Something I don't get is why Boise fans aren't burning down the countryside over Connecticut getting to the Fiesta Bowl over them (even with one loss). By my reading of the BCS rules, they should qualify over Connecticut:
Connecticut BCS rank: Not Ranked
BSU BCS rank: 10!
Connecticut Record: 8-4, Big East Champs
Boise State Record: 11-1, WAC Shared Champs
BCS Rules:
3. The champion (BSU=Check) of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, or the WesternAthletic Conference will earn an automatic berth in a BCS bowl game if either:
So the Big Bad BCS forces the Fiesta Bowl to, in my opinion, violate their own rules by taking a lower ranked champion of an AQC in Connecticut. You can't tell me that the Fiesta Bowl Committee would say "Oh, yeah, let's choose another pathetic Big East team for our at large slot instead of Boise State who will bring the whole state of Idaho down here to Arizona for a weekend." You know the BCS henchmen made them do it. I guess in the future we know who we'll be seeing playing for the Big East year after year. (TCU)
- A. Such team is ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings
BSU=Check
- B. Such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS Standings and its ranking in the final BCS Standings is higher than that of a champion of a conference that has an annual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowls.
BSU=Check
No more than one such team from Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, and the Western Athletic Conference shall earn an automatic berth in any year. (Note: a second team may be eligible for at-large eligibility as noted below.) If two or more teams from those conferences satisfy the provisions for an automatic berth, then the team with the highest finish in the final BCS Standings will receive the automatic berth, and the remaining team or teams will be considered for at-large selection if it meets the criteria.So the Big Bad BCS forces the Fiesta Bowl to, in my opinion, violate their own rules by taking a lower ranked champion of an AQC in Connecticut. You can't tell me that the Fiesta Bowl Committee would say "Oh, yeah, let's choose another pathetic Big East team for our at large slot instead of Boise State who will bring the whole state of Idaho down here to Arizona for a weekend." You know the BCS henchmen made them do it. I guess in the future we know who we'll be seeing playing for the Big East year after year. (TCU)
Boise State should start a national protest/boycott and tell people not to watch that game. Ratings will talk.
Tijs Limburg
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