Does Boise State deserve to play for the BCS title this year?

[FN Phat]

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I have to grudgingly admit that this post is sensible. In all of college football, there is no team that I hate quite so much as Boise State. I include Utah in that statement. May they forever be cursed with leprosy so long as their field remains blue.

But I have to say, it's not their fault that their conference is made up of the Wednesday's Children of yesteryear. I laugh lustily that their new conference isn't a whole lot better, now that we've all given the MWC a fervent double-bird of righteousness.

My hate for them isn't rational. I don't even know why I loath them. The blue field? The fans? Their stupid mascot? The beat down from '03? Am I just jealous? I don't think so. I do know there is no other team I don't want in a national title game more than BSU and that includes Utah.

I can't explain, it's just how I feel.

Big brothers do not like to see the little brother shine, especially when they light Burns brighter. Sorry, just being honest.

[LiveCoug]

Big brothers do not like to see the little brother shine, especially when they light Burns brighter. Sorry, just being honest.

For the record, I disagree with just about everything that dude wrote in the article I posted.

[Flystripper]

I have to grudgingly admit that this post is sensible. In all of college football, there is no team that I hate quite so much as Boise State. I include Utah in that statement. May they forever be cursed with leprosy so long as their field remains blue.

But I have to say, it's not their fault that their conference is made up of the Wednesday's Children of yesteryear. I laugh lustily that their new conference isn't a whole lot better, now that we've all given the MWC a fervent double-bird of righteousness.

Why is there so much hate for BSU in the ranks of BYU fans? This has always bewildered me. There is much to admire about their program growing from JC to 1aa to D1 and enjoying powerful success at every stop along the way. Are we jealous of them? I don't see a ton to be jealous of (other than 2 BCS wins) but they are worthy of admiration or at the very least they are worthy of a healthy does of respect.

This isn't so much a question for you Niku because I have noticed that you are not alone in your BSU hate. It just baffles me though.

[New Mexican Disaster]

Why is there so much hate for BSU in the ranks of BYU fans? This has always bewildered me. There is much to admire about their program growing from JC to 1aa to D1 and enjoying powerful success at every stop along the way. Are we jealous of them? I don't see a ton to be jealous of (other than 2 BCS wins) but they are worthy of admiration or at the very least they are worthy of a healthy does of respect.

This isn't so much a question for you Niku because I have noticed that you are not alone in your BSU hate. It just baffles me though.

On my part it is jealousy.

[Pheidippides]

Why is there so much hate for BSU in the ranks of BYU fans? This has always bewildered me. There is much to admire about their program growing from JC to 1aa to D1 and enjoying powerful success at every stop along the way. Are we jealous of them? I don't see a ton to be jealous of (other than 2 BCS wins) but they are worthy of admiration or at the very least they are worthy of a healthy does of respect.

This isn't so much a question for you Niku because I have noticed that you are not alone in your BSU hate. It just baffles me though.

I wish I had an explanation, but I don't. Part of it is because I think they are built on gimmicks and tomfoolery. Part of it is that damned blue field and the loopholes by which they keep it. I would hate them even if I wasn't a BYU fan, and I have no explanation as to why.

EDIT: In other words, exactly what Coach said. I don't really hate Utah - oh, sure, some weeks I hope their unrighteousness brings upon then gonorrhea - but most of the time I hope Utah does well, and I really respect what Urban and now Kyle have done with a program that struggled for consistency for many years. When Utah played Alabama, there was no doubt about what shade of red I donned. And if they made it to the NC, I'd hate that we would have (presumably) lost to them on the way, but I'd wish them the best in the game. Part of that is because Utah represents the state in which I grew up. I would likely hate them more if I actually lived there.

[Surfah]

I don't hate BSU. They are one of my favorite teams to watch. I don't necessarily cheer for them, though I have. I have rooted for them in their BCS bowls.

[DrumNFeather]

Sitting here near Hokie country, I get the sense that many of the Tech fans don't take BSU too seriously.

[Surfah]

Sitting here near Hokie country, I get the sense that many of the Tech fans don't take BSU too seriously.

I was telling your bro, the Hokies have no clue what is about to hit them.

[Surfah]

I will be cheering on Boise State tonight.

[doctorcoug]

I heard somewhere that they brought back 21 starters. Is that true?

[Surfah]

I heard somewhere that they brought back 21 starters. Is that true?

Yes. They only lost Kyle Wilson, 1st round draft pick of NY Jets. And VA Tech is replacing 7 starters on D.

[doctorcoug]

Yes. They only lost Kyle Wilson, 1st round draft pick of NY Jets. And VA Tech is replacing 7 starters on D.

Wow. The hokies better have prepped themselves. BSU is for real. Should be a fun game to watch.

Do we have a prediction thread?

[DrumNFeather]

I will be cheering on Boise State tonight.

Me too. Tech fans are as obnoxious as fans come.

[Surfah]

Me too. Tech fans are as obnoxious as fans come.

They really are. They're smug, especially many of the engineers I have met from there. Then they go and recruit out of the Tidewater area. They're like Utah getting these kids qualified.

[doctorcoug]

Me too. Tech fans are as obnoxious as fans come.

One of my interns is from v tech. I didn't put her on-call today so she could witness the debacle.