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damn typo. AS*

this is too easy

I used to be in the give respect to Boise camp, and I want to see them play a Oklahoma St/LSU/Alabama just to end the debate, but I'm sorry, if you struggle to beat Air Force, at home, you aren't an elite team.

They should have run AFA out of their house...Did they? No...enuff

Just typed out a whole argument, hit submit and it didn't go through... screw doing that again... somebody else school this clown

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 01:04 PM ET  10.24 by BM.

Their horrible schedule is why they don't get any respect.There. TD over.

Its not their fault that GA sucks this year. But the conference schedule is their fault for belonging to that conference. However, the same can be said for all Big East Football teams and they still have an auto BCS invite.

Plus, Boise winning one big game against a great team won't prove anything. Schedule 3 quality teams in a row. Win all 3 and then theres respect.

Play Oklahoma, Georgia, then Wisconsin.

2 good teams and a decent SEC. Win 3 and prove yourself.

drop it, BSchwartz, i got it.

QUOTE(#7):

Originally posted 01:23 PM ET  10.24 by Formerly from Ewa PGH Fan

Its not their fault that GA sucks this year. But the conference schedule is their fault for belonging to that conference. However, the same can be said for all Big East Football teams and they still have an auto BCS invite.

What about their other non-conference games? They expected Toledo to be a force? Or Fresno?

They could have made a move to the Pac-12 or Big-12, but they know they would fall to the middle of the pack and lose that BCS money.

Even LSU who plays a MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH harder conference schedule took on Oregon AND West Virginia in their out of conference games.

As for UGA, they have been bad since the 80's... how could they not know that?

QUOTE(#7):

Originally posted 01:23 PM ET  10.24 by Formerly from Ewa PGH Fan

Its not their fault that GA sucks this year. But the conference schedule is their fault for belonging to that conference. However, the same can be said for all Big East Football teams and they still have an auto BCS invite.

Respect and an auto BCS invite do not go hand in hand. How much respect do you see the Big East getting? Practically none, nor do they deserve it in terms of putting a team in the major bowls. No one would pay attention to the Big East, a conference filled with mediocre to decent teams if they didn't have the auto bid, but the attention is negative and not positive.

Boise St. is way more respected than any Big East team but getting into the title game also requires wins against more than one or two decent teams. I would hope they can play a top tier team this year as well, because they are a very good team and competitive against the upper echelon teams, but their chances of being in the title game are very slim because of who they play. You have to earn your way into the title game and you can't do that very easily with their schedule.

QUOTE(#10):

Originally posted 01:32 PM ET  10.24 by BSchwartz07

What about their other non-conference games? They expected Toledo to be a force? Or Fresno? They could have made a move to the Pac-12 or Big-12, but they know they would fall to the middle of the pack and lose that BCS money. Even LSU who plays a MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH harder conference schedule took on Oregon AND West Virginia in their out of conference games. As for UGA, they have been bad since the 80's... how could they not know that?

They couldn't get in the Pac-12, theyre academics were below the minimum requirement so they got denied.

Wow! Old man Bush hates broccoli and you guys hate potatoes. How can a team with a weak schedule, play on deep blue astroturf from a town that is at least 500 miles from civilization be ranked so high. It's just not fair that the the Coaches votes them high (they must be brain dead). Why do the sportswriters show their bias and rank them so high? And finally, there must be a computer glitch for the BCS ranking system to place them in the no. 4 spot.

But then again, take a closer look........

Let's count the reasons why the coaches, the sportswriters and the BCS computer puts them so high.
1. Track Record - Even though they don't play at least two great non-conference foes, they play one. They beat Oregon twice in a row. Then they beat Virginia Tech in DC, this year they beat Georgia. You respond, beating Georgia is not like playing Bama or LSU. Granted, I will give you that. But the last time I looked Georgia was 5-2. Who did they lose to. Boise State and South Carolina. Georgia is climbing up the rankings. Also, they are currently tied with South Carolina in their division of the SEC to see who gets to play in the SEC title game against either Bama or LSU probably. So the sportswriter and coaches don't take that away from Boise State.

2. Boise State Coach. Peterson is a throwback from the days when coaches had great respect and humility for their opposition coaches and their teams. You never see them purposely run up the score just so it will rank them higher. Voting Coaches and Sportswriters have great respect for this type of coach. He is consistently, a good man as well as a great coach.

3. Oklahoma was ranked #1 in one of the polls and thought to be unbeatable. But who beats them. Texas Tech an unranked team. Look at Wisconsin. I admit it was pure luck that the game did not go into overtime but here is a Michigan State team, now at 6-1 who may win the Big Ten, win again in East Lansing (4 straight against Wisconsin in their own stadium) even if was by a hail mary.

4. Consistency. Boise State wins both conference, non-conference and the bowl games they play in.
They have played in BCS and non-BCS bowl games and usually win.

Boise St. manhandled Georgia. On any given Saturday Boise St. can beat Bama or LSU.

Boise State would probably have the same record in any conf. (unless they were in the SEC and already faced LSU) as they are just as good as Stanford or Alabama (OSU is a pretender).

QUOTE(#8):

Originally posted 01:27 PM ET  10.24 by PatsFan21

Plus, Boise winning one big game against a great team won't prove anything. Schedule 3 quality teams in a row. Win all 3 and then theres respect.Play Oklahoma, Georgia, then Wisconsin.2 good teams and a decent SEC. Win 3 and prove yourself.

They already have beaten Oklahoma, Georgia, and Oregon (twice) to name a few. I'm sure they would play Wisconsin but won't get the chance because they Wisconsin won't schedule them.

I am waiting to hear left explain what he means by Boise St. continually getting hosed. Two arguments and the only clue is something about respect.

QUOTE(#17):

Originally posted 02:06 PM ET  10.24 by Celtics Rule!

They already have beaten Oklahoma, Georgia, and Oregon (twice) to name a few. I'm sure they would play Wisconsin but won't get the chance because they Wisconsin won't schedule them.

That was 4 years ago against a different team with different players. and it was ONE game. Any team can get geared up for one game, but few can do it week in and week out and that's exactly why Boise's overrated.

QUOTE(#14):

Originally posted 01:51 PM ET  10.24 by BM.

No offense, but nobody is going to read a comment that long.

I was just gonna say that, I got bored after like 4 sentences.