Why I hate Boise State (and you should too)

Football is a game of passion and emotion.

Sometimes you watch because you LOVE a team, and other times you watch because you HATE them.

I must admit, I was glued to tonight's Va Tech-Boise State matchup for one simple reason: I hate Boise State (not pictured).
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Allow me to make an early important distinction.

Boise State is obviously really good.

They have one of the top teams in the country.

One of the top 2?

I don't think so.

And yet, you can pretty much pencil them in for the BCS title game.

They won their annual 'one tough regular season game' and can now coast to Arizona.
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Here are Miami's next four games: @Ohio State, @Pittsburgh, @Clemson, vs. FSU.

That is a gauntlet.

The Canes would be incredible if they could escape that run 3-1.

Here are Boise State's next 11 games: @Wyoming, vs 24 Oregon State, @New Mexico State, vs Toledo, @San Jose State, vs. Louisiana Tech, vs Hawaii, @Idaho, vs Fresno State, @Nevada, vs. Utah State.

The only hard game they have ALL year is Virginia Tech.

And it wasn't even in Blacksburg!
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I use Miami as an example because I'm a fan.

But there are plenty of other teams out there that play REAL schedules and yet, have no shot at a title because of Boise State.

I'm not blaming Chris Peterson.

He's obviously a fantastic coach.

The point is, Boise State, more than any team in college football, takes advantage of the lack of a playoff system.

With a 16 team or 8 team or 4 team playoff, they would be exposed.

When you only have to get fired up for ONE game a year, it's pretty easy to be focused on that game.
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The reason we love the NFL so much is that expression 'any given Sunday.'

There's an unpredictability to the pros.

Any matchup can go to the underdog.

It's not really the case in college.

Sure, there are upsets.

But when you have a major power masquerading as a small conference team, they're going to dominate.
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You can label me a hater, I have no objections to that.

I'm not a fan.

They're not upstarts.

They're Seniors sneaking onto the Junior Varsity team.

Congratulations Boise State.

Go beat up the WAC conference for the next months.

I'll be cheering for whoever you play in the title game (assuming it's not Notre Dame, Ohio State, or Terry Porter).

Frankly, I think your whole program is WAC.