SORRY...BOISE STATE AND TCU SHOULD NOT BE CONTENDERS
By mark rogers
September 7, 2010
Let me explain.
I watched both teams over the weekend. TCU looked solid against Oregon State in a 9-point win. Boise State was phenomenal in a tough environment against a good Virginia Tech team. I think either of those teams could beat anyone in the nation on any given night.
I think Boise State could beat Texas, Alabama, Ohio State, Florida, Oklahoma...anyone.
I think TCU has the athletes to beat any of those schools and anymore that you can think of.
BUT!!!!!! Ah, yes the "but"...
Boise State will play two teams this year...two. Virginia Tech and Oregon State. Technically neither on the road. V-tech was in Washington DC. Oregon State will travel to Idaho.
The rest of their schedule? At Wyoming; at New Mexico State; Toledo; at San Jose State; Louisiana Tech; Hawaii; at Idaho, Fresno State; at Nevada, and Utah State.
Give me a break.
TCU will play three teams: Oregon State (neutral field), BYU (in FW), and at Utah.
Florida plays four road games and THREE of them will be tougher than the three toughest games for TCU (only one of which is on the road).
UF travels to Florida State, Tennessee and Alabama. They're tough home games include bouts against LSU, Georgia, South Carolina, and Mississippi State.
Texas plays at Tech, hosts UCLA, then will play Oklahoma (Dallas), at Nebraska, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M.
Oklahoma plays at Cincinnati and hosts Florida State this week. They pull both Mizzou and Colorado from the north and play the Big 12 South.
I'm sorry. But a 1-loss Alabama, Florida, Texas or Oklahoma deserves to play for a title more than an undefeated Boise or TCU.
Boise plays its 2 tough games the first three weeks of the year...then they get NINE weeks of playing the equivalent of Iowa State or Duke. Think they'll be fresh come bowl season?
In 2008, Utah beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. From November 8 until the end of the season, Alabama had played at LSU, Mississippi State, Auburn, and Florida. During that same span Utah had played only two games: San Diego State and BYU (3 losses in 2008). Who do you think was more fresh and less physically and mentally beat down for the Sugar Bowl? That's what I thought...and I'm not even a 'Bama fan. Just a realist.
If Alabama makes it to the end of this year unscathed, they'll have just played Auburn and the winner of the SEC East.
TCU's tough games are a little more spread out, but they just don't play the level of competition and therefor should not be considered contenders.
Is that fair to Boise State?? Absolutely not.
Is it fair to TCU?? No way.
But that's the way the system is set up and teams that play more tough games should be rewarded over teams that play lackluster competition.
Even if it's just a matter of what conference said team is in, something the players have no control over.
I don't think players for TCU or Boise State should be rewarded for that fact any more than players at Bama or Texas should be punished for it.
That's just the way it is, and until it's changed, the undefeated Boise States and TCUs of the world should be relegated to the Fiesta, Sugar, Orange or Rose Bowls...not the BCS Championship game.
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