Too bad we wont see........(Bowl Thread)
December 5th, 2011 at 1:28 PM ^
MSU vs. Oregon
Too soon?
December 5th, 2011 at 1:37 PM ^
Never
December 5th, 2011 at 1:31 PM ^
December 5th, 2011 at 1:31 PM ^
RG III vs Dilithium
December 5th, 2011 at 1:32 PM ^
Boise in any kind of meaningful bowl game. Doesn't have to be BCS, but don't you think the no. 7 team in the nation should play on or after New Years? Playing in the Las Vegas bowl for the second straight year before Christmas (against a far worst opponent than last year) to me is a travesty.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:38 PM ^
Boise or other non-AQ schools will get no respect until they start playing a schedule.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:48 PM ^
Not their fault they can only get one AQ school a year to play them. And they've beaten all those AQ schools (Georgia, VT, Oklahoma, Oregon twice, then no. 4 TCU who went on to beat Wisconsin with the same team, Oregon State) and mostly at their stadiums.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:52 PM ^
When they go undefeated, I agree. They should be in the conversation (even for the title). They lost a game this year, though, and that schedule is too weak to make up for it.
December 5th, 2011 at 3:29 PM ^
Take any AQ school and they play 8-10 BCS caliber schools per year, not 1-2 like Boise. Of course they are not all great BCS teams, BUT...
Take 2011 Purdue, Iowa or Northwestern - we would generally agree that these teams were decent but not that good. What would their record be in the MWC? I personally think they could win 10-11 games. But since they get beat up by Big 10 competiion, they appear not as good as Boise, Houston, TCU or Southern Miss...and they especially aren't ranked as high.
Hence, lack of respect for non-AQ schools.
December 5th, 2011 at 3:45 PM ^
It is a lot easier to gameplan and win when you basically have to only plan for 1 or 2 teams a year. It is a whole different world when you are playing 5+ teams who all can beat you. Part of the reason the non-AQs don't get much respect is because they generally don't play anyone outside of 1 or 2 games a year. If they want respect then they need to join a conference with respectable opponents and play a real schedule.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:39 PM ^
to get into the PAC 10. They are willing to play anyone, anytime and deserve more recognition!
December 5th, 2011 at 1:48 PM ^
Pac12 makes the most sense for BSU, but I wonder if the Big XII would be interested in adding them, along with TCU and WVU (minus TAMU and Mizzou) and another team to go back to 12.
December 5th, 2011 at 2:38 PM ^
Houston is an option.
December 5th, 2011 at 3:46 PM ^
Hey, I remember an independent that thought they were all that and when they joined a conference, they thought they were going to run over everyone cause they were all that. Penn State had a pretty rude awakening.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:48 PM ^
All Boise has to do is call the Big 12ish and lobby the conference to let them in. If Boise wants to beat up the MWC then they will continue to play in lower tier bowl games. Sack up, stop crying and move up in life.
December 5th, 2011 at 2:44 PM ^
How is Boise vs. TCU any difference that the Big 2 Little 8 days that made Michigan and OSU so famous? Boise and TCU have done nothing but prove that they can hang with the best of them. Boise's only losses over the last 3 years have been to 10-12 win teams, all in the top 17 (TCU will move into the top 16 or higher after teams lose bowl games), and all of the games being by 3 points or fewer. TCU has jumped to the Big 12 and I'm sure that, given the opportunity, BSU would do the same. It's not Boise's fault that teams are afraid to get beat down in OOC games or even by inviting them to a conference.
December 5th, 2011 at 2:59 PM ^
December 5th, 2011 at 3:10 PM ^
That should really be another BCS bowl.
Wait, shit, no it shouldn't. Forget I said anything. The last thing we need is for the BCS to take advantage of an idea to appease all of the non-AQ dissenters.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:35 PM ^
Virginia Tech v. West Virginia was an interesting matchup. Border game and old Big East "rivals". Probably the only chance the Orange Bowl had of any national interest
Also, Missouri or Texas A&M against the SEC would have been interesting, or WVU and TCU versus the Big 12
Nebraska in the Insight Bowl against Texas or Oklahoma
December 5th, 2011 at 1:34 PM ^
Notre Dame playing for a hard-earned shot at a national championship.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:38 PM ^
So a sure thing...next year.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:39 PM ^
You can BKFin...er...Lou Holtz it!
December 5th, 2011 at 4:41 PM ^
Correction, that would be "Lou Holth it."
December 5th, 2011 at 1:38 PM ^
instead of inside a sterile fucking dome.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:44 PM ^
You are incorrect with you description. Sterile implies clean.
December 5th, 2011 at 7:50 PM ^
At 8 or 9 at night.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:40 PM ^
OSU to be in the Pizza Pizza bowl to play against my alma matter, WMU! Probably a good thing though, because Miller is clearly MUCH better than what he was mid-season.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:43 PM ^
I always root for the Big 10 in bowls, however, this year I'd like to see Western beat the mustache and give him a 6-7 record.
Go Broncos
December 5th, 2011 at 1:57 PM ^
When you say the you always root for the B1G except...,
What you mean is you don't always root for the B1G in bowls.
December 5th, 2011 at 2:25 PM ^
No.
There is no "except" that is required to create the exception (and thus proving your point); there is a "however" which is not an exception but rather denotes a forthcoming change in practice.
Until 12/17/11 (the date of WMU v. Purdue), my statement that I always root for the Big 10 in bowls will remain true.... however, it will cease to be a true statement at kickoff
December 5th, 2011 at 8:51 PM ^
You prefer Hoke' posse?
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<br>Stay thirsty, my friends.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:54 PM ^
Sigh...
December 5th, 2011 at 2:42 PM ^
Illinois probably plays the best game of the Zooker era. I bet Neuheisel has an office bracket as well.
December 5th, 2011 at 2:50 PM ^
but I can't quite start my own thread. I was just wondering what people think about the matchup that we got in the bowl game. Is VTech a weaker opponent than Houston? TCU is pretty solid, so I am glad we did not end up with them, but would Houston have been an easier opponent than Vtech?