The Blue Board

I have been on the Boise bandwagon for a while. If they could not get it done last season with all that senior talent, then their ship has sailed. They will not have a team as good as last years anytime in the foreseeable future.

You are going to have to call them and tell them.

I started out really liking them, but they soured on me pretty badly after a while. It's hard to go against your own grain, but I admire the way they play the game. We can argue about who is better B12,B10,SEC,P12, etc. But nothing is worse than a team in Boise's shoes saying no one will play them, then saying the big boys have to play by their rules to play them. The hilarity continues when they try to claim their seat at the table for winning 1 real game per year. If you're the little guy, you pay your dues. FSU did it back in Bowden's early days. They would go anywhere and play anyone, and eventually started beating asses. The fanbase grew exponentially, money flooded in, bigger stadium/better facilities ensued. Boise wanted to be FSU without doing all that. I think it cost them huge, because you're right, their ship has likely sailed now. They could have taken their lumps and capitalized on it. They're a household name now, but not one with any battle scars to build on.

It will be interesting to see what is going to happen with a number of bowls. Putting aside a playoff for a second, the SEC/B12 deal already upsets the applecart in terms of the Sugar, Fiesta and Capital One bowls. Are the Sugar and Fiesta going to be happy with the #2 teams from the SEC and Big 12? And is the Capital One going to be happy with the #3 from the SEC? How about the Cotton being happy with the SEC #4? And that is all before teams are selected out for the BCSCG or a 4-team playoff. That potentially moves some of those bowls even further down the pecking order.

The P12 has notoriously poor bowl tie-ins and you will probably see the P12 make a run at the Fiesta. And I guarantee you that if the B10 sees an opening to get a tie-in with any of the Sugar/Orange/Fiesta/Cotton they will jump on it. At first glance, it looks like the Capital One might be the biggest casualty with the B10 moving its #2 team to the Orange Bowl and the SEC moving its #2 to the Sugar and keeping its #3 with the Cotton.

pretty sure it is going to be an independent bowl, owned by those 2 conferences. it could be held at either site though.

I hope the PAC-12 jumps on the Fiesta to send our #2 vs the Big-12 #2. Still would be 5 times better than anything the Orange Bowl could do.