Why did they put TCU against Boise ST?

[VOLS INC.]

Personally i think this is ridiculous and just an out for the College presidents and BCS officials.Anything to save themselves futher embarrassment and criticism for adopting this STUPID BCS SYSTEM. we need a playoff NOW. It's a bunch of crap, these two teams should have the chance to prove themselves against the BCS majors

 

[tvolsfan]

How big of a playoff? A plus 1 or 4 teams? Sure. 8 teams wouldn't be the worst, but I'd rather not have that. 16 teams is way too many.

 

[VOLS INC.]

How big of a playoff? A plus 1 or 4 teams? Sure. 8 teams wouldn't be the worst, but I'd rather not have that. 16 teams is way too many.

I prefer 8 but 4 would be ok. 16 is too many. Anythings better than our current system

 

[buckeyevol23]

I think 4 teams would be good. I know teams ranked 5-6 would still complain but if you can't make the top 4, you shouldn't expect to be national champion. That way, losses in the regular season would still mean a lot. Also, playing 3 playoff games is a lot for a team that also plays a conference championship.

 

[TrueOrange]

I think it's fine. Let those two teams play each other.

That way, if it turns out they aren't great, we aren't burdened with two horrible one-sided bowl games.

I actually like alot of the other matchups.

 

[CornPoke]

I think we all know why this matchup happened. Why put two Non-AQ teams in a major bowl against an AQ team when both teams could play each other? This way neither BSU or TCU embarrasses the precious AQ teams and the BCS.

 

[manfromtn]

They should have matched them against teams that could possibly beat them so their wouldn't be any b.s. As it stands, if in some way Cincy were to beat Florida(I don't personally believe it will happen), we could end up with three undefeated teams. A +1 wouldn't even fix that. But, if they pitted them against better teams, we could end the season with just one undefeated team.

 

[MystifyingVol]

What if you only have 4 teams, and #5, 6, and 7 are also undefeated?

 

[T-TownVol]

Just to piss you off OP.

 

[lawgator1]

Personally i think this is ridiculous and just an out for the College presidents and BCS officials.Anything to save themselves futher embarrassment and criticism for adopting this STUPID BCS SYSTEM. we need a playoff NOW. It's a bunch of crap, these two teams should have the chance to prove themselves against the BCS majors

I could be wrong about this, but it has always seemed to me that the desire to see a team like BSU being able to play "the BCS majors" is a function of taking the occassions when a basketball team from a smaller "non-major" school takes on and beats a basketball team from the Big Ten or Big East or SEC or whoever.

But it is far easier to field a team of 5 top quality starters and 2-3 backups so as to compete with a bigger conference basketball team than it is to suit up 80 football players who are going to be able to hang with the top BCS football powers.

I still do not believe that a motivated BCS football powerhouse, like Alabama or Texas, would ever have trouble handling a BSU.

 

[manfromtn]

I could be wrong about this, but it has always seemed to me that the desire to see a team like BSU being able to play "the BCS majors" is a function of taking the occassions when a basketball team from a smaller "non-major" school takes on and beats a basketball team from the Big Ten or Big East or SEC or whoever.

But it is far easier to field a team of 5 top quality starters and 2-3 backups so as to compete with a bigger conference basketball team than it is to suit up 80 football players who are going to be able to hang with the top BCS football powers.

I still do not believe that a motivated BCS football powerhouse, like Alabama or Texas, would ever have trouble handling a BSU.

I agree, but sometimes the highlighted word is the problem. See last years Sugar Bowl for a reference.

 

[CardassianVol]

I still do not believe that a motivated BCS football powerhouse, like Alabama or Texas, would ever have trouble handling a BSU.

Belief should have nothing to do with it. If we never see a matchup like that then we will never know. Ask Alabama and Oklahoma how dangerous those teams are. That just leaves the motivation factor. You can argue that it was lack of motivation by the BCS teams and you can argue that the outsider teams belonged where they were. We might not ever know with the way the BCS schedules these things. It certainly isn't coaching that separates them. Urban Meyer did win a BCS game at Utah.

 

[kptvol]

Belief should have nothing to do with it. If we never see a matchup like that then we will never know. Ask Alabama and Oklahoma how dangerous those teams are. That just leaves the motivation factor. You can argue that it was lack of motivation by the BCS teams and you can argue that the outsider teams belonged where they were. We might not ever know with the way the BCS schedules these things. It certainly isn't coaching that separates them. Urban Meyer did win a BCS game at Utah.

And Dan Hawkins came pretty damn close to doing it at Boise. I haven't peeked at Colorado's record lately, but I'm sure the Buffs are dominating.

 

[CardassianVol]

And Dan Hawkins came pretty damn close to doing it at Boise. I haven't peeked at Colorado's record lately, but I'm sure the Buffs are dominating.

I don't remember Hawkins in a BCS bowl at Boise. Despite your sarcasm, my point still stands that the non-BCS schools don't necessarily have worse coaching.

 

[tvolsfan]

I don't remember Hawkins in a BCS bowl at Boise. Despite your sarcasm, my point still stands that the non-BCS schools don't necessarily have worse coaching.

The only reason Boise never made a BCS bowl then is because there were less BCS bowl games at the time. And they do have worse coaching. Maybe not the top coach or two in the conference, but the bottom of the conferences can't compete with most of the major conference guys.

 

[Cartervol]

So the BS system can save face. The last thing they want, especially since the outcry for a playoff is at a all time high, is for these teams to matchup and beat their cash cow conferences. These guys run this deal like mafia. Come to think of it, they might actually be the mafia.

 

[tvolsfan]

Belief should have nothing to do with it. If we never see a matchup like that then we will never know. Ask Alabama and Oklahoma how dangerous those teams are. That just leaves the motivation factor. You can argue that it was lack of motivation by the BCS teams and you can argue that the outsider teams belonged where they were. We might not ever know with the way the BCS schedules these things. It certainly isn't coaching that separates them. Urban Meyer did win a BCS game at Utah.

Neither team looked remotely motivated for that game. It took Oklahoma 15 minutes to mount a large comeback, and then they lost because of some trick plays. As for Bama, I'm sure they'd look more motivated if their opponent was a team like Texas.

 

[kptvol]

I don't remember Hawkins in a BCS bowl at Boise. Despite your sarcasm, my point still stands that the non-BCS schools don't necessarily have worse coaching.

Hawkins was within a game of reaching a BCS bowl several times.