stkoran
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ORD_Buckeye;1872938; said:
I'd love for BCS ADs to start going public with how Boise negotiations go. Their attempts to set up one winnable "marque" game a year and then run the table in their awful conference is exactly why, if I was a voter, I would have a real problem sending them to the title game over a one-loss BCS conference team.
That being said, their strategy also appears to be the correct one. All season the media was in a frenzy over how Boise deserved a shot. "THEY BEAT VIRGINIA TECH! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?" Well, if they were an ACC team, perhaps beating FSU, NCSU, etc., in addition to a decent non-conference opponent. But with the media eating out of their hand ("THE LITTLE GUY!!!!"), the odds of them getting a title shot by a) beating a team with some name recognition non-conference, b) rolling over the rest of their awful conference, and c) there being only one one-loss BCS conference team seems like a much better plan than lining up a slate of tough games, because they know, just like many on this board do, that the odds of going through a tough schedule unscathed are slim to none.
As long as voters think an undefeated Boise/TCU deserves a shot, what is their incentive to schedule big time non-conference games?
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Nothing says "small time" like having an open spot in your schedule and refusing an offer to play at Wisconsin and instead scheduling a de facto home game against powerhouse BYU.