that TCU is actually a better team than Iowa. However, does the rest of the nation actually believe that? I believe that we will be treated to a more competitive game against TCU, but I’m still a bit bummed that we don’t get to trounce Iowa and I feel a little bit cheap that now I have to hate TCU. I respect their position and their program.

This is such an unmitigated travesty that it stuns the mind, kinda like Hilter invading Poland and blaming it on 6 dead German prisoners in stolen Polish uniforms. The obviousness of it underscores the “up yours” quality of the whole sytsem. Just as Hilter got 100 million Germans and a fair amount of the rest of the world to buy into it, we have the usual suspects saying the expected things. I have’nt seen such an obvious rubout since Beniigno Aquino returned from the Phillipines to rival Marcos; Marcos had him killed before he reached the tarmac and then the “assassin” was shot by the cops. HOW CONVEEENIENT! BCS-“Make us take 2 non-AQ’s; ok here you go”. Call it what you want. You can call (badword) peanut butter but ti still makes a bad sandwich.

Robb Akey has Broncos above TCU.

Nice to know, but he also have Texas 1st, Bama 2nd.

so long as neither one pops off about deserving a shot at the title afterward because, well, “look at who you played.” And while the winner, and likely the loser too, will be respected by football diehards, what of the casual fan or the general public?

Having said all of this, I simply cannot resolve this question: Why, even if John Junker is a BCS elitist, would he create this matchup if he did not truly believe his “spin”? It’s not as though his economic condition is the only one at stake here. He has to answer to the community of Glendale/Phoenix as well as to the Tostitos folks. There is no way he sells this to these people if he doesn’t believe that a matchup of undefeateds will lure travelers to Glendale and eyeballs to TVs.

Boise State gets to play a much better team than Iowa by playing TCU. However, I think TCU got screwed more in this whole scenario. As much as I like the matchup on paper (though TCU scares the crap out of me right now)…this game just feels like a slight. Kinda like they’re saying “Ok, you guys got into the BCS…now let the big kids play and you two duke it out at the kids table”.

Big matchup of two undefeated teams, but my gut says that the BCS is sticking it to the both of us.

Friends, if that Texas FG attempt was 2 feet more to the left, we MIGHT not even be having this conversation, albeit that would have been an even bigger travesty. BCS cop out? I don’t know, but I can say with total veracity that the big boys want no part of the Frogs or the Broncs, so they pit us together.

p.s. Those guys in purple uniforms are frightening. Our boys need to bring the A game.

GO BRONCOS!

But it really is an awesome match-up. That cannot be denied!

I was so frustrated last night, I stayed off the computer and stopped watching ESPN. After “accepting” this game I’m beginning to get excited for it. This will be a rubber match.
It will feel good to get revenge on TCU after last season. They’re not a BCS team but they are respected. A Boise State win will slingshot them into a very high ranking to start out next season.

TCU does make make me nervous, however. Our guys will be better prepared this year with a chip on their shoulder. Boise State plays best that way.

Both teams should refuse to play once kickoff time arrives. Not only would we not be buying into the sham called the BCS, but we’d be sending a big message to the power’s that be that they shouldn’t screw over the small-school teams just so they can keep that fingertip’s grasp on the notion of perceived “superiority”.

I, for one, am glad I’ll be on my way to Germany when the game is played. It keep me from having to say that I won’t watch the game out of choice. But if I were here, I wouldn’t watch it. And that’s a first for me. I’ve been a Bronco fan since the day I was born (over 35 years ago) and not once before have I chose to NOT watch a BSU game. By voluntarily watching the game, I’m admitting that I accept the current system the way it is, albeit grudgingly. In some folks eyes that makes me a bandwagon or fair-weather fan. To those of you that would think that…F-off. Seriously. This is MY form of protest. It’s the same as Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a white person. It’s the same as those long-ago patriots dumping tea into Boston Harbor. It’s my way of saying, “I refuse to accept the status quo any longer.”

While the match-up itself, from a purely football aspect, is a great match-up, it’s nothing more than a slap to both TCU’s and our faces. Every year, year-in and year-out, all we hear about is that we need to schedule tougher. Play the big boys and beat them. And what happens? Instead of proving our mettle on the field of battle, they kick us into a seperate room. They give us our little plastic helmets, our NERF footballs and a great big lollipop as a payment. Anyone remember last year? Why wasn’t Boise chosen to play in a BCS bowl? Because supposedly Ohio State would bring more people to the game. And since the previous BCS bowls with non-AQ participants in them are amongst the lowest rated games since the start of the BCS, why jeprodize more than one bowl with supposed low viewership? Stick both up-starts in one bowl and preserve the sanctity of the BCS system.

This crap system makes it nearly impossible to stomach watching CFB anymore. This is just the Poinsettia Bowl ver. 2.0.

Last year it was more of a hostile environment… This year I have a feeling both teams fans will understand that they are being treated unfairly and will be very respectful. Last years bowl I came across a couple TCU fans looking like a holes. (At the Basketball game actually)

first it was “we deserve a national title shot.” then it was “we deserve a bcs bowl game.” but now you’re all pissed about the matchup. you’re in a bcs bowl game and deservedly so! congratulations! the bcs isn’t fair. this is hardly a revelation. while bsu fans talk about the “big six conferences” its really only a few teams in those conferences who get much preferential treatment (osu, usc, texas, florida, bama, etc.).

  you’ve got a chance to play tcu, one of the best teams in the country. if you win, you get to talk about how you may have been able to beat bama/texas for the next 7 months. its really a much better opportunity than playing a no. 9 or no. 10 team. i really don’t get all this complaining.

I am excited we received a BCS bid and our players & coaches will be rewarded for their dedication & excellence. I was excited to hear we received a Fiesta invite as opposed to Orange or Sugar (Im guessing more fans are willing to travel to Arizona rather than Louisiana or Florida). I am excited that we’re playing a quality, undefeated opponent.

However, I’m a little disappointed that we’re playing TCU in a rematch of last year’s Poinsettia Bowl. I’m not really sure what BSU and TCU can ‘prove’ by playing each other (again). I was hoping for BSU vs Iowa/Penn St and TCU vs Ga Tech/Florida so we could both have a chance to play the “big boys”. I dont know if the BCS did this on purpose to “protect” itself and “BCS teams” or if they were truly trying to get the best match up (#4 vs #6 – both undefeated).

Regardless, it kinda feels like we were invited to dinner but told we’ll be sitting at the kiddie table.. At least we get dinner right?

At least both Boise State and TCU can now claim that BCS teams are avoiding them.

Even if it isn’t true, it appears so. And perception my friends, is reality.

TCU/MWC gets 9-10…Boise/WAC gets 4-5…the BCS conferences still get 25 mil without sending a team….

The more I think about it, this is a great opportunity to springboard us if we win into next season. If TCU and Boise State were to both win BCS games, we’d be ranked behind them next year and they’d be in the driver’s seat. We’d have to wait for them to lose.

The only thing that disappoints me is that TCU and Boise State are both vying for the same thing, equality. The BCS has already forced us to root against each other since only one of us can get an automatic bid. When we defied the odds and grabbed an at large bid, they now pitted us against each other and forced us to root against each other again.

My heart is disappointed by the matchup since I would have loved to see us both win BCS bowl games and progress mid majors further in the future. My head says this is the best opportunity to position Boise State for next season if they can win. My head also tells me to worry cause I believe TCU is the best team in football right now and I wanted no part of them.