Oh, I would never be silly enough to argue Boise's case against Alabama. Even the majority of Boise fans (or players, if you saw the Fiesta trophy presentation) would not go that far. I wasn't trying to say Boise should have been a national title contender last year, just that they were (and have been for several years) a legitimate top ten program in college football, who deserves to be respected as such.
JTrain, look at the pic on your sig. Does that look like the face of fear? the face of "we won't play you b/c we don't wanna get beat by you"?I have to say I completely agree (from the evidence revealed thus far). I'm glad you came out and said it, because I hadn't quite built up the courage to do so yetConsidering Kellen Moore will be a senior in 2011, and our offensive situation for then is still murky, we apparently would just rather not. Which sucks, because the crowd would be electric, Gameday would probably show up (apparently ESPN wanted to get involved when this deal was first proposed) and I think we'd have a great chance to win.
I think the open date in question is for the 2011 season, not this upcoming season (2010).
Someone kind of mentioned this earlier. How many "top 10" programs seat 30K? That pinpoints the major difference. So NU is supposed to go play at a teeny-tiney stadium, give up a home date, and pay BSU 1M or whateever? They want to be perceived as big time (even though they're not) when it comes to scheduling, but they want to get paid like a FCS team. I"m surprised VTech took the bait.
I kinda hope so. With all the sh*t they've been talking, I would love nothing more than to see the 'Skers pound those little blue smurfies into fairy dust.
By 2015 Chris Peterson will be a distant memory and Boise will be relegated back to the status of a Sun Belt team.
Well, maybe. But most people thought they'd fall off when Koetter (.722 win pct) left after 2000, and again when Hawkins (.828) left after 2005. Petersen is at .924. The next guy will have to be around 1.000 to continue the trend. chuckleshuffle
Winning percentages are nice, but they haven't had success on a national stage until recently under Hawkins, and specifically under Petersen.
Perhaps, but the expectation that they'd fall apart has been there after the last 2 guys left, just as you stated your expectation regarding Petersen.
We'll see if Petersen stays. It's not a destination school, as Nutt, Koetter and Hawkins have shown. I agree that I'd like them to be as highly-ranked/touted as possible when we smash them to bits. More prestige for us that way.
