The idiots over at SportCenter this morning posed the question after Boise State defeated TCU in what can only be viewed as a lackluster Fiesta Bowl: "Did the Broncos deserve a shot at the national championship?"
The answer is very simply, no. And Boise, which pulled off one of the biggest college football upsets in recent years, has the BCS committee to thank. Putting the undefeated Broncos up against the undefeated Horned Frogs was just plain stupid. It was a lose-lose, because you know whoever wins that game, fans will be pining for some national championship love.
In fact, I'm surprised this went down this way. If anything, having two undefeated teams at the end of the season (Boise and the winner of Alabama-Texas) will put more pressure on those at the BCS to conduct... yes, a playoff! And if there's anything the powers that be don't want to hear, it's more playoff talk.
Look, great job Boise State, you beat Oregon in the season opener at home, and then you slipped past another non-BCS school in a major bowl. In between, you swatted such teams as San Jose State, Bowling Green and Miami of Ohio. Sorry, but not good enough to get into the national championship discussion. Not even good enough to be in the same room.
Although, why do I have a bad feeling that politicians from Idaho, perhaps those whose approving ratings may have dipped a bit, will be making a big stink about all this next week? At long last, Orrin Hatch has a partner in crime.
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Precisely why I complained about this game when the BCS matchups were announced. What's the point of seeing small program vs. small program? There's no intrigue, no real interest outside of the Boise State and Texas Christian campuses.
Clearly college football fears change, and a playoff.
I would much rather have seen Boise State vs. Florida or TCU vs. Cincinnati. Maybe the BCS busters get smoked in those games, but maybe not. Unfortunately, we'll never know.
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