And Boise State drops out of the national title picture. \u00a0Live by the -and-0, die by the -and-0.<\/p>\n
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?” \u00a0Not a mumbling word about newly-#2 Oklahoma State, nor a Stanford team that will jump from 4th to 3rd if they beat Oregon tonight.<\/p>\n
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. \u00a0Despite playing a schedule that usually consists of “beat one middling BCS team to open the season and then run the table through the WAC”.<\/p>\n
The downside, of course, is that we’ll go through all this again next year. \u00a0But 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. \u00a0Either strength of schedule matters, or it doesn’t.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, I’m afraid to say anything about Vanderbilt for fear of breaking the spell…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
And Boise State drops out of the national title picture. \u00a0Live 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?” \u00a0Not a mumbling word about … <\/p>\n