Boise State, TCU gaining cred from coaches

September, 9, 2010
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Are Boise State and TCU gaining respect from coaches around the country?

Texas coach Mack Brown became the latest coach to say he would not have a problem with a non-AQ team making it into the national championship game if they deserved to be there at the end of the year. When asked earlier this week whether he would be OK with that scenario, Brown said this, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:


"The way the [BCS] rules are, absolutely. If you don't like it, change the rules."

Brown went on to add that he expects his team to be in the mix should it go undefeated, and believes it would finish higher than an undefeated Boise State or TCU. He is right there. But with the rules as they are currently configured, he seems to have a more inclusive approach should either or both of the non-AQ teams be the only ones to go undefeated.

"I have not been a proponent of everything in the BCS," Brown said. "I would think strength of schedule should be a bigger part of it than it is. And it's not. And if that's the case, then TCU and Boise have to be considered top teams. If somebody doesn't like it, they need to go back and change the formula."

Last month, Florida coach Urban Meyer told The Sporting News, "If Boise State is the best team in America at the end of the season, you better believe I would vote them No. 1. If they deserve to play in the BCS championship game, they should play in it.”

Boise State and TCU inched up higher in the latest coaches' poll this week, with the Broncos moving up two spots to No. 3 and TCU moving up two spots to No. 5. No non-AQ team has played for a national championship before, and it remains to be seen whether undefeated Boise State and/or TCU would be voted into the top two spots at the end of the season.

That has been a big source of debate and contention in the past week, since both teams won their openers against schools from automatic qualifying conferences. It is easy for coaches to say today that Boise State and TCU would deserve a spot in the title game, but it is another thing to say it come December, with the actual championship on the line.

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