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Boise State Beats Oregon State, Still Won’t Win National Championship

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BOISE, Idaho — On Friday, the BCS national championship trophy was on display at a couple of Fred Meyer’s grocery stores around town.

Saturday night, the Waterford Crystal football made an appearance on the sideline during Boise State‘s 37-24 victory over Oregon State.

Hopefully, Boise State’s players and fans got a good close up look at it and even snapped a few digital photos of the trophy, because they’re not going to see it again.

No way, no how. Boise State has absolutely no chance to win the BCS national championship. Are the Broncos good enough? Absolutely. They just don’t have a chance in the current BCS setup. And this is coming from someone who predicted in May the Broncos would win the national title over a one-loss, automatic-qualifying BCS team.

I just don’t see it happening anymore.

There are too many factors working against the Broncos. Too many reasons for the coaches and Harris Poll voters to minimize their many accomplishments. And mainly because they are not a member of an automatic qualifying BCS conference.

“I’d love to prove those people wrong, but we can’t play an SEC conference schedule,” Boise State junior linebacker Hunter White said. “We can’t play a Pac-10 conference schedule. They (Boise State’s critics) say we’d lose those games, but they don’t know. We never play them.”

 

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Boise State Victory Could Be Springboard to National Title

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LANDOVER, Md. — Boise State is hoping history repeats itself. Critics of the Broncos are praying it doesn’t.

Last season, Alabama opened the season by defeating Virginia Tech at a neutral site on its way to the national title. Monday, at FedEx Field, Boise State rallied past Virginia Tech 33-30 at a supposedly neutral site, although the Hokies gobbled up at least 3/4 of the 86,587 tickets.

Will the Broncos also use a season-opening victory against Tech as a catapult to the national title?

We’ll have to wait and see. But no matter where you stand in the great debate — would 12-0 Boise State be BCS title game worthy? — there is no debating the Broncos deserve to be in the conversation after rallying past the Hokies.

“The nation is always going to doubt us just because we’re from the WAC,” Boise State junior defensive end Shea McClellin told FanHouse. “Every week, we’re going to have to go out to the nation and prove who we are.”

Playing just minutes from the Nation’s Capital, the Broncos have become the epitome of America’s Team. You either feel an undefeated Boise State deserves a shot at the BCS title or you believe the Broncos have no business playing for a national title with their soft conference schedule.

“We know the bulls-eye will continue to grow,” Boise State coach Chris Petersen said.


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