Ohio State President - Boise, TCU not worthy

Like Utah the year before that?
The Tide was definitely better last year.

And I'm not sure a Sugar Bowl matchup with a mid-major was something Bama was really going to get up for after spending most of the year hoping to play for a national title. Didn't a player sign with an agent before that game, anyways? I don't believe for a minute Utah got the best of Bama. Either way, the 2009 Bama team simply runs over BSU.
 
Show me a team anywhere close to as good as that one this year. That Bama team wiped up the floor with most of the SEC and Texas. There's not even one as good as last year's Texas team. That's why there's so much argument this year, nobody's really separated themselves. I'm with Peterson, let em go play and see if they deserve it, there's no other way to settle it.
Boise State may pull an upset over an idiotically coached LSU team in 2007 or an OSU team in 2002 with a horrific offense. They wouldn't be competitive with any of the other champs, IMO.
 
Exactly. No team or school is looking to "steal" a championship. They're looking to WIN one fair and square. There are no nefarious parties in this.
People may say this, but I think BYU would take their national title instead of actually trying to earn it.
 
It's just amazing how there are always special conditions and considerations when it comes to BCS schools losing to non-BCS schools, but never vice versa.
 
It's just amazing how there are always special conditions and considerations when it comes to BCS schools losing to non-BCS schools, but never vice versa.
There are. I'm not going to say Boise is trash if they lose to Georgia next year. It's obvious they're going to take a step back. Georgia won't be a power, so it's no guarantee they'll lose, but it's not like I can't acknowledge that it doesn't work both ways. Usually, it's pretty clear when a team doesn't give a damn about a game.
 
The Tide was definitely better last year.

And I'm not sure a Sugar Bowl matchup with a mid-major was something Bama was really going to get up for after spending most of the year hoping to play for a national title. Didn't a player sign with an agent before that game, anyways? I don't believe for a minute Utah got the best of Bama. Either way, the 2009 Bama team simply runs over BSU.

So when Bama gets embarrassed by Utah in a bowl game it's because they weren't up for the game, but when Va Tech gets beat by an FCS school they are just terrible?

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So when Bama gets embarrassed by Utah in a bowl game it's because they weren't up for the game, but when Va Tech gets beat by an FCS school they are just terrible?
It's obviously both. VT certainly didn't get up for the game, but if you lose to a 3-5 CAA team, you really just don't have that much talent, period. How many good teams can you name that lost to an FCS team? Especially a crappy FCS team.

Not saying Utah doesn't deserve credit for winning against Bama. They won pretty easily, and it was definitely impressive. But that game doesn't provide a great argument for Boise State having a chance against a much better Alabama team in 2009 if they played in the national title game. Boise's best chances at winning are against the overachievers like VT and even Oregon last year. The more talented teams in the country provide much tougher match ups. Yes, I know they beat Oklahoma, but I wouldn't like their chances against any of the BCS champions to date save maybe the 2002 Buckeyes or the 2007 Tigers.
 
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I feel like most Buckeyes knew they weren't really one of the top two teams in the country and they just slipped through a dreadful schedule with a rebuilding team.

And still, finishing the season beating all those 9-4 teams is probably more impressive than anything Boise has ever done.

I feel like he was just saying what most Presidents, coaches, and fans feel. EVeryone knows if tcu and boise were in the sec they would get knocked off 2-3 times like all the good teams. They know it too. But this does let me know that they are never going to let boise and tcu in the title game unless everyone loses and possibly a second loss. not just this year but in the future as well. and if tcu and boise start scheduling 3-4 tough games against say bama, osu, ok, tx, then they would quickly learn where they stand. with losses in a few of them.
 
If it's not Oregon and Auburn then Boise State deserves a shot. Nobody wants to play them non-confrence and that has to say something, plus they have proably 3-4 players to get drafted this year. I think the spread against either Oregon or Auburn would be 3 or less.
 
If it's not Oregon and Auburn then Boise State deserves a shot.
TCU is probably as deserving.
Nobody wants to play them non-confrence and that has to say something
Not a lot
plus they have proably 3-4 players to get drafted this year.
I think the spread against either Oregon or Auburn would be 3 or less.
Possibly, but this years champ may be the worst ever.
 
I have no argument at all with that.

Why would you say this years champ might be the worst ever. I think Oregon is way above every one else and Auburn is better than bama. Do you think that Boise or TCU will win it?
 
I have no argument at all with that.

Why would you say this years champ might be the worst ever. I think Oregon is way above every one else and Auburn is better than bama. Do you think that Boise or TCU will win it?
I shouldn't say worst ever. I should say possibly worst in BCS era. I don't think they'd have a great chance against any team of the BCS era champions. I'd say the worst two were 2002 OSU and 2007 LSU, and 2007 LSU kills them if they aren't banged up, IMO. I think 2002 Buckeyes with a healthy Clarrett wins, too.
 
The guy has a point. Bottom line is they don't schedule decent opponents because they don't have the talent to beat them. I'm not saying they aren't good teams-they are, but until they prove how good on the field they don't deserve to go to major bowl games. There are a lot of teams in major conferences that could run up the score on subpar competition and be undefeated at the end of the year and nobody would know who was better. They should have to prove it on the field like everybody else. If either team really made an effort to schedule better competition they could...Notre Dame isn't even in a conference and they do it every year.

It's not just the teams that they knock out of playing in the game, it's also not fair to the team they have to play. You have to play a rigorous schedule in the SEC, Big Ten, etc, and deal with all of the injuries and pulling everything out of your playbook to get there and then you have to face a team like tcu or boise st that has basically played practice games all year and has few if any injuries and a untapped playbook. If they quit letting them play in these major bowl games, they would schedule better teams during the regular season, but as long as they can play gravy teams and cry about not making it, that is what they are going to do.

Run up the score?
you do know that Boise has taken out the first string team in the 3rd quarter every game this year except 1..and that was the VT game..how is it running up the score when you are playing 2nd and 3rd stringers?
all the other teams had to do was stop them..and nobody could.
 
Ohio State doesn't play the toughest of schedules. They definitely shouldn't be tossing stones.
On a yearly basis, their schedules are vastly more difficult than Boise's schedule. I definitely think OSU would be 10-0 with Boise's schedule right now.
 
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This year I think Boise is the best team, along with TCU (-OR and AU). After this year I think both will lose a little. I just think both are very good and if the BCS lets them play the teams every one wants to see them play (instead of matching them up against each other as always) then maybe the playoff talk will really take off. If Boise and TCU get pitted against each other 3 years in a row then they're will never be a playoff. Either way I would take both over the suckeyes.
 

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