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We've asked former Jets coach Herm Edwards to make a few opening remarks. Thanks, Herm. Boise State played to win the game Wednesday night in Tulsa and did just that against a one-loss team. Now the question is if a lack of style points in the 28-21 victory will hurt the Broncos as much as an actual loss might hurt Texas or Virginia Tech this weekend?

The Broncos entered the game ranked No. 5 in the country (although SportsNation had them one notch lower than that, preferring one-loss USC in the fifth spot). But with the first BCS rankings due out after this week's games, edging out a team Oklahoma blanked 45-0 doesn't seem like the way to make a statement. So what's the ultimate takeaway from Wednesday? Does beating a 4-1 team on the road to remain perfect help the Broncos (with a strong defensive showing, as ESPN.com non-AQ blogger Graham Watson recounted from Tulsa), or does a seven-point win turn out to be as good as a loss?

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Best part about college football....is by the end of the season the discussion goes like this.....well Florida lost to X, X lost to X....and X lost to X....and then X went to OT against X so really it should have been a tie...and well X beat X...so......Why don't we have Buffalo play for the National Championship.

” -- killeryams1779

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Plain and simple, the Broncos needed to win this one by 30 if they were going to have a real chance of impressing the poll voters. Right or wrong, a non-BCS-league school, if it is to win a championship (and become the first non-power-conference school to do so since BYU 26 years ago---not counting Penn State in '87 even though they were still independent and Notre Dame as...well...Notre Dame), must be exceptional in ways that a power conference school *coughOklahomacough* doesn't have to be in order to make the title game.

” -- monsterdog5