[Husker] BCS discussion

[Harmon, Joshua]

That's probably not true (that Boise State could easily schedule those
games).  TCU pulls teeth to get the "big" schools to schedule games
against them.  I believe the same is true of Boise state.  No one wants
to play a high risk/low return game against TCU, Boise State or any of
the other "cusp" schools. A win doesn't mean much and a loss means a
lot.  

TCU did schedule a game at Texas next year -- but A&M won't even pick up
the phone for that kind of an agreement (Fran was the one that backed
out of the game with Nebraska, Patterson 

And personally, I think that Boise State will beat OU.  I wish Utah
could have pulled a better opponent than Pitt in 2004.  That's the view
from those of us "looking in" anyway.

josh

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Scott R Lawson
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:40 PM
To: husker at tssi.com
Subject: [Husker] BCS discussion

Along the lines of teams from second-tier conferences getting screwed
out of BCS spots, the Boise State AD could easily schedule some games
against the Alabamas and Texas A&Ms of the world, teams that are pretty
high profile names but losing 3-4 games a season in the past few years
(As well as a certain Big 12 team that we all love so much). Heck, the
AD could even schedule some visits to the Michigans and Texas's of the
world if they really wanted to gain some credibility. 
 
I realize there are many logistical concerns with scheduling and that
some of these teams would not want to risk playing the Boise States, but
until they replace home and homes against Sacramento State and Idaho
with games versus some teams in the top 100, then maybe they'd get some
(more) attention. Although anything can (and has) happen(ed) in the bowl
games, I believe teams like Boise State will be grossly overmatched
against top 10 teams like OU. I believe if they played OU 10 times they
might win 1 or 2, but luckily that is not how it works. What does this
say for a playoff system? I don't know, I'm just looking forward to the
Cotton Bowl and I think I need a vacation.
 
Scott in NY
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