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[LKJ]

Well obviously that much is as it should be. It would be nuts to let one of the lower conference teams lose and still get to the biggest stage.

I have no issue with a team like Boise making a BCS game over a team that loses three in any conference, including the toughest one (the SEC, for now). But when the number gets down to two losses for the big conference school, I'm less comfortable. And when the number gets down to one loss, I say GTFO with this mid-major ****.

Anyway, part of this rooting is just a personal distaste for Boise that predates their run of success. I went to school in eastern WA so you can put 2 and 2 together there. I would be less venomous toward another school in a similar situation. But I do have these issues I've articulated with schools in their position in general.

[dkgojackets]

Originally Posted by LKJ

And you really don't think the best teams are the ones who can dodge the minefield of playing in a BCS conference schedule? "Best" is about more than just what quality they are when they're bringing their A-game. The ability to be consistently great week in and week out should really also factor in strongly.

Its an extremely inexact science and the entire system is clearly flawed, and only having one game that matters is retarded. In a situation where our only information is an unbeaten boise and two unbeaten major conference teams those other teams that played a tougher schedule are probably better mathematically speaking. However there is no reason boise could not be the best too. There is a lot of eyetest involved. The bcs setup overall is trash.

[LKJ]

Yeah, the setup is garbage. You'll get no argument from me there. I'm merely left to argue within the crappy system we're given.

[LKJ]

Colorado scores to pull within 10 of Hawaii...Hawaii coach calls a timeout to bring his team to the sideline and chew them out, and then at the end of the timeout calls another one to keep after the rant he was in the middle of. I really don't think I've ever seen a coach do something like that.

That guy was defensive coordinator for the Seahawks back in the hideous Erickson days and I never liked him very much, but I dunno what kind of college head coach he is.

[LazyTops5]

Inb4 the buffs come back and the Hawaii coach gets fired

[LKJ]

It's obvious from that move that he thinks that he simply has the better team and that if he does the right motivational **** that they'll finish the job; I don't know much of anything about this year's Hawaii so I really have no idea. It's become a really interesting game though.

CU with the FG and now Hawaii is heading toward serious meltdown mode if they don't at least have a respectable drive of some sort.

[LazyTops5]

3 & out here we go!

[LKJ]

And their final timeout comes early in the 4th before defending against a 3rd and 17.

You, Coach McMackin, are ****ing weird.

[tonymark01]

Is this a regional Fox Sports game or something? Can't find it

[LazyTops5]

ESPN 2 here

[LKJ]

Pac-12 taking a beating today. As is well documented, I don't really go for the "rooting for the rest of the conference" thing in many cases, but it's looking like a second loss in the same day to a mid-major along with Oregon State losing to an FCS team and UW barely dodging one themselves. Also USC barely dodging Minnesota, who isn't good unless they've gotten significantly better all of a sudden. Oregon didn't look good in their loss, although we'll see if LSU is a worldbeater or not in the weeks to come.

I'll happily root against UW/UO/USC, but I don't like the conference in general to look like crap.

[LazyTops5]

Well that was short lived

[GusJohnsonGOAT]

Nothing was better than Boise State losing to Nevada last year. Can't cheer for a team that thinks they are the best in the country and doesn't play any real teams.

[LKJ]

When Boise lost to Nevada last year, it put them at the same one-loss record. Naturally the voters kept Boise in a higher spot in the polls than Nevada at that point. Why? Because the American public really enjoyed the trick plays they ran against Oklahoma three years earlier. (At least that's my theory.)

[goofyballer]

Boise beating Oklahoma was basically the greatest game ever. It was so good that it made me give a **** about college football for half a minute.