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Boise St. VS VT

What are you even trying to argue here or what is your point? Boise St had little chance to make it to the BCS National Championship game, and you're acting like this doesn't hurt them. Do you know how the BCS rankings work?
 
Archie Moses said:
What are you even trying to argue here or what is your point? Boise St had little chance to make it to the BCS National Championship game, and you're acting like this doesn't hurt them. Do you know how the BCS rankings work?
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You say this loss kills any chance of BSU in the title game. I'm saying an undefeated BSU with a win against a BCS conference champion gives them a chance. That the ACC champ/Orange Bowl participant has a loss to an FCS won't change that fact and won't hurt their chances.
 
Darkwing Duck said:
You say this loss kills any chance of BSU in the title game. I'm saying an undefeated BSU with a win against a BCS conference champion gives them a chance. That the ACC champ/Orange Bowl participant has a loss to an FCS won't change that fact and won't hurt their chances.
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Fail.

https://www.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/Index
No. 3 Boise State opened the season by beating then-No. 6 Virginia Tech in what amounted to a road game in Landover, Md. Boise is off this weekend and preparing for a season in which many expect the Broncos to go undefeated.

But no matter what they do, their chances for a spot in the Bowl Championship Series might have been a fatal blow on Saturday by -- of all teams -- James Madison. The Dukes of the Championship Subdivision, which is the level below the major college teams, stunned now-No. 13 Virginia Tech 21-16 in Blacksburg, Va., on Saturday.

This is significant because the computer ratings used in the BCS formula consider, among various factors, how well a team's opponents do. On top of that, the human voters will look at a team's opponents while making their rankings. Had Tech been able to stay among the top 15 or even 10, that would have helped Boise tremendously, both subjectively and in the computers. Now, Tech figures to fall out of the polls. And there are no other currently ranked teams on Boise's schedule. What figured to be its biggest victory of the season suddenly is devalued.

All is not lost, because top teams could lose, Tech could rebound and Boise could finish undefeated and make its case. But after just one game, it sure doesn't look promising. -- Thomas O'Toole
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Polls determine 2/3 of the BCS rankings. Computer does 1/3.

If Tech wins the ACC, they're going to be ranked in the top 20. Probably top 15.

Human polls will see Boise beating the ACC champ. That will trump humans seeing Boise beating a team that lost to JMU.
 
Darkwing Duck said:
Polls determine 2/3 of the BCS rankings. Computer does 1/3.

If Tech wins the ACC, they're going to be ranked in the top 20. Probably top 15.

Human polls will see Boise beating the ACC champ. That will trump humans seeing Boise beating a team that lost to JMU.
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But still, I'm saying this still hurts Boise St's little chance of getting and NCG invite, being that, Tech would be BS's biggest win of the year. It seems like you're saying this doesn't hurt BS at all. If so, we'll just agree to disagree.
 
Archie Moses said:
But still, I'm saying this still hurts Boise St's little chance of getting and NCG invite, being that, Tech would be BS's biggest win of the year. It seems like you're saying this doesn't hurt BS at all. If so, we'll just agree to disagree.
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You said it kills any chance.

It surely doesn't help, but BSU needs OSU and Alabama to lose anyway. Doesn't matter what Boise's opponents do without that happening.

Now, it would seem like there cannot be an undefeated BCS conference team to get Boise in the title game.TCU can act as a buffer for Boise if TCU gets to three and Boise is ranked higher. There are no teams in the PAC 10, ACC and Big East that you can say is better than Boise, and maybe only OSU could make that claim out of the Big 11. There aren't many great teams out there this year.
 
Darkwing Duck said:
You said it kills any chance.

It surely doesn't help, but BSU needs OSU and Alabama to lose anyway. Doesn't matter what Boise's opponents do without that happening.

Now, it would seem like there cannot be an undefeated BCS conference team to get Boise in the title game.TCU can act as a buffer for Boise if TCU gets to three and Boise is ranked higher. There are no teams in the PAC 10, ACC and Big East that you can say is better than Boise, and maybe only OSU could make that claim out of the Big 11. There aren't many great teams out there this year.
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Agreed. Their chances were already slim, but now they're even slimmer. They're going to have to have quite a few breaks fall their way.

VT let Boise beat them twice...
 
boise's SOS has been to shot to hell, they will be a fringe team just to make a BCS game, the NC is definitely out of question

They should have joined the MWC earlier.
 
Doesn't it always seem like this happens? Non-AQ team beats highly ranked AQ team early in the season. AQ team then falls apart. Is there any examples to the contrary?
 
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