Lets look at who those teams beat though. Some of the teams include:
Northern Iowa (a win that should not have happened, quality though)
Arkansas State
Akron
Syracuse
Eastern Illinois
Wofford
Western Kentucky
etc...
So don't sell it like they beat teams who had ridiculously hard schedules. Oregon of the bunch played the toughest schedule.
Not even close as Cincy was in a horrible spot & played like they were. TCU has better overall athletes on their team & could matchup against top teams without a problem, same goes for Boise.
TCU's defense was the top rated for a reason (Boise in the top 20) & it isn't like they are filled with undersized players & such.
Yeah one person who clearly seemed caught off guard with the question proves a lot.
As far as UC Davis is concerned, find me the teams that wanted to play Boise. They come a calling & get turned down even when offering to play on the road.
Oh by the way not all teams schedule cupcakes. The usual teams that schedule the lower rung of 1-AA competition are the so called elite from the Big 10 & SEC. Hell even the Big 12 has played some of the better 1-AA programs during the last few years.
I'm not even willing to say TCU matched up particularly well against Boise State, and I'd put Boise at now better than the Bearcats this season, if not a half-notch below.
Teams like TCU and Boise State, and even Cincinnati, have a smattering of first-rate athletes on their team, but there's a big dropoff from first-team to second-team. That makes a big difference. TCU had a similar defense in 2007 to this season -- finishing 11th in PPG, as opposed to 6th this season -- and a down Texas team scored double the Frogs' season average on them.
All three teams -- Boise State, TCU and Cincinnati -- had excellent seasons and should take pride in them, but to suggest they're as good as the top-flight teams in meaningful games is to ignore the reality of the players on the field.
Could they win in a matchup? Certainly, but not often, and all the breaks would have to go just right for them. But ask yourself this: If Texas, Alabama or Florida played in the Mountain West, the WAC or even the Big East, how many years would pass without a conference loss? Reverse the scenario, though, and there are no 12-0 seasons in store for the little guys.
Who the hell wants to play a home and home in that seperatist outpost anyways.
I know for those in Idaho, this is the only thing of relevance in your entire state, but the other 49 still don't give a shit about your state or your football team.
Yes, you beat TCU and an average Oklahoma team a few years ago. You went to UGA and you looked like the WAC team that you are.
You play teams like UH, SJSU, NMSU, USU on a weekly basis. Imagine if they had to play Bama, UF, UT, UGA week after week.
In '05 Boise had their asses handed to them on a silver platter by UGA. The final score was 48-13, but GA was up 38-0 at one point. Hmmm...FL/Cin game sound familiar?
oooOOOOooo!!! Boise's high powered offense of 45 points/game my ass. They couldn't handle the best high schools in the SouthEast. Sorry! Love ya! It is what it is.
oooOOOOooo!!! Boise's high powered offense of 45 points/game my ass. They couldn't handle the best high schools in the SouthEast. Sorry! Love ya! It is what it is.
ive bashed boise plenty in the past.......when they beat oklahoma i bashed them.......this years team is the best they've ever had by miles and they will get better.....they are solid on both sides of the ball and have size and speed.....this 2009 team is a real team the others were not..... this could be the start of something.....they get good kids from cali few from texas and other states......it will only get better for them........like i said this years team is the only one ive liked so far......and on any day could beat any team in the NCAA this year.......just my opinion
Boise would have been mangled if they had to play in the SEC. I'd love to see how good an SEC team would look come bowl time if they played a Boise schedule. It's a dogfight in the SEC and now you see the only ones strong enough left to stand. And yes, I'm not talking about 5 years ago either. Whatever improvement Boise has made in the past 5 years, the SEC has improved twice that amount.
