BSU would not survive a season in the PAC-10 without a loss. They wouldn't survive Stanford, USC, Cal, Arizona and Oregon State without a loss. They played Va Tech on a nuetral field in game one and escaped narrowly. They beat Oregon State after another of their trademark cheap shots sent James Rodgers to the sidelines.
The rest of the time, they play the following unbroken string of cream puffs: Wyoming, New Mexico State, Toledo, San Jose State, Louisiana Tech, Hawaii, Idaho, Utah State. Those ARE the Little Sisters of the Poor. AQ schools play two or three games like that.
Boise State's Bob Kustra's expressing predictable outrage about being called out, but if the Broncos truly wanted to be taken seriously, they'd join a league with meaningful competition. OSU's president is just saying what everyone else is thinking.
If Auburn loses and the Broncos get their shot, maybe they'll be quiet for another dozen years.
Ohio State's president's comments remind me of what white supremacy leader would say: "No inferiors allowed into this club"
ReplyDeleteIf you aren't going to recognize nonAQ conferences in the first place, don't include them in the polls. It's always about the big and strong and who is worth the most money. The NCG is worthless without a playoff, so people can argue all they want until a fair system is actually put into place. We can start by eliminating Division 1 schools from playing lower divisions. The SEC is the king of this tactic in order to beat up on winning programs in lower divisions so they claim "our conference is the best. Our team has beaten teams with an overall record of 58-24... while your teams oppenent records are 33-49." No wonder the SEC has so many teams ranked. No SEC team deserves a shot this year if you are going to look at Strength of Schedule, the REAL Strength of Schedule. If you factor that in, Ohio State would be ranked 3rd or 4th. But it looks like this year the small guys of NonAQ will get a shot. I say give it to them, and make a statement that this country is beyond the repression of the so called 'inferior'. And did I mention playoff? Seriously.
Glenn,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. I wouldn't compare the BCS system to racism, which is a far more serious ill. My point of view is that Boise State doesn't deserve equal merit, because they truly have not played equal competition. Their conference schedule allows them eight breathers a year. They simply haven't faced the tests the conference leaders in the SEC, Big Ten and PAC-10 face week after week.
Many people agree with you that a playoff is the best solution.
I appreciate your point of view and thank you for writing.
Best wishes,
Dale