Should the Boise State University Broncos be included in the BCS game since they are undefeated?
970132
The fact that they are one of TWO undefeated teams in the nation (the other being Ohio State) should put them in a BCS game.  They beat Oregon State 42-14 (who gave powerhouse USC their only loss of the year), 10-2 Hawaii and 8-4 Nevada.  The fact that they play in the WAC shouldn't bar them from a BCS bowl.  As someone else said, Utah did the same thing in 2004 and won the Fiesta Bowl against Pittsburgh 35-7.  The rules of the BCS state that a non-BCS conference team that finishes in the top 12 in the BCS standings is guaranteed a spot in one of the 5 BCS bowls.  With the way Arkansas, Auburn, Louisville, Rutgers, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia played down the stretch, Boise State is probably as deserving as any team.  They will probably go to the Fiesta Bowl and play the winner of the Big-12 title game which looks ot be Oklahoma.
773482
If they end up undefeated, they have to be in the BCS.\nI think they are better than some of the top ten teams. Even Louisville, who has a great offense, but it was clear last night that they can't stop a nun from stealing on defense.
698926
most of the one-loss teams are good enough.  but who knows what the outcome will be.\n\nUSC, florida, notre dame, arkansas & west virginia would all give ohio state a pretty good game.  hell, maybe even wisconsin!
902825
It's hard to say how good they are because they haven't played any prominent teams against which they can be judged.  I'm guessing that many top 20 teams are scared to play them, so their non-conference schedule isn't going to be filled with contenders.\n\nThey gave BC and Lousville good games the past couple of seasons, so I think they could compete with some of the BCS teams.  I don't think they could beat a USC or Ohio State, but they might have a shot against some of the "lesser" top 8-10 teams.
837886
I totally agree!!! I am so excited about the BCS game though!!! GO BIG BLUE!!! I am sick of being shafted because we are in the WAC.
903268
the bcs and the rankings should be placed in a burning paper bag and left on the ncaa's doorstep. \n\nusually the magic ingredient in a burning paper bag is poop but there is no difference between a steaming pile of dog turd and the bcs.
799642
No. If Michigan had won the game, I think they become the top ranked team and play in the BCS championship game against another BCS conference team such as the ACC, Big 12, Big East, Pac 10 or SEC champion or Notre Dame. In this case it would probably be Arkansas, Florida or USC. I am not a fan of rematches in D1A college football. You get one shot... You win, you move on, you lose, you go home.
908198
It really depends on whether one team blows out the other.  If that's the case, no.  However if they play a really tight game and let's say it goes into overtime before one team beats the other, then I'm sure the BCS committee would consider a rematch!!  After the Rutgers game last night, anything is possible.
834067
Under the current BCS system, it certainly appears USC is on their way for the title. Since the season started with the BCS system, I wouldn't change it now. #1 and #2 should play to determine who the champion is.\n\nThat said, some conferences are weaker than others. The SEC is such a tough and competitive conference, nearly anyone is able to compete with a ranked team. Just look at UGA, Auburn, Arkansas, Tennessee, etc that were all ranked in the top 10 to fall to another SEC team. I personally favor a playoff system where any undefeated team and each of the conference champions enter into a win/lose bracket. That way it is "put up or shut up" time and no more controversy about which conferences tend to be more favored.
699376
Honestly they should but I doubt it would happen. Hopefully UCLA beats them which I think will end up happening.  I am sick of people saying that Florida plays nobody. 1st of all how in the hell can you be an SEC team period and not play anybody, that is just  stupid to even make that statement. Take a look at Florida's Schedules\n\n  Southern Miss W 34-7 \n  Sat, Sep 9 UCF W 42-0  \n  Sat, Sep 16 at (13) Tennessee W 21-20  \n  Sat, Sep 23 Kentucky W 26-7  \n  Sat, Sep 30 Alabama W 28-13  \n  Sat, Oct 7 (9) LSU W 23-10  \n  Sat, Oct 14 at (11) Auburn L 17-27  \n  Sat, Oct 28 Georgia W 21-14  \n  Sat, Nov 4 at Vanderbilt W 25-19   \n  Sat, Nov 11 South Carolina W 17-16  \n  Sat, Nov 18 Western Carolina W 62-0  \n  Sat, Nov 25 at Florida State W 21-14    \n  Sat, Dec 2 (8) Arkansas \n\nThere are 5 ranked teams in the SEC including Florida and Florida would have played all of them after DEC.2 vs. Arkansas\n\nThere are about 8-9 teams that are most likely gonna go to a bowl game depending on if Alabama goes or not.  And if you look at several of the unranked teams in the SEC they have winning records they just got crushed in conference play because the SEC is a tough conference. You have to bring your A game every night or you will lose no matter what team you are. There are 8 teams with winning records and 1 at .500: The conference is so good they cancel each other out. For example georgia is not ranked but they beat Auburn who is ranked #11. Look at the records of the Bowl elgible teams!\n\n SEC EAST\n Florida (4)  7-1  11-1  \n Tennessee (17)  5-3  9-3  \n Georgia  4-4  8-4  \n Kentucky  4-4  7-5  \n South Carolina  3-5  7-5 \n \n SEC WEST\n Arkansas (8)  7-1  10-2  \n LSU (5)  6-2  10-2  \n Auburn (11)  6-2  10-2  \n Alabama  2-6  6-6 \n\nTennessee is #17 and their only losses came against ranked teams in the SEC. And they barely beat Kentuck (17-12) who is not ranked but happens to be in the SEC as well.\n\nSame thing with LSU. They are ranked #5 and their only 2 losses have been both against SEC ranked teams.\n\nLook at South Carolina who is not ranked. All their losses came against SEC teams. Other than the 18-0 loss to Georgia(who is in the SEC and is not ranked) they lossed to Auburn, Tennessee,Arkansas, and Florida(Who are all ranked) by a combined margin of 21 poitns wich is an average of about 5 points. (Less than a TD) This includes a one point loss to #4 Florida. I can go on and on and give you examples of how tough this conference is. You can tell that they acknowledge how tough it is because they have LSU #5 and they have two losses.(To ranked SEC teams) They just are not taking that into consideration with florida because they want to see USC back for the 4th str8 time. Lets Examine USC schedule since people think Florida has not played anybody! Lets see how much more brutal USC's schedule is that Florida if at all.\n\n Sat, Sep 2 at Arkansas W 50-14\n  Sat, Sep 16 (19) Nebraska W 28-10 \n  Sat, Sep 23 at Arizona W 20-3  \n  Sat, Sep 30 at Washington State W 28-22  \n  Sat, Oct 7 Washington W 26-20  \n  Sat, Oct 14 Arizona State W 28-21  \n  Sat, Oct 28 at Oregon State L 31-33 \n  Sat, Nov 4 at Stanford W 42-0 \n  Sat, Nov 11 (21) Oregon W 35-10  \n  Sat, Nov 18 (17) California W 23-9 \n  Sat, Nov 25 (6) Notre Dame W 44-24  \n  Sat, Dec 2 at UCLA 4:30 pm  \n\n\nNow as you see USC did beat four rank teams.\nOregon, California, Notre Dame and Nebraska. They loss to an unranked team in their conference! Oregon state is not ranked. I am not saying they are not good their record is 6-3 in conference and 8-4 overall but the point is that they were never ranked this entire season. Cant say its timing because Florida lost the week before USC did. Now take a look at the PAC 10 (every team)\n                          \n\n                           C    (Overall)\n  \n USC (2)            7-1  10-1  \n California (21)  6-2  8-3  \n Oregon State   6-3  8-4  \n UCLA                4-4  6-5  \n Oregon             4-5  7-
838000
If the game is close then yes. After the losses of Cal, Texas, and Auburn today to unranked teams, the chances of this are a lot higher. It is either this, USC (if they win out) vs. OSU/UM winner or Flordia (if they win out) vs. OSU/UM winner
779248
Well, the BCS will say yes because Boise is #8 this week in the BCS poll, and they'll qualify for a BCS poll by being at least #12 in the final BCS poll, which will happen.\nBut I personally don't want to see them in the Fiesta Bowl, because I would expect them to get clobbered by either Oklahoma or Nebraska.
737736
The SEC is a joke, they play each other and thats suppose to make me believe that they are a good conference.  Who else have they played, 1-6 as a conference against the top 25 outside of conference, what a power conference.  Arkansas wont get the nod because Boise State would still end up undefeated and if so they should play OSU for the title.
980514
That's why they play the game!!  Every so often a team goes into a game as a heavy underdog and quickly finds themselves face down on the canvas.  Then and against all odds, they pick themselves up and play the game of their lives.  How many times have we seen this same story played out in the movies?  Last night it was for real!!  A great second half by the Rutgers defense was the difference.  Great job!!  Of course the BCS "experts" now have a new problem on their hands.  They never considered Rutgers as part of their bowl plans.  Ya gotta love it!!!
942010
Yeah, that's right on.  If Boise St. is ranked in the top 12 in the BCS(currently the Broncos are 11th), they gain an automatic BCS berth.  Keep in mind that if OSU and USC play for the title, the Rose Bowl would then get to select TWO teams for their game, which would undoubtedly be Michigan and likely Notre Dame.  That would likely move BSU to the Fiesta against Texas and WVU to the Orange.
809481
They are not playing or have they performed at their current ranking.\nThis is a Team that was blown out by 20 to USC and blown out by 26 against michigan.\nThey may be 10-2 but did they ever win against any big teams?? \nthey barely beat a UCLA team that is 6-5. they were down by 20 to Michigan state before michigan state essentially gave up the game. In my opinion to be ranked high u should have at least beaten a good team. Air Force? Navy? Army? Michigan State? North Carolina? Out of those 5 teams only 1 team (navy) had a winning record. But when it came time to play to play the good teams, the choked and were blown out.\nThey have the big time players but once again they just couldn't always play to their potential. Brady Quinn did good this year and single-handedly carried Notre Dame in the USC game. Darius Walker was a good running back but he never really came through in the clutch situations, such as fumbling ast the 7 yard line in the USC game.\nI personally think that for once just because they met qualifications to be in the BCS doesnt mean the should be there. many other teams should be there but wont get to because Notre Dame is the media's golden team and they willl get in.
860714
Yeah, why not, IF they lost in a close one to Arkansas.\nFlorida now is #4 in the bcs and LSU is #5. If they both wind up with 2 losses, remember that Florida beat LSU this year and Florida won its division and LSU did not.