Complaining about this only validates the notion that the BCS is nobility. Why is TCU better off playing Iowa than Boise?
This is not the worst possible matchup for TCU. If TCU handles Boise people will respect it more than had it routed Iowa.
Complaining about this on TCU's behalf only arises from fear. Apart from the fact that MWC honor is on the line vs. an upstart mid-major, this is the best possible matchup TCU could have hoped for. Texas or Alabama was not possible, Florida is locked into the SUGAR BOWL, and no way in hell the SUGAR BOWL picks TCU over Cincinnati (especially since Cincinnati leapfrogged TCU in the BCS poll).
Prediction: TCU buries Boise like Georgia buried Hawaii, and Florida buries Cincinnati like Georgia burried Hawaii. TCU finishes no. 2 in the AP; second year in a row an MWC team finishes no. 2 in the AP. Not bad. You heard it here first.
I chuckle at all the TCU boosters here. No one was this protective of Utah even after they achieved a record that TCU cannot possibly match this year. I guess hate always trumps self-interest.
Frankly, I care A LOT less about TCU winning this year than I did last year, for obvious reasons. I wouldn't care much if Boise won, and preserved the 2008 Ute season as the undisputed greatest mid-major season ever (which it will be anyway come what may).
This is not the worst possible matchup for TCU. If TCU handles Boise people will respect it more than had it routed Iowa.
Complaining about this on TCU's behalf only arises from fear. Apart from the fact that MWC honor is on the line vs. an upstart mid-major, this is the best possible matchup TCU could have hoped for. Texas or Alabama was not possible, Florida is locked into the SUGAR BOWL, and no way in hell the SUGAR BOWL picks TCU over Cincinnati (especially since Cincinnati leapfrogged TCU in the BCS poll).
Prediction: TCU buries Boise like Georgia buried Hawaii, and Florida buries Cincinnati like Georgia burried Hawaii. TCU finishes no. 2 in the AP; second year in a row an MWC team finishes no. 2 in the AP. Not bad. You heard it here first.
I chuckle at all the TCU boosters here. No one was this protective of Utah even after they achieved a record that TCU cannot possibly match this year. I guess hate always trumps self-interest.
Frankly, I care A LOT less about TCU winning this year than I did last year, for obvious reasons. I wouldn't care much if Boise won, and preserved the 2008 Ute season as the undisputed greatest mid-major season ever (which it will be anyway come what may).
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