Boise State (11-1) v. Utah (10-2)
Boise favored by 16.5
So much is being said about this game, so I'm not going to. Talk about the game-play, that is. I'm instead going to talk about what this game says about college football today.
We all know that Boise's kicker cost them a shot at the NC, which looking at it now would not have happened, and assuredly a BCS birth. We've known I've been a Boise State apologist, not so much superfan, for years (goodness, I just looked up their Liberty Bowl match up with Louisville and realized it was in 2004! We're getting older, Triggs.) as they've been the face of the small conference for years. Yet as much as them losing bothers me, it kind of does not.
Well, in theory. I'm fine with them losing to a quality opponent and settling for a January 1 game versus a BCS. I am not fine with what, in actuality, that does to their season. In losing a heart breaker to a conference champion, they drop completely out of contention for a BCS Bowl, while 2-loss Arkansas and BCS darlings Ohio State waltz in untouched. Arkansas making it shows how slanted this whole operation is. And who does not think that Boise is better than Ohio State, honestly? They've done more over the last few years to earn anything over the Buckeyes.
Unfair comparison? How so? Both play in top heavy conferences, only one is overrated and one is underappreciated. It's sick to have a team fall so far after losing a close, overtime game to a bitter rival that has only one loss.
This shit happens all the time in the SEC, with two hyped up teams "battling" to a close, boring game and then the media/coaches anointing the loser "the best one loss team in college football history" while the winner plays in the NC. I'm sick of it, absolutely sick.
The pick: Boise - only I hope the Broncos aren't thinking like I am and are focusing on making this game into a statement.
The line: Notre Dame (and TCU right before?) showed the Utes' flaws when playing good teams. Air Force, BYU and San Diego State came close, too. I'll take Boise to cover even though Utah is talking like they have something to prove.
1 comments:
I agree with you so much it's scary. However, you know that whole Hawaii/Georgia thing from years back ruined me, and I just feel Boise would get destroyed against a "real" college football team in the BCS. It's sad what one game can do to a man. Were you really up posting at 4:26 am? You are a dedicated LSF'er this time of year.
And yes, I'd be all over Beef O'Brady's. Road trip?
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