And Boise State drops out of the national title picture. Live by the -and-0, die by the -and-0.
The thing that has become truly irritating about Boise State is that as soon as LSU beat Alabama, the conversation was immediately “does a one-loss Bama deserve a rematch over Boise State?” Not a mumbling word about newly-#2 Oklahoma State, nor a Stanford team that will jump from 4th to 3rd if they beat Oregon tonight.
Boise State has milked the Cinderella shtick long past its sell-by date, and spun a one-point overtime win over the most overrated BCS team of the 2000s into some sort of argument that they are America’s True Undefeated Uncrowned Champions. Despite playing a schedule that usually consists of “beat one middling BCS team to open the season and then run the table through the WAC”.
The downside, of course, is that we’ll go through all this again next year. But the rule is simple: if you are going to complain about the SEC’s out-of-conference scheduling, you cannot advocate Boise State as a national contender, and vice versa. Either strength of schedule matters, or it doesn’t.
Meanwhile, I’m afraid to say anything about Vanderbilt for fear of breaking the spell…