that's what i'm saying. LSU can't get through that schedule undefeated, Alabama can't (this season), Auburn may not be able to, so what makes anyone think TCU or Boise could?
The answer is... sure they could. Would it take a special season, yes. Would they have to win some close games, yes. Get some bounces, sure.... but LSU has one loss against that schedule with games yet to play... and it's taken a special set of events for LSU to be where they are now. To suggest that TCU couldn't have the same type of success is odd to me, as I think LSU is not significantly better or worse than TCU. The sad part of this kind of debate is a TCU or Boise State can never win the argument... even if they actually did have a team capable of beating any other conference champ or contender. Perhaps they should be banned from BCS consideration.
If TCU were in SEC for a little bit, and was able to recruit tons of depth, then maybe, but it's really nice getting to play Wyoming and Tennessee Tech, and SMU, and New Mexico, and Air Force, and Colorado State, and UNLV, and San Diego State, when they can rest their starters for most of the 2nd half. That would be like LSU playing ULM, ULL, McNeese, Northwestern State, Middle Tennessee, UTEP, and then throwing in games against Mississippi State and Florida this season. I think Mississippi State would be undefeated with that schedule. If BCS teams like LSU, Ohio State, Iowa, Alabama, Florida State, Oklahoma, USC, etc.... are penalized for have weak out of conference schedules, then Boise and TCU should be penalized for having weak conference schedules. If they want to be taken seriously, then every game they play out of conference should be against a major BCS team, and if not, sorry for ya, join a better conference.
this. I don't know if they can or they can't. Would it be harder than the road they travel now? of course. that doesn't mean they can't travel a harder road. the way things work now, they have to blow out every non-BCS team they play, or lose the respect they're getting. every single one. they can't have an off week with a couple extra turnovers and let a scrub hang around with them. and yet they still do it. every week. it ain't easy to "bring it" when you're playing a considerably weaker team.
Here's my deal with the BSUs, TCUs, and Utahs of the college football world. I THINK they cannot go thru a schedule including LSU, AU, Bama, UF, UGA, MSU, et al without a couple or even a few losses. However, I'll never know...because they'll NEVER have that kinda schedule. They'll never have to endure the beatings week in and week out that an SEC team does. - They get a month to prepare for an OU, and then beat em on a neutral field on a bucket full of trick plays, and suddenly, they're legit contenders for the title every year. After all, they're undefeated...and they played A good team, too. (which then lost to James Madison) As has been stated, at LEAST play EVERY non conference game against real competition, or STFU. Do you not think LSU could go undefeated against their schedules? Sure, they MIGHT not...but then again, KY or MSU might go undefeated thru their schedules! It's not the teams fault. It's the medias. The idiots that lend credence to them. Let them play each other like last year and get their BCS checks. Hell, Herstreit is STILL using that game to decide which one is better. You know why? Because they haven't played anyone else all year! And don't give me VT or Utah. It sickens me...and should sicken ANY college football fan...that at the beginning of the season, OPENING GAME, the pundits and experts are already saying Boise will go undefeated if they get past VT. Sad.
Then quit playing non BCS teams outta conference. Play considerably stronger teams every time outta conference. If your conference is that damn weak, you should have to play significantly stronger teams outta conference. FWIW, I know BSU has played A significant team OOC, and can't help it if those teams were not at their best when they played them. But it's one time a season, usually right at the beginning, and if they win that ONE game, they are probably going to wind up undefeated. It shouldn't be that easy to get into a BCS bowl. It isn't for the AQs.
You can't be serious here, they've won 2 BCS bowl games in the last 5 years. There is more parity in college football than SEC fans are willing to believe, but one has to look no farther than Ole Miss losing to Jacksonville St., or even Georgia losing to Colorado, to tell you that the difference between the haves and the have nots has never been as narrow as it is this year. Utah, Boise, etc. could easily handle an SEC team on a neutral field. I don't know if they have the depth to compete in an 8-game SEC slate, but I do know that on any given day, they are fully capable of beating any team in America, because they are that good.
Georgia, ECU, Washington, and TCU have beaten Boise State in the last few years, you won't hear that in the media though, you only hear about who they have beaten. The difference is TCU and Boise play 2 games a year that could go either way. At the end of this season LSU will have played 8 games that could go either way. Next you guys are going to tell me that if a Conference USA team goes undefeated they belong in the national championship game.
Yep. I'm sure Tulane should've been in the BCSNCG a few years ago. I remember VERY well on the opening weekend, Lee Corso predicted Tulane was going to go undefeated...assuming they get by Southern Miss. They did...and they did. Now, why weren't THEY in the big game that year? Oh yeah...because they didn't PLAY ANYBODY!
