July 28, 200719 yr The Irish haven't won a bowl game in a decade. I'd still like to hear the rationale behind this statement??
July 28, 200719 yr My whole point is that many people are jumping on BSU's bandwagon for the simple fact that they beat OU on a miracle play. Many of those same people really didn't give a darn about the Broncos until that happened...I think it takes a little more than that to get national cred...JMO. Did Oklahoma spot Boise State the previous 35 points so that they'd have the opportunity to make said "miracle play?" Or did they put up those points on the 16th Ranked Defense? Just curious, seems like they played a very nice 60 minutes.
July 28, 200719 yr Did Oklahoma spot Boise State the previous 35 points so that they'd have the opportunity to make said "miracle play?" Or did they put up those points on the 16th Ranked Defense? Just curious, seems like they played a very nice 60 minutes. That game was very entertaining to watch.
July 28, 200719 yr 1999 Humanitarian Bowl Boise St. 34 UL 31 Remember this is for the whole last 10 years--not the last 2 seasons. But since you've already chosen to ignore this one once I'll post some more for you. 2000 Humanitarian Bowl--Boise State 38 UTEP 23 2002 Humanitarian Bowl--Boise State 34 Iowa State 16 2003 Fort Worth Bowl--Boise State 34 TCU 31 2004 Liberty Bowl--UL 44 Boise State 40 2005 MPC Computers Bowl--Boston College 27 Boise State 21 2006 Fiesta Bowl--Boise State 43 Oklahoma 42 That's 5-2 for Boise State. Let's see who UL's bowl performance over the same time: 1998 GMAC Bowl--Marshall 48 UL 29 1999 Humanitarian Bowl--Boise State 43 UL 31 2000 Liberty Bowl--Southern Miss 22 UL 17 2001 Liberty Bowl--Louisville 28 BYU 10 2002 GMAC Bowl--Marshall 38 UL 15 2003 GMAC Bowl--Miami Ohio 49 UL 28 2004 Liberty Bowl--UL 44 Boise State 40 2005 Gator Bowl-- Va Tech 35 UL 24 2006 Orange Bowl--UL 24 Wake Forest 13 So to sum it up Boise State has split a pair of bowls with Louisville (18th in these rankings) , beaten a pair of teams from BCS conferences in Iowa State (66th in the rankings)and Oklahoma (5th in the rankings), beaten TCU (a program ranked 24th in the rankings), and UTEP (88th in the rankings). Their two losses were by a TOTAL of 10 points to the aforementioned UL (18th) and Boston College (22nd in the rankings). Meanwhile UL has been BLOWN OUT TWICE by Marshall (42nd in the rankings), once by Miami Ohio (50th in the rankings), beaten solidly by Virginia Tech (12th), and lost close games to Boise State (16th), and Southern Miss (39th). They did manage solid wins over BYU (44th) and Wake Forest (60th), along with the 4 point win over Boise State (16th). Boise is 5-2, UL is 3-6. Boise State's only two losses were by a total of 10 points to programs who ranked in the top 25 in this poll. UL was blown in three games by teams outside of the top 40. Boise and UL split leaving UL's next best win over a program ranked 44th in the rankings. So I'm failing to see ANY evidence why, when taking the entire last decade into account Boise State shouldn't be ranked ahead of UL. As a matter of fact looking at that bowl performance it would seem that UL is getting more credit than perhaps it should have for the last 2 years. Before you say that Boise State doesn't play anyone during the season let me remind you of the familiar refrain used by UL supporters: "We can only play who's on our schedule. No one wants to play us." That's exactly the case with Boise, I seriously doubt any real BCS contender is going to agree with a home and home with the Broncos. Now ............You know better than to confuse things for them with Facts. :scared: :lol: :lol:
July 28, 200719 yr Boise State is a freakin' joke.... First of all, never anywhere in this thread did I say Boise State shouldn't be ranked ahead of Louisville. So they should be ranked ahead of Louisville, but they're a joke? What does that make Louisville? Smrt.
July 28, 200719 yr Now ............You know better than to confuse things for them with Facts. :scared: :lol: :lol: It must have caused a complete mind scramble! Deuce left us pretty quick.
July 28, 200719 yr Author and they are ranked behind Boise State...so what does that say?What is wrong with that? Bosie State has been a good program, in many ways they are similar to UofL. I think Louisville has been better the last three or four years but Boise has a strong case for itself.
July 28, 200719 yr Author :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: They are and UL isn't...:lol: There both basically in the same boat... And better than most every other program, with a lot less to work with.
July 28, 200719 yr And better than most every other program, with a lot less to work with. It was a UofL fan knocking Boise....
July 28, 200719 yr Author But at the same time the UL supporters on here just can't figure out why so many of us are reluctant to consider UL a national power. It takes more than one win over Wake Forrest in the Orange Bowl to get national cred. By tearing apart the accomplishments of Boise St. it doesn't help the cause of the Cardinals IMO.The national cred is what the post is about. Ranked as a top 20 program is a National Power.
July 28, 200719 yr ^IMO a National Power consists of elite teams. The only teams I consider as such are... LSU Florida Ohio State Michigan Texas Oklahoma USC
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