The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Commando]

There was an article in the Boise newpaper that sounded similarly pessimistic:

http://magicvalley.com/sports/colleg...a4bcf887a.html

Little bit of schadenfreude going on here- I can't wait to see Boise State fans dwindle and return to their state of really being more into the NFL, anyway.

[Paperback Writer]

Sounds about right. Nobody cares about Boise State now either.

I read that article earlier today and thought the author was reaching too far by comparing an era when Boise St. won a couple of Fiesta Bowls to an era when Nebraska won three national titles and played for two others. Glory days, well they'll pass you by ...

[Portland Ute]

I read that article earlier today and thought the author was reaching too far by comparing an era when Boise St. won a couple of Fiesta Bowls to an era when Nebraska won three national titles and played for two others. Glory days, well they'll pass you by ...

Yeah, I thought it was a bit of a stretch, but relative to where they had both come from, it is probably an adequate comparison.

Boise is done.

The people in Boise are starting to realize it.

Boise State will lose to Ole Miss and attendance will be horrible at the home games.

[Pelado]

There was an article in the Boise newpaper that sounded similarly pessimistic:

http://magicvalley.com/sports/colleg...a4bcf887a.html

Not exactly a Boise paper.

[TripletDaddy]

Yeah, I thought it was a bit of a stretch, but relative to where they had both come from, it is probably an adequate comparison.

Boise is done.

The people in Boise are starting to realize it.

Boise State will lose to Ole Miss and attendance will be horrible at the home games.

this will be utah's gain, as hundreds of displaced Boise fans will migrate back to their previous Ute/anti-BYU fan status.

[Portland Ute]

Not exactly a Boise paper.

My bad. It was my understanding it was out of Boise.

[Paperback Writer]

Yeah, I thought it was a bit of a stretch, but relative to where they had both come from, it is probably an adequate comparison.

I don't consider Boise St. and Nebraska an apt comparison and don't understand "relative to where they had both come from..." I suppose every football tradition has to start somewhere... But Nebraska has a deep football legacy. Nebraska had some undefeated teams in the early days of college football and were good until a down period in the 1940s and 1950s. Bob Devaney arrived in 1962 and brought Nebraska back. The Cornhuskers went undefeated during the regular season in 1965 before wining back-to-back national championships in 1970-71. Tom Osborne then coached the next quarter century from 1973-1997. I don't know if Nebraska will ever be able to repeat that level of success. They are more likely to make a run at a national title a couple of times every decade but that might be asking too much since it's been a dozen years since the Cornhuskers have done so.

I'm not sure if Boise St. is done. College football is cyclical and Boise St. doen't have enough history.

[YOhio]

I don't consider Boise St. and Nebraska an apt comparison and don't understand "relative to where they had both come from..." I suppose every football tradition has to start somewhere... But Nebraska has a deep football legacy. Nebraska had some undefeated teams in the early days of college football and were good until a down period in the 1940s and 1950s. Bob Devaney arrived in 1962 and brought Nebraska back. The Cornhuskers went undefeated during the regular season in 1965 before wining back-to-back national championships in 1970-71. Tom Osborne then coached the next quarter century from 1973-1997. I don't know if Nebraska will ever be able to repeat that level of success. They are more likely to make a run at a national title a couple of times every decade but that might be asking too much since it's been a dozen years since the Cornhuskers have done so.

I'm not sure if Boise St. is done. College football is cyclical and Boise St. doen't have enough history.

Booooooooooooooooring.

[wapiti]

I don't consider Boise St. and Nebraska an apt comparison and don't understand "relative to where they had both come from..." I suppose every football tradition has to start somewhere... But Nebraska has a deep football legacy. Nebraska had some undefeated teams in the early days of college football and were good until a down period in the 1940s and 1950s. Bob Devaney arrived in 1962 and brought Nebraska back. The Cornhuskers went undefeated during the regular season in 1965 before wining back-to-back national championships in 1970-71. Tom Osborne then coached the next quarter century from 1973-1997. I don't know if Nebraska will ever be able to repeat that level of success. They are more likely to make a run at a national title a couple of times every decade but that might be asking too much since it's been a dozen years since the Cornhuskers have done so.

I'm not sure if Boise St. is done. College football is cyclical and Boise St. doen't have enough history.

Both programs reached the pinnacle of their potential for an extended period. I think the comparison makes sense. Also, Nebraska will get back there long before Boise does. Boise, like Utah, is done until they hit the jackpot in the coaching lottery.

[LiveCoug]

Bob Bowlsby says that it's possible the B12 could expand to 12 or 14

http://touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-81230247/

[Flystripper]

Bob Bowlsby says that it's possible the B12 could expand to 12 or 14


http://touch.orlandosentinel.com/#se.../p2p-81230247/

Boom!

[Flystripper]

The Big 12 expansion groundswell

We will all be rooting for the big12 champ to be left out until they get a championship game ...

[USUC]

We will all be rooting for the big12 champ to be left out until they get a championship game ...

BYU beating Texas will help with this.

Although I wonder if the Big-12 gets one in due to a loss by a favorite in one of the conference championship games also puts some heat on the Big 12 from other conferences.

[TripletDaddy]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865609805/CBS-Sports-analyst-predicts-BYU-to-Big-12-happens-next-year-if-league-misses-out-on-playoffs.html

[MarkGrace]

Danielson, who said the Big 12 is the most vulnerable to being left out of the College Football Playoff, also admitted he's been wrong for seven straight years on his big prediction before each season.

This guy is worse than Goatnapper, SU and funk put together.