Schedule should separate Boise State and TCU from title consideration

[Trelvis]

If you want to be sick to your stomach, check this out...

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/400567/chet-fussman/2010-10-18/schedule-should-separate-boise-state-and-tcu-title

Boise State and TCU might be the only teams to make it through the college football season undefeated.

Yet for either to play in the BCS championship game would be a travesty.
It’s not Boise State or TCU’s fault. Both schools are winning all the games on their schedule. The problem is, the built-in advantages of playing such weak conference schedules make them appear better than they really are.

In a recent five-week stretch, Alabama played Penn State, Florida, Arkansas and South Carolina. LSU and Auburn are still to come (not to mention a possible SEC championship game). During that same stretch, Boise State played Wyoming (2-5), New Mexico State (1-5), Toledo (4-3) and San Jose State (1-6). Fresno State and Nevada are still to come. That’s not even the same ballpark.

To its credit, Boise State beat Virginia Tech and Oregon State, but how hard is it to get up for two or three big games a year? Alabama, Oklahoma and Oregon don’t have that luxury.

The same argument can be made for TCU, which like Boise State, is rolling through its schedule impressively, but against significantly weaker conference foes.

This guy has a twitter also. I already sent him my comments http://twitter.com/chetfussman

 

[Dtx_Frog_Fan]

Notice he didn't mention TCU's scedule or try to compare the schedule of tOSU, Oregon, OU, or Nebraska to ours. Although not equal none have the perceived SEC gauntlet. The biggest difference is we might have a net of two more god awful teams that we play.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Last line mentions wins over Utah State. Like OU's 7-point win at home over Utah State.

No offense but his "column" mentions the BCS and then instant replay in bowling. Thank God they finally saw the light in the PBA.

Also notice he really Blogs a lot. Last Blog entry was Jan. 26, 2010.

 

[neo926]

Isn't that why teams from BCS conferences play weak OOC schedules? To seem better than they really are?

 

[Frostie]

If you want to be sick to your stomach, check this out...

http://jacksonville....e-and-tcu-title



This guy has a twitter also. I already sent him my comments http://twitter.com/chetfussman

You tell me which is the bigger travesty:

Option A: You create a tough conference, do not let anyone in and declare the championship can only go through you or one of the other 5 conferences. Essentially creating a barrier to entry that did not exist when you built your program. You have effectively established that no other team will rise to the top and the true powers of the past will always be the true powers of the future.

Option B: You are located outside the top six confernces, on a yearly basis you are left to fight a uphill battle because the power conferences will not play you. You are deemed to play a cupcake schedule and can never gain true momentum because the coaches and media have branded you an inferior product and top recruits have been brainwashed to believe it. The real travesty of all this is that you bend over and take it year after year.

If you follow the BCS trail through all the computer rankings, around all the double speak of the University Presidents and over the talking heads of ESPN, you will find at the end of the BSC trail an office and behind that door is a f"ing rat named Mickey Mouse.