Boise State beat a fair to mediocre OKlahoma team that backed into the Big 12 championship. No way BS could beat Fla, OSU, LSU, USC, Louisville or Michigan. Its amazing what BS has accomplished as a small school. But I think Louisville is the best small school.
I guess UCLA couldn't have possibly been able to beat USC ? So now you've got UCLA beating the elite grouping you have, FSU beats UCLA and doesn't even look good doing it for the better part of that bowl game. Or for that matter, Rutgers beating Louisville. As for LSU, well Auburn took care of them, who also took care of UF, then promptly were beaten by Arkansas (a good team, but it wasn't even a close score, that lost their last 3 games of the year, including one to Wisconsin, that didn't get mentioned), but they also lost to UGA. You could fall back on the argument that it's the SEC with Auburn, but to be honest, beating Nebraska 17-14 isn't an argument that would be in favor of SEC superiority, that is dominance. OU was conference champion, better than Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and Nebraska.
I agree with you that if you say the names you did, the first reaction is to think BSU hasn't got a chance even. Then again OU was behind by as much as 18 points over 59 minutes of that game, BSU spotted OU a 7 point advantage with 1:03 left in that game. They had 4 plays that scored 15 points and the way they executed those 4 plays they would've put 15 points on any football team. I can't cheat Boise State out of a perfect 13-0 record and simply schooling Stoops & OU (supposedly an SEC defensive guru from the Spurrier era @ UF). Impressive as the big schools are with their resumes, Boise State ran up the score on them, 43 points to be exact. OU didn't stop them and the evidence was going 78 yards in a minute after seemingly, giving the game away on an interception that was returned for a td. That's poise to overcome a mistake like that, if Tom Brady does it in the Super Bowl, he's mvp, Zabransky (who ?) does it in the Fiesta bowl and there's no way he can possibly win like that ever again, yet they scored 43 points, something they did all year to a lot of teams. BSU played 6 bowl teams this year, OU, Oregon State (also beat USC), Nevada, Hawaii, San Jose State & Utah and they are perfect after it, that isn't luck that 1/2 those teams they beat by 28, 33 and 31 points.
Anyhow, my point is, those teams that were listed, no way BSU can beat them, well only Ohio State is an unblemished record, BSU has nothing to prove, the other once or more beatens need to prove to BSU that they can beat them. Consider that over the last 6 weeks or so, Michigan was thought at one time or another to deserve a rematch with Ohio State, UF complained otherwise and USC proved Michigan didn't deserve another shot. I feel if UF beats OSU, the only thing to do is crown Boise State as national champion, the only undefeated remaining and if Urban Meyer isn't the first to vote for BSU, his hypocracy is exposed after all the howling and lobbying he did to back into the championship game, because USC did lose earlier that day to UCLA.
Geaux Tigers! My favorite team? Anybody playing Notre Dame!
