College football relegation - an idea borrowed from European soccer where teams rise and fall from division to division based on win-loss-tie results and not politicking or whimsy - is brilliant . And it is absolutely not going to happen in college football because cash money runs things.

But it never hurts to dream.

Dreaming is exactly what the brain trust at SB Nation's college football headquarters has been doing this week, jiggering relegation divisions and simulating scenarios for every college football team they could think of. Seriously, George Fox is in there somewhere.

What does relegation hold for Boise State? Great things, mostly.

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The fourth and final candidate of the 2012 People's Champion was left up to you, the people, and you people submitted a great idea to nominate the future football stars of Boise State's 2012 NFL Draft class. (For the purposes of this story and to benefit future civilizations whose archaeologists find this website and consider it fact, Kellen Moore will be lumped in with the Boise State draftees because, duh, he should have been drafted.)

This year's class of Boise State pros did something that few people thought BSU players could do: get drafted in bunches. The Broncos had six players selected in the draft, including two who were picked in the first round, which was two more than Miami, Florida, Florida State, Oklahoma, Texas, and Ohio State. Message board haters are going to have to find a new burn for why Boise State is small potatoes.

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BYU game time announced

The game is scheduled for a Thursday night, September 20, in Boise and will kick off at 7 p.m. local time. Hopefully that gives everyone enough time to leave work early and get to the stadium to tailgate.

Boise State one of 10 schools to never have a QB take a regular season NFL snap

Boise State is by far the most well known school. Air Force and Wyoming join Boise State from the MWC. The list also includes a few directional ones. Hopefully Kellen will break in and get Boise State off this list.

No 6 loss teams in bowl games will mean fewer bowls, but which ones?

That's the question that Jason Kirk tried to answer and while I always assumed that the Idaho Potato Bowl would be one to go when bowl attrition happened, that might not be the case. There are a lot more crappy bowls with crappy teams that have played in them. The interesting thing will be to see how the Big East incorporates the Potato Bowl once Boise State moves next year.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to current player and kickoff extraordinaire Trevor Harman. Keep up the good work, buddy!

When it comes to college football playoff advocacy, most of us voice our opinion at the TV or among a group of friends or in a Buffalo Wild Wings to whoever will listen. Dan Wetzel is different. Dan Wetzel wrote a best-selling book and has stumped relentlessly for playoffs via his Yahoo! Sports column and Twitter feed and any other way he can find to cram your brain with pro-playoff propaganda.

It worked. His Death to the BCS book has killed the BCS or at least maimed it so that it needs plastic surgery and will now look more like Alec Baldwin than Swamp Thing. Congratulations to Wetzel and his merry band of playoff proponents. He has made our lives, nay earth, a better place, and the least we could do is give him our imaginary People's Champion award hardware.

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Big West to "entertain" the idea of Boise State joining

They sent a new membership assessment tool to Boise State. It supposedly helps the Big West gather information about a prospective school. Commissioner Dennis Farrell did say that there was more openness to the idea of Boise State joining this year than last year. Also an interesting note, Hawaii is paying travel subsidies to the Big West. That is surely something that Boise State could do if they get the big payday from the Big East like expected.

Commentary: Lions need Kellen Moore on 53 man roster

Here's a commentary piece from Adam Biggers at Yahoo Sports. He argues that the Lions need to have 3 QB's on their roster and that Kellen Moore should be the third QB. Ultimately I have to believe that this is what the Lions will do. I'm sure coach Jim Schwartz just refuses to commit to anything so early and wants to keep his options open.

LeGarrette Blount feels very confident in his own abilities (HT: blue4areason)

Blount told the Tampa Bay Times that "no one can affect my carries but me." I guess it doesn't hurt to have that kind of confidence when you play in the NFL, but the reality is that Doug Martin can sure affect your carries as well as a Tampa Bay front office that used a first round pick on Martin. Doug was held out of practice on Tuesday for a slight hamstring strain but I'm sure he'll be back soon to affect Blount's carries.

Home games supposedly nixed for playoffs

It's times like these I just have to remind myself that the fact a 4 team playoff is imminent is progress enough and not get worked up by all the stupid decisions they make surrounding that.

Last year, I successfully argued for then-ESPN talking head Pat Forde to be named the People's Champion. Now, I find my self pleading his case again, although a change of venue was requested and I'll no longer be making my case from Bristol, Connecticut. Pat Forde left the worldwide leader last November in the wake of Feldmangate (NOT the name of Corey Feldman's new band) and is now covering sundry collegiate sports at everyone's second favorite search engine and sportsworld whistleblower, Yahoo(!). While Forde may have been stripped of his ESPN credentials upon departure, he was able to sneak out the keys to his favorite mass transit conveyance...the Boise State #BUS (that there tic-tac-toe looking doohicky is a "hashtag"...for you non-twitter folk). Frankly, as long as Forde continues to drive the Boise State bus, he'll be tough to beat as People's Champ. I'll explain more after the jump.

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San Diego State trying to help Boise State find a home for non football sports

San Diego State has been admitted to the Big West for their non football sports and that would be an ideal location for Boise State also. Unfortunately the California-centric league does not want to add the increased travel costs to get to Boise. Hopefully San Diego State can apply the appropriate pressure and get the Big West to reconsider.

Kellen Moore inconsistent at rookie mini camp

Those are the reports from John Kreger from CBSSports.com. It's obviously early but it has got to be tough with so much focus on him.

A look at Florida's offense under Brent Pease

Tomahawk Nation takes a look ahead at what Florida's offense might do under Brent Pease. The best way to do that? By referencing the highly cited article from Smart Football about Boise State's offense before the Virginia Tech game. It's always good to read where people give Boise State credit for not being a gimmick offense.

College of Idaho to reinstate football

Finally a Treasure Valley rival for the Vandals!