas today, they probably will be the top 1 loss team. Do you really see Oregon St. beating Oregon next week?

 

Cam was horrible in the first half yesterday. He had opportunities to throw the ball away several times instead of taking a sack. Bama's defense is very good, but yesterday had to hurt Newton's draft stock. He is held to a pretty high standard at this point, but he was errant on several passes, and he doesn't set himself well before passing the ball. Even the long touchdown pass to Zachery was thrown into double coverage. the Bama safety overran the ball instead of intercepting or knocking it down. Auburn was very fortunate to get the win with all of the opportunities Bama had to put the game away.

 

Garcia is going to score a ton of points on the AU secondary next weekend...the Gamecock defense isn't as talented as Alabama's, however...should be another close game. Auburn's defensive line will need to put a lot of pressure on Garcia if AU is going to win.

Edited November 27, 2010 by fiver

[Guest]

Thank goodness I went to bed at halftime.

 

As for Boise, I don't think anyone doubts their capability. I'm pretty sure most everyone acknowledges they can go toe to toe with any team in the country. The frustrating thing for me is that people go overboard with how deserving they are because we have a flawed system. Every single team in the Big 10(except Northwestern), Pac-10, SEC, and Big 12 have a better SOS than Boise, and this is their best schedule in years with Hawaii, Fresno, and Nevada all having good years plus Virginia Tech sweeping the ACC. They don't deserve a BCS bowl with a loss.

[Formerly Snayke]

Thank goodness I went to bed at halftime.

 

As for Boise, I don't think anyone doubts their capability. I'm pretty sure most everyone acknowledges they can go toe to toe with any team in the country. The frustrating thing for me is that people go overboard with how deserving they are because we have a flawed system. Every single team in the Big 10(except Northwestern), Pac-10, SEC, and Big 12 have a better SOS than Boise, and this is their best schedule in years with Hawaii, Fresno, and Nevada all having good years plus Virginia Tech sweeping the ACC. They don't deserve a BCS bowl with a loss.

 

That pretty much nails it. I love Boise, but that's only because I despise the system with the intensity I usually reserve for Kansas basketball.

[erik316wttn]

Another reason why they're should be a 16 team playoff with the top 16 ranked teams.

 

That would never happen. If there was a 16-team playoff, you'd at least see auto bids to the big six conferences if not all 11.

 

I know it's not going to, but I can dream.

 

The only fair way to do it would be all 11 conference champions and 5 wild card teams.