Is Boise State Number One?: BigPPup vs. The Beast

How good is Boise State? That is what I want to know. The Fiesta Bowl was great and they are a nice story, but is that how we determine number one teams. To figure out how good teams are we must see them play other top 25 opponants. Boise State hasn't played a top ten calibar team all year. They killed Oregon State early in the season, but the Beavers weren't as good back then. The Beavs used the upset over USC to propell them to a 10 win season. They won the majority of their games after the SC game. SO clearly they weren't a top 25 team when Boise played them at HOME! Look I loved the Fiesta Bowl. It was the most exciting game I have ever witnessed, but Boise almost lost three times. With 4 & 18 the game was almost done, but they converted. 4 & 2, they converted, and the 2 point conversion was good. What are the odds that all these do or die plays would work in order for the Broncos to win? Not very good the actual chances of a team converting all three of these plays are slim to none. If they falter in the least than Oklahoma wins. Besides Oklahoma wasn't even that to start out with. They won the Big XII in a down year for the conference and lacked a healthy Adrian Peterson for most of the year including the first three quarters of the bowl games.

How do I always get thrown into these things without even knowing it?

Good teams convert the clutch plays. Those are the plays that seperate an average team from a good team. Look at the Patriots in their championship runs and the special teams plays they made. Look at the FSU teams that lost national titles because of poor plays ,or ask the Cowboys and Tony Romo

Boise played the schedule they were given. They cannot go on the road and play every non conference game away from their stadium. Top 25 teams are scared to come and play on their Blue turf thats just the way it is. No good team wants a part o fthem there, and good teams always defend their home turf

They play in the conference that they have to, they schedule whoever will play them, which is a shrinking list. Boise did everything the BCS asked of them, and they deserve to be rewarded for it

Florida also lost games along the way during the season. Yes they do play in a good conference perhaps the best in the country, but they lost nonetheless. The Broncos are undefeated.

Theres a good chance that Boise would lose a game on that schedule, however they didnt lose a game. They did everything the BCS asked of them and again the BCS is screwing a team. Remember Boise was the first mid major football team to open the door for the Utahs of the world.

If Boise played in the Big East they had a legit chance of running the table except for WVU

So enough of this comparing schedules. To be the number one team, that team must be the best, most complete team. They way to determine a better team is to have them play a game. Since we don't have a playoff then let me do a forecast. On Monday we saw, a Florida defense that completely shut down Ohio State. Let me remind you that the Buckeyes had playmakers all across the field, a Heisman winner in Troy Smith, and an offense that scored 42 points against Michigan in the game of the century. What they did was amazing! Troy Smith was ineffective all night. This Troy Smith was the big game player, and according to Archie Griffin, "If Troy has that look like he had against Michigan than Florida doesn't stand a chance." If the Florida defense dominated him imagine what they'll do to Zabransky. Oh ya, they stopped the run to as Antonio Pittman was innefective too. I wouldn't say that Ian Johnson is a big step above him at all. Florida defense is clearly a powerhouse to go along with a well-oiled offensive attack that will score when neccessary. Was 41 points against number one Ohio State enough. Common many do you really think that Boise State is a better more complete team that could stand toe to toe and beat Florida on any given day.