Do you believe in miracles? Yes! BSU wins it all

by Kevan Lee on Dec 12, 2008 9:45 AM PST in Boise State football Comment 12 comments

A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep. And we have had the following dream/wish every night for the past two months (click for a larger view):

Boise State Broncos: National Champions.

ESPN's bowl simulator says so; therefore, it must be true. This Cinderella story was sent to us by OBNUG reader Huey, who was touched by the hand of destiny on his first try with ESPN's bowl playoff software. His first try! It took us two hours and calling in a Photoshop favor to get the same result.

Huey created the bracket using the BCS standings (now there's a novel playoff idea), and then held on for dear life as the next 15 seconds rocked his world and the worlds of Boise State fans everywhere. First up for the Broncos was an upset over Penn State. Next was a Fiesta Bowl rematch with Oklahoma. In the semifinals, the Broncos took down USC, and in the national championship, they defeated Florida. Penn State, Oklahoma, USC, and Florida - we'd like to see Ohio State try that!

ESPN's bowl simulator goes to show that anything is possible, which is why a college football playoff would be such a good idea. Can you imagine if this scenario had played out in real life? We would have been in cardiac arrest starting in the quarterfinals and going straight through recruiting season. It would have been the best month of our life!

Instead, we'll just have to dream about it. Our heart's making wishes, and at least for a minute or two, it was nice of ESPN's bowl simulator to humor us.

Read more: College Football Playoffs Simulations [ESPN.com]

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Thats awesome! As many times as I've played it, I've been able to get the Bronco's to the NC game, but they always lost. I'll have to keep trying. Nice job Huey!

by GHM on Dec 11, 2008 10:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't this make us 2-0 vs the Big 12? Maybe Boise State is shooting too low for our next conference. We should be in the Big 12 not The Mtn.

by MikeTransplant on Dec 11, 2008 10:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I think that might be asking for a little too much…

by TerminatorM on Dec 14, 2008 1:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I find it interesting every time BSU is matched up against Utah, they are favored, but against TCU they are the underdog.

by BlueTurf on Dec 11, 2008 10:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, and Utah is a big underdog to TCU. Texas is an underdog to OU.

by cogitoboy on Dec 13, 2008 12:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Dang… I ran that thing about 2 dozen times and only had us winning the opening game like 4 times.

"So, you're telling me there's a chance…"

by JasonHaberman on Dec 12, 2008 1:25 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Assuming USC and Flordia wins the other brackets and Oklahoma wins their first round, Boise State has a 1.8% chance of winning the national championship.

by cogitoboy on Dec 13, 2008 12:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

…which is significantly higher than the 0.00% it has now.

by cogitoboy on Dec 13, 2008 12:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i did the sim and got BSU national title winner on my 3rd try!! it was awesome

by BSUBLUE on Dec 14, 2008 12:06 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

But to us, aren't they already national champs? You know, we always hear that the reason we can't do a playoff is because of money… but really, we're already doing make-believe brackets! If there was a real NCAA Football tourny, it would be bigger than march madness! A new "big dance". I can only imagine.

by BigBaloo on Dec 14, 2008 9:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'm such a failure! I just can't get them to win it all!

by KYBronco on Dec 14, 2008 9:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Everybody knows that BSU can't win against good opposition. Just ask Mark May, the smartest and most talented ESPN employee. The fact of the matter is we shouldn't even play a college football regular season. To simplify the process just put USC, OHIO, OU, and Florida in a four team playoff at the beginning of the year. Then at least we wouldn't have to wait to see who the champ was. Besides, college teams have injuries, and if a mid-major beats a BCS team that's always the excuse. If they played up front there would be no excuses. It would also reduce the need for rationalization like "hey, even if they lost three games against lousy teams, they are playing good football now, so they should get a BCS invite." Imagine if life was like that. It would be great. Bob, we are promoting you not because you do your job, in fact you don't, but because on paper you should be really great.

by billybeater on Dec 15, 2008 12:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs