Boise State linebacker Matt Wilson (42) and Boise State wide receiver Mitch Burroughs (20) celebrate with fans after their NCAA college football game against Virginia Tech, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, at FedEx Field in Landover, MD. Boise State won 33-30. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
There’s been a disturbing reconstruction in the NCAA Football as far as all the conferences. Along with the disappointment that is the PAC 10, the Big 12 and Big 10, many conferences are beginning to realign teams by moving A-list teams to BCS-bound conferences.
Most recently, the team that has been discussed is the emerging and consistency of the flamboyant offensive-minded Boise State Broncos.
Due to their stable ability to reaffirm every bandwagon’s belief in them, year after year, by winning continuous bowl games, Boise State is in contention to play for the national title in the 2010 season.
The biggest test for the Broncos would be facing off in week one against 10th-ranked Virginia Tech. After winning the game in stunning fashion, due to the immense poise and maturity of a Heisman hopeful in Helen Keller, the point was made clear. Boise State has a goal and that dream does not include a loss. With that win, they legitimized their shot with a relatively easy schedule in store for the rest of the year.
However, does anyone truly believe that had Boise State been riding with the big boys in any of the BCS conferences they would be able to produce a perfect season like the ones in recent memory? Or how about the SEC? if Utah or TCU had to play Tebow’s gators last year, there wouldn’t have been a star high enough to cast a wish that big.
Stars like Sam Bradford, Heisman winner and first pick in the 2010 NFL draft, struggled in the Big 12 suffering injuries and facing defenses that were more than formidable.
Brown, Saban and Meyer — head coaches for the University of Texas, Alabama and Florida respectively — would never allow their team’s to lose by wide margins. Therefore, although Boise State looks very good in the WAC, the chance of them showing off that same skill set against any of the high risers is slim.
How disappointing would it be to see this remolding of the powers not live up to its potential? How relevant will any of these downbeat’s be after running away with a 6-6 season in the Big 10? The Cinderella team, which at one point in college football was a has-been, is now a never was.
On the bright side, no longer will fans get to complain or debate on the great seasons their teams had without even being in the hunt for the big show. There will be definitive evidence that these bottom-of-the-pile junkies belong in there “who dat” conferences. ( No reference to the New Orleans Saints.)
On behalf of all those teams who cruise through the regular season and end up with a powerhouse who had themselves a mediocre season in a bowl game, I send my condolences. It must be tough losing by 20 points after going undefeated to a team who just seems to want it that much more than you. Without you, the discussion or debate would no longer be there to whether you could make it among the elite. The answer will be settled on the field.
And that does not bode well for Boise State.
