I like the paths that Utah and Boise State have to bowl games. I don’t think it’s a stretch to see them both in BCS bowl games. You also have to keep Ball State in consideration, as well, but they have a very tough road ahead of them, winning two tough games and need a combination of teams to lose.
Is it conceivable to think that two non-BCS teams could be in BCS bowl games this year?
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no i think its completely inconceivable to think that…i think they damn well should belong there giving that they’re undefeated and who should dare to tell them they don’t belong…but that just leads back to the fact that there needs to be some sort of playoff system in college football…even a bogus system is a step in the right direction…the bcs system in place right now is a bogus system but it was a step in the right direction…now they need to continue that path
I agree with Diggie Dogg
Yeah, if the rankings were reversed with Boise State having a higher ranking then maybe it would be even better as Boise State would have an automatic bid and Utah would get an invite due to the strength of two of their final three games (#11 at the time TCU and #16 BYU), but the BCS has become a lot like the NCAA tournament and teams get “selected” to go to a BCS game because of past performances. Since Boise State knocked off Oklahoma a few years back the BCS Bowls know they can make money (and that’s what it all comes down too is money) off a Boise State vs. whoever match up, if both team win out (and I think they will) then Utah will get an automatic bid and I’m sure the Fiesta Bowl will gladly offer Boise State an invite.
sadly no it wont happen. the computers just dont like the schedule of non bcs teams. utah will prob get the nod for bcs bowl on strength of schedule.
If Utah and Boise St win out it’s almost a lock that they’ll get BCS bowl bids – even more of a lock if Oregon St. wins out and takes the PAC-10 title. I don’t see any scenario where Ball St. gets a BCS game.
The BCS selections allow only one non-BCS conferenc champion who is ranked in the top 12 (or top 16 if they rank higher than any BCS conference champion). If two teams qualify, the highest ranked team gets the berth.
The only exception would be if a second non-BCS team won it’s conference, ranked #3 or #4, and that team’s conference did not have a team ranked #1 or #2.
So to get two non-BCS teams you’d have to have two different conference champions ranked in the top 4. Possible, but not likely.
Utah got VERY lucky. TCU was clearly the better team.
I think two non-BCS conference teams making it is a stretch. First, you have the conference champions each getting an automatic berth, that’s six of ten teams. If Texas Tech wins out they play in the BCS championship game and Texas is an at-large team. If Oregon State wins out and USC wins out, Oregon State is the Pac 10 champ, USC is an at-large team. If Florida and Alabama win out and Florida wins the SEC championship game, Alabama would be a high ranked at large. Based on these scenarios I see only one non-BCS conference getting a berth. This the eleventh week of the season and still everything is still up in the air, too soon to call. A lot of really good one loss teams would have to lose again for both Utah and Boise State to make it. And that is not improbable: Texas plays a good Kansas team today, and then you have the traditional rivalries coming up where anything could happen.