My Rant against Boise State

I do not fear Boise State.

I do not think that the Broncos should be excluded from the national title game because of where they're located, their quick ascendancy as a D-1A power, or that they are a non-BCS team.

I just don't think they're that good.

I am not concerned of an unbeaten Bronco team making the national championship game over my Auburn Tigers. If Auburn goes unbeaten (i.e. winning at Miss St, Clemson, South Carolina, at Kentucky, Arkansas, LSU, at Ole Miss, Georgia, at Alabama, and a SEC Championship Game) then the Tigers will be in Glendale no matter what.

And I would welcome the opportunity to play the Broncos, because Boise just isn't that good.

Boise State is not worthy of number one. The Broncos actually should not be in anyone's top five. I don't care what the national media pushes down people's throats, or how much people want to cheer on the little guy. Outside of Va Tech and Oregon State, they play a ten-game schedule of what amounts to a BCS homecoming opponent.

But that doesn't really matter because Boise just isn't that good.

Watching their dismantling of La Tech on Tuesday night (in which I was probably one of the 40,000 people who did - including the half-filled Bronco Stadium), I witnessed the number one rush defense pounded by a below-average Bulldog running game. I saw Boise use its superior speed to overcome turnovers (twice scoring after fumbling the ball). I saw Kellen Moore - the supposed Heisman candidate - hit receivers so wide open that he could have kicked the ball for a completion. I saw their depth wear down the Bulldogs.

And I also saw that Boise is a good team. They play extremely hard. They are very disciplined. They are experienced and know how to win. And they are quite capable of beating almost every team that they could play. But they aren't worthy of a national championship slot.

In big games, Boise has come out highly motivated with the largest of little brother complexes and overwhelmed its opponent in the first half, only to have to claw its way throughout the second. I enjoy the history lessons the national media gives about Boise: beating Oregon, Oklahoma and now Va Tech - three teams that have made headlines by folding like a cheap suit. But I never hear how the Broncos - led by Dan Hawkins and ready to turn the corner - did on their trip to Athens. Oh, a blowout loss? Interesting.

I'll give Boise that they can beat any team. But they don't have the depth to go unbeaten in a BCS conference. After Boise defeated Virginia Tech, what was their next game? Two weeks to prepare for a tough trip to Laramie. Following Oregon State? A trip to lowly New Mexico State.

Alabama suffered it's first loss of the season (at South Carolina) after traveling to Arkansas and hosting Florida in back-to-back-to-back weeks. Auburn just went through a stretch of at Kentucky, Arkansas, and LSU. The reward for beating the highly-ranked Tigers? A trip to Oxford. Boise can play with anybody, but they can't do it over, and over, and over again.

And that's the reason no Boise fan should complain about the BCS, which a sign in Boise described as the Broken Championship System. Because the BCS is the only way they will ever win a national title.

Boise - which every pundit has admitted - can beat anybody in a one-game shot. But a 16-team playoff, that so many people want (and will never happen) would require the Broncos to beat a top ranked team in back-to-back-to-back-to-back weeks. Even under the College Football News playoff proposal (which only has eight teams), Boise would have to beat Missouri, Michigan State and Auburn/Oregon.

But I hope Auburn gets to face Boise in Glendale (if only because that means defeating Georgia and Alabama in the same year for the first time since 2005 and winning the SEC). But after seeing Lennon Creer run for 149 yards and Moore scrambling from the "fierce" Bulldog pass rush, I'd like to see how Boise handles the rushing attack of Cam Newton, Onterio McCallebb and Michael Dyer, and the defensive front four lead by Nick Fairly.

Because, quite frankly, Boise just isn't that good.