[Husker] BCS discussion

[Scott R Lawson]

Well then I guess they need to go independent or join the Pac-10, or keep going 12-0 and end up ranked 10th.

Scott in NY

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Exactly. There were more than one poster saying the same thing prior to the Big XII Championship game. 

No upside to playing Boise St.

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harmon, Joshua" <j.harmon at tcu.edu>
Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2006 3:04 pm
Subject: RE: [Husker] BCS discussion

> 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 
> wantsto 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 
> viewfrom those of us "looking in" anyway.
> 
> josh
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On 
> BehalfOf 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 
> prettyhigh 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 
> theymight 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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