Boise State, TCU gaining cred from coaches
September, 9, 2010
9/09/10
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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.
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.
TOP 25 SCOREBOARD
Saturday, 12/17
Final Temple 37 Wyoming 15 Final Ohio 24 Utah State 23 Final San Diego State 30 Louisiana-Lafayette 32
Tuesday, 12/20
Wednesday, 12/21
Final 18 TCU 31 Louisiana Tech 24
Thursday, 12/22
Saturday, 12/24
Final Nevada 17 21 Southern Miss 24
Monday, 12/26
Tuesday, 12/27
Final Western Michigan 32 Purdue 37 Final Louisville 24 North Carolina State 31
Wednesday, 12/28
Final Toledo 42 Air Force 41 Final California 10 24 Texas 21
Thursday, 12/29
Final Florida State 18 Notre Dame 14 Final Washington 56 12 Baylor 67
Friday, 12/30
Final Brigham Young 24 Tulsa 21 Final Rutgers 27 Iowa State 13 Final Mississippi State 23 Wake Forest 17 Final Iowa 14 14 Oklahoma 31
Saturday, 12/31
Final Texas A&M 33 Northwestern 22 Final/OT Georgia Tech 27 Utah 30 Final Illinois 20 UCLA 14 Final Cincinnati 31 Vanderbilt 24 Final Virginia 24 25 Auburn 43
Monday, 1/2
Final 19 Houston 30 22 Penn State 14 Final Ohio State 17 Florida 24 Final/3OT 17 Michigan State 33 16 Georgia 30 Final 20 Nebraska 13 9 South Carolina 30 Final 10 Wisconsin 38 5 Oregon 45 Final/OT 4 Stanford 38 3 Oklahoma State 41
Tuesday, 1/3
Final/OT 13 Michigan 23 11 Virginia Tech 20
Wednesday, 1/4
Final 23 West Virginia 70 15 Clemson 33
Friday, 1/6
Final 8 Kansas State 16 6 Arkansas 29
Saturday, 1/7
Sunday, 1/8
Monday, 1/9
TOP PERFORMERS

- G. Smith West Virginia - QB
- 32-43, 407 yds, 6 tds
- @ CLEM | Final

- T. Ganaway Baylor - RB
- 21 car, 200 yds, 5 tds
- vs UW | Final

- J. White W Michigan - WR
- 13 rec, 265 yds, 1 td
- @ PU | Final



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