The answer to Boise State Bronco fans is easily yes. However, the BCS committee may not have the same answer for the Broncos.
Boise St. is currently ranked ninth in the BCS standings and is 11-0 on the season. However, their chances are almost doomed if Oregon St. beats Oregon in the Civil War on Saturday. This would cause USC to gain an at-large bid rather than the bid in the Rose Bowl as the Pac-10 champions.
In order for a mid-major conference team to gain an at-large bid, they must be ranked in the top 12 of the BCS standings. However, Utah is undefeated and ranked seventh in the BCS standings. This means Utah will get the automatic bid for the mid-major conferences because they are ranked higher.
Boise St.'s last hurdle would be No. 10 Ohio State (10-2). The Buckeyes' only two losses this season were to No. 5 USC and No. 8 Penn State. The BCS might also feel the Buckeyes will travel better if they get a BCS bid.
However, this is why the Broncos SHOULD get into the BCS mix.
They have won all their games. This is, of course, assuming they beat Fresno St. (7-4) on the blue turf of Bronco Stadium tonight. Ohio State has had their chance to prove they deserve to play with the nation's best teams twice. They lost both games.
Also, doesn't anyone remember how many Boise St. fans were in Tempe to watch them take down Oklahoma? There were plenty of fans. I mean, it's not like the BCS will have to worry about selling out the game they put the Broncos in, because to Boise St. fans, a BCS game is like a national title bid.
Yes, all the mid-major haters could say look at what happened to Hawaii last year in the Sugar Bowl. But this is a team that beat a highly ranked Oklahoma Sooner team in the Fiesta Bowl just two years ago. They have proven they can hang with the big boys. Also, their record over the last three seasons is 34-3.
While Boise St. may play a weaker schedule in the WAC, they proved themselves this season with a big non-conference victory. The Broncos beat Oregon, who was ranked 17th, 39-32 in Autzen Stadium. Oregon is now ranked 23rd.
The biggest reason for their success this season has been their offense. The Broncos rank 16th in the country in scoring offense, averaging 37.5 points per game. They also boast the 10th-best passing offense in the country, and they are 14th in total offense, averaging just over 461 yards a game.
While many fans remember senior running back Ian Johnson, the offense is actually led by freshman quarterback Kellen Moore. Moore has thrown for 3,051 yards and 23 touchdowns this season. He is also among the nation's leaders in passer rating and has completed 69.7 percent of his passes.
Defensive coordinators have nightmares about the two-headed monster in the backfield for the Broncos. Ian Johnson and sophomore Jeremy Avery have combined for 1,161 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns this season.
Boise St. is not all offense though. Their defense is among the best in the country.
It is led by junior cornerback Kyle Wilson, who is tied for 12th in the nation with five interceptions. The Broncos are allowing only 12.5 points per game, which is tied for second in the country with Alabama and only trails Florida, who is giving up only 12 points per game. They have also held opponents to seven points or less in six of their games this season.
The BCS may not like it, but they should give both the Broncos and the Utes a shot to once again prove they belong with the big boys.
Also, for all those fans expecting to see an end to Boise St.'s winning ways, think again. Even if they are left out of a BCS game this year, this team has a total of 64 freshmen. Face it, mid-major haters: Boise St. is here to stay.
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about 1 month ago
The Broncos are good this year. No doubt about it. Going undefeated is never a cake walk. They are not, however, 2006 good. I am as big a Boise State fan as you will find, but I think patience is a virtue. Look at what we have coming back next year. Let Utah bask in the non-BCS limelight and let's hope they play a competitive game against whoever their oponent may be. We will get in next year and really show what kind of program we have.
As for this year, let's take on a BYU or TCU team in San Diego. Or see if we can get Ball State to play in our bowl in Boise.
Voters next pre-season will look at what we have coming back, especiallly Moore, and there is no doubt in my mind, no matter how we perform in a bowl game or against fresno, that we will start next season in the top 20, maybe top 15.
2009 is the year of the Bronco.
from about 1 month ago
I beg to differ with you. This team is just as good as the team back in 2006. While Kellen Moore may be just a freshman he is putting up huge numbers and in my mind with the help of Ian Johnson could get the broncos another BCS victory
from about 1 month ago
yeah i think you are wrong in two areas
one it is extremely hard to go undefeated
proving we should go this year
imagine the diffuculty of going undefeated again next year, it would be hard but i guess yes achievable
for example remember zebransky's first year, he was on fire and supposed to lead an even better team next year
well we all know what happened a good season but not an excellent
it took his senior year to win the big one
this can be applied to any one player this year or the team but it proves how hard it is to keep up the tempo
boise state must get a bid because of the things they have achieved this year
you think we are not as good as the fiesta bowl year
lets compare quarterbacks that is one big area that is way better this year
besides we have the youngest talented team ever with a stifiling defense
yes it is daunting but that dosen't mean they dont deserve a chance
this year is just as good if not better
from about 1 month ago
My beef with you guys is that you are homers. I promise you would be hard pressed to find a bigger fan than me. The difference between us is that you guys are so biased. Utah did what they had to do. Instead of complaining, let's give them credit. Sure, we are a couple of missed TCU field goals and a horrible Max Hall performance away from the BCS where I think we would have been very competitive.
I was wrong in saying that we are not the 2006 team. With this year's defense, we are probably better. I never said we couldn't win a BCS game. I think we could against at least half of the teams that will play in those bowls. I simply said that Utah did what they needed to do, and they deserve to be where they are at.
Are we a better team that Utah? Yes, I definitely think we are. Do we deserve to get in to the BCS over Ohio State? For sure. Will it happen? No.
It's the hard truth my friends, but face it.
I will second what I said earlier. The 2009 pre-season poll will have the Broncos in the top 20, and probably top 15. Going undefeated is never easy, as I stated before, but if any team has a chance, it is the Broncos next year.
Now book your plane tickets to San Diego and lets show that mother effin MWC commissioner that we are better than every team in his conference, and we could dominate it like we do that WAC.
from about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
NO THEY DO NOT. THEY DID NOT PLAY A THOUGH ENOUGH SCHEDULE TO EARN A BCS BOWL.
Florida, Alabama, Penn State, OSU, Utah, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, USC, Cincy, ACC winner.
Your schedule way to weak. You have to prove that you belong with the teams listed above in order to deserve a BCS Bid over some of these teams.
Your best win = Oregon (37-32) however Oregon lost to USC (44-10)
Take a journey out of the Pacific Northwest and play a few "big time" opponents each year and earn a shot or stop crying.
from about 1 month ago
Of the "teams listed above," no doubt in my mind we dominate Utah. We also cream Cincy and the ACC champ.
At the very least we compete with Penn State, OSU (whether it be Ohio State or Oregon State, we could handle both), Texas Tech, and Alabama.
We PROBABLY lose to Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, and USC.
But in 2006, I would have said that we PROBABLY lose to Oklahoma. Boy, was I wrong.
The reason we deserve the shot to play is for the same reason your argument presents. We need a shot at those guys. The proverbial "Big Boys." Why is it that when we schedule home games against big teams they back out? I dont think it is us that are crying.
Hell bring any of those teams to Boise, and you get yourself a helluva game.
Bring them here, and if we lose big, we will stop crying.
In the mean time, come to Boise, witness greatness, and mind your own business. You are just another Mark May who thinks no mid-majors deserve a shot. Trust me, one of him is enough for all of us.
from about 1 month ago
those are good teams however TTU cant get a bid because u can only have 2 teams from each conference and there are 11 spots u have their, but only 10 BCS bids, OSU hasnt earned it this season and Boise has
from about 1 month ago
Amazing. What are the various fans of BCS conferences afraid of? It appears that they are definitely afraid of playing against the top ranked non-BCS conference teams. Perhaps you should investigate the MWC Conference record against the BCS conference this year. That is exactly why you don't discriminate off the field. Let the teams decide on the field.
I'll put my money on BSU against OSU any time. BSU has the better D, better O and has better special teams, by far! Close game at the shoe, but definitely a blow out in Boise.
We all know its about the BCS conferences keeping the money to themselves. I hope Obama and the various state senators are successful in bringing this unfair system to an end. In fact, a playoff system will be instituted within 5 years, guaranteed. And, 20 years from now, we'll all reflect back upon the "old" BCS system and how utterly unfair and ignorant it truly was.
about 1 month ago
Boise is a great team. To bad they did not give themselves enough chances to prove just how great they are.
Idaho State
Bowling Green
@ Oregon
@ Southern Miss
And the WAC Conference Schedule
That is not enough to compare with teams from ACC, Big Ten, Big XII, PAC-10, SEC teams who play much tougher schedules as a whole.
BTW, a team should have to prove they deserve a shot before they are given a BCS bid. It shouldn't matter what happened to Hawaii last year or what Boise did two years ago.
from about 1 month ago
this team played just as tough a schedule as the '06 team and no one said they could compete and they won. They have even more offensive fire power this year and the team in question, Ohio State has 2 losses and have already shown they cant handle a top 8 team so now its Boise's turn to get a shot and if u wanna crack non conference schedules OSU's only big game was that USC game in which they were dominated. Their offense is pitiful. They are 10th in the big 10 in offense ahead of only Michigan. And trust me whoever the Bucks would play would be putting up some points.
from about 1 month ago
I agree with Zach on this one.
Maybe our schedules dont match up well against the Big Ten, Big XII, PAC 10, and SEC. But the ACC? Really? Can you honestly tell me that we wouldn't have one the ACC this year? The top three in the MWC would have one the ACC this year, and we can beat all three of them.
I noticed that even you left out the Big East. Another automatic bid in a conference that we would have dominated. What is unfortunate is that we can't control the BCS.
Put our schedule aside. Look at our team. Even in the WAC, going undefeated for 12 straight games isnt easy. Not only did we go undefeated, but we DOMINATED every game. Our two closest final scores, against Oregon and Nevada, were way closer than the game showed. It is unfortunate that voters and other college football fans see only the box score. If you would have watched those games, the Broncos dominated every facet.
We never trailed in the second half of any game this year. Name one more team this season who can say that.
from about 1 month ago
Zach,
As a non-BCS team Boise must play a tough non-conference schedule because their conference schedule does not compare to the Big-10 or any other BCS conference. Boise hasn't proven anything even with its undefeated season cause they didn't play anybody.
What if Ohio State only had to play Michigan State (a team currently rated higher then Oregon)? they would be undefeated also.
Are you saying that Boise State deserves a BCS bowl over the three teams in the Big XII?
Look at every other team that beat Oregon. If Cal didn't have to play anybody but Oregon they would also be undefeated.
An undefeated season is only as impressive as the teams on your schedule.
from about 1 month ago
like i said before TTU is good and ranked very high, but the BCS only allows for 2 teams from a confernece to earn a BCS bid
about 1 month ago
Do they deserve it? Yes they do. They are undefeated 12-0, solid team, HB tied with no.1 rushing TDs, toughest schedule they've ever had, and there fans will and have, sell out the stands. 2006 Fiesta Bowl, greatest college game. It's not just trickery. It's Smash Mouth Football!
about 1 month ago
Do they deserve it? Yes they do. They are undefeated 12-0, solid team, HB tied with no.1 rushing TDs, toughest schedule they've ever had, and they have fans that will sell out the stands. 2006 Fiesta Bowl, greatest college game. It's not just trickery. It's Smash Mouth Football!
about 1 month ago
The only teams Boise probably don't have much of a chance against in the top 10 are Florida, Oklahoma, and USC. Hopefully Oregon beats Oregon State so the Broncos can get another shot at the big boys and prove to all the doubters that Boise is the real deal. If Boise is left out of the BCS and plays TCU or Ball State, then hey, another 13-0 season
about 1 month ago
Heres a short list of teams BSU can hang with/beat in a bowl game this year:
-Ohio St.
-LSU
-The entire ACC
-Oklahoma St.
-Georgia
-Alabama
-Texas Tech
-BYU/TCU/Utah
-Missouri
The list can go on for quite some time. The only teams I wouldnt want my Broncos to play right now would be Oklahoma, Florida, USC and Texas. The thing of it is though, if they did play them it would probably a better game then many of the other ones listed or the bowl we are actually going to get.
I see people projecting Boise St. to play Wake in the H-bowl... are you serious? Do you want an actual game here or are you just looking to plug and play head scratchers into money positions?
from about 1 month ago
Jabes,
Thank you. I could not agree with you more.
from about 1 month ago
BSU can hang with Missouri, Alabama, Georgia, The entire ACC, LSU, and Ohio St.?
And you know this how? Because of their 5 point win over an injured and overrated Oregon?
I know Boise is a good team but what are you basing your argument on? Boise running over Fresno St.? Idaho? Idaho State? Hawaii?
If you took Boise's strength of schedule and put it next to any team you listed above you would realize why Boise is projecting your Broncos in the H-bowl.
Enjoy the undefeated season and the H-Bowl.
about 1 month ago
Boise State beat an overrated Oregon team (who was down to their third QB) and ..... that's about it.
Impressive? not really
Look I'm not saying they are not a good team. I just had to watch them rip apart my bulldogs, they are a very good team. Have they done enough to earn one of 10 BCS Bowl Bids? no.
Sure they went undefeated but they didn't play anybody. And who's fault is that? Boise State's.
So enjoy the undefeated season and the Humanitarian Bowl or the Poinsettia Bowl you earned it.
I don't know why there is a misconception out there that if you win all your games you've done everything you can do. As a program you setup your own schedule. Nobody says Boise can only play one BCS team every year. As a program they decided to only schedule one BCS team this season and if they had play a tougher schedule this article would not exist because Boise would have proven themselves.
from about 1 month ago
Want to know why Boise cant schedule the big teams? Because a loss to a non-bcs school puts them out of the bcs national championship race. And who wants to take that chance? Oregon did it and got their asses kicked for 3 1/2 quarters. Believe me, i was there, and Oregon was stunned. It very well could have been 37-13 had Boise finished the way they were playing the whole game. Nevada was the same case. Now compare Boise's season to Ohio State, who has lost to USC and Penn State. Blown out by one, close game to the other. Do they deserve a bcs game? NO! They've already shown they cant handle the big game. Give the Broncos a shot, they deserve a chance.
about 1 month ago
"Because a loss to a non-bcs school puts them out of the bcs national championship race."
And yet Utah got a game with Michigan. Hawaii got a game with Florida. Fresno State has played USC, LSU, Wisconsin in the last 4 years.
And before you claim that big schools are more afraid of Boise then Utah Hawaii and Fresno State. Utah and Fresno have more wins against BCS teams then any mid-major schools
The real reason why Boise can't schedule the big team is they don't want to leave home.
OSU clearly doesn't deserve a BCS shot because they lost to BCS quality teams but Boise does because they didn't play BCS quality teams? If you take that argument to the extreme then Div. 2 Grand Valley (10-0) deserves a shot at the BCS cause they were undefeated and didn't lose to BCS quality opponents.
from about 1 month ago
well hey if u feel tht all these major conference programs can hand it to Boise St. then why dont they prove it and go play on the blue turf? BSU went away from home to take down Oregon. So why should Boise be the team that has to leave home? Why doesnt someone go up there and beat them? You wanna know why? Because they're scared to get beat. I am by no means saying Boise is the greatest football team and should be national champs, but they are very good and deserve a shot to prove it.
from about 1 month ago
Zach,
Boise is the one claiming they belong in the same category as the best teams in the country.
Its on Boise State to go out and prove that. They don't have a strong conference to lean on and point to. The WAC Championship is not good enough to earn a BCS Bowl. Yet Boise seems content to simply dominate the WAC and then claim they deserve a "shot" in a BCS Bowl.
about 1 month ago
Boise State is a great team, but their best win was @ Oregon. That should not be good enough when you consider how power conferences beat each other up all year.
about 1 month ago
Ok as of right now here are the teams who should be in the BCS
ACC Champion
SEC Champion
BIG10 Champion
BIG XII Champion
PAC10 Champion
BIGEAST Champion
Florida/Alabama
USC (if Oregon State win the Pac-10)
Utah
Oklahoma/Texas
about 1 month ago
There's a few things BSU haters fail to see. Keep in mind no one will actually read all of these facts that i have found through the internet. Also, I must inform you I go to Oregon State but grew up in Boise...go Broncvers!?
1. A team that wins every game is good, no matter who they play. We see it every year, some team plays all 12 games and loses one....to who? Oregon State (USC), Ole Miss (Florida), Iowa (Penn State), Connecticut (Cincinnati), Wake Forest (Florida State), North Carolina and Clemson (Boston College)...all unranked at the time of play (ESPN.COM).
2. Oklahoma State, Missouri, Ohio State, Georgia all played top 10 teams and lost more than once, more often than not getting beat by more than 14 points. They had they're chance and showed they couldn't be consistent (ESPN.COM).
3. Should Florida State win the ACC championship we will have a 4 loss team in a BCS bowl against a 3 loss team in Cincinnati (ESPN.COM)...i'm not going to watch that game. I believe no team in a BCS bowl should ever have more than 2 losses and not be in the top 12.
4. BSU has destroyed their opponents. One game has been within a touchdown in a hostile road environment against a 3 loss Pac-10 ranked team. Every team in the top 12 has had more than one game within a touchdown, regardless of the team they played (ESPN.COM).
5. BSU proved it 2 years ago and I heard the same sh*t from everyone...they suck, their schedule this, opponents record that, can't hang with the big boys, etc....who won again? BSU.
6. History repeats itself over and over again. I'm appalled every year when I see a blow out in a BCS game. When Utah thumped Pitt, Pitt got a bid because they won the Big East. Ohio State lost by 27 and 14 the last two years in the Championship game. And BSU beat a BCS team and made it one of the most recognizable games of all time (ESPN.COM).
7. We can't use the whole well this team lost to that team so they'd definitely lose. Oregon State beat USC, Cal; though Oregon lost to USC, Cal, and you guessed it BSU; currently Oregon is up 37-17 against Oregon State at half. Additionally Oklahoma beat Texas Tech but lost to Texas who beat Texas Tech that lost to Oklahoma who lost to Texas....can you say confusing to use the 'they beat they lost' system? (ESPN.COM, VS TV)
8. When Boise State scheduled Bowling Green, BG had lost 3 games in 2004, Southern Miss had lost 4 in 2003, and Oregon had lost 2 in 2005. Coincidence that they are all 2-3 years before the first game ever against these teams? Yes...games against non-conference opponents are normally scheduled 2-3 years in advance in a series, ie, Southern Miss and Bowling Green play BSU last year (2 years ago for BG) and this year but not next year, Oregon plays BSU this year and next year, but probably not the following year...look it all up. Its not BSU's fault that when they schedule these games these teams were thriving and now they have receded. (ESPN.COM, BRONCOSPORTS.COM)
-----my solution-----is this: a team in the top 12 gets to be in a playoff. First #3-12 play first week, then the winners+#2 play, then winners+#1 play. Based on this small playoff we form our BCS bowl games all the while the smaller bowls can play.
----bottom line, BSU deserves a BCS bowl, they did what they could and have thrived in the conference they are FORCED, yes FORCED, to play in. The MWC and the PAC10 won't take them even though they are 41-3 in the conference the last 5 years. Why should they be punished for this error.
about 1 month ago
Boise State does not belong in the BCS, they belong in a playoff. Bob Stoops, Mack Brown and many others are all in my camp. It's ridiculous how arrogant Division I is.
from about 1 month ago
why dont they belong in the BCS? i dont see a reason in ur comment? its because they do belong and you know it. Beating Oklahoma two years ago was not a fluke. They won that game even after everyone said, "they dont belong", "they cant matchup w. OU", blah blah blah, well OU got torched in tht game and it proved Boise is for real
about 1 month ago
Precisely, but we don't have that, so why should they suffer at the hands of the system's unfair mistake of not including said playoff.
about 1 month ago
Just throwing this one out there, because I know there is many people on the playoff side and some people on the bcs side. What about putting the top 10 teams in bcs games? The top 10 teams are put into the bowl games, while all conference tie ins are removed. This wouldnt solve everything, but it sounds more fair to me than the current setup. I mean acc champ Virginia Tech or Boston College? Cincinnati? Come on, these teams dont need to be in bcs games.
about 1 month ago
Again Zach, Boise State belongs. I am an advocate of the little guy. We just need to get rid of this jacked-up BCS. As for Cody's comment, there are MANY on the playoff side (like me) and SOME on the BCS side. Thus, let's go with the majority and screw the BCS proponents and what they want. They've ruined college football enough. EVERY OTHER SPORT IN ANY DIVISION OR LEVEL (high school, NFL, NBA, NHL, whatever) DECIDES THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP VIA A PLAYOFF. What makes D-1 football so special. The answer: nothing, when in Rome do as the Romans do as we Italians are wont to say.
about 1 month ago
Amazing. What are the various fans of BCS conferences afraid of? It appears that they are definitely afraid of playing against the top ranked non-BCS conference teams. Perhaps you should investigate the MWC Conference record against the BCS conference this year. That is exactly why you don't discriminate off the field. Let the teams decide on the field.
I'll put my money on BSU against OSU any time. BSU has the better D, better O and has better special teams, by far! Close game at the shoe, but definitely a blow out in Boise.
We all know its about the BCS conferences keeping the money to themselves. I hope Obama and the various state senators are successful in bringing this unfair system to an end. In fact, a playoff system will be instituted within 5 years, guaranteed. And, 20 years from now, we'll all reflect back upon the "old" BCS system and how utterly unfair and ignorant it truly was.
from about 1 month ago
thank you, im glad you get the point im goin after here
about 1 month ago
fuck all you guys....
bsu should be in the national championship baby!!
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