i now put rod gilmore down with the mark may and craig james of the world.

But did it seem like ESPN was saying that had Boise won on Friday, they wouldn’t have gotten the invite? And how does this strengthen the Big East? They had to move before next year for these two TCU BCS games to count. I don’t understand how adding a private school in Texas makes their conference better without the value of those BCS games?

I had reservations about cheering on TCU in their bowl game. I now have a HUGE boon lifted off me so I can hope they burn in their bowl game — wherever they go to.

I just thought this (moving to the MWC) was finally the end of hearing how crappy our schedule and conference is. Playing TCU, SDSU, Air Force, Nevada, Fresno, and Hawaii was going to be way better than the WAC…and now it’s only sorta, maybe a little, kinda better than the WAC…with a crappier TV deal.

You nailed it.

It sucks because it feels we’re getting left behind by Utah, BYU, and TCU.

But at the same time doesn’t it make our path to BCS bowl games even easier?

Too bad the TV deal sucks.

Yeah, NON AQ National Champs!! Third year straight!!!

And a way worse TV deal. BSU should send a nice gift basket to the Pac12 and Big12 for Xmas.

We all knew Boise State was going to get royally screwed in the end. That what college football is about, screwing Boise State. It was makes me really mad that Boise State has become a lighting rod in college football and yet nobody seems care about TCU. Nobody seems to mind if they make it to the title game but if Boise State were to, college football would end as we know it. Well, I guess it doesn’t matter now that TCU is becoming a big boy, and were once again stuck in a mediocre conference with a terrible T.V. deal. Awesome.

I literally can’t decide if the Frogs are my best friend or my mortal enemy… I’m so frustrated about the Mountain WAC. Utah bites, BYU bites, TCU bites. I think that’s my conclusion. Thanks for nothing, guys.

So long, farewell ESPN. Hello craptasic MWN. Sigh.

On a positive note, I’m seeing many more undefeated seasons and plenty of BCS bowls on the horizon.

Everyone agrees its bad. Iassume Bleymaier et al have some basis for doing this. What is it? ESPN was a big factor in our program’s development IMO. I’m confused.

Oh well, BCS bowling every year is good…

I hope TCU gets absolutely CRUSHED in their bowl game…

and collapse the MWC, then we take a few teams back with us to the WAC and ESPN…

Do something for Christ’s sake!

Rumor: Gary Patterson won’t be going with TCU. He’s going to Miami.

Who knows what happens when Dalton and co. graduate, but I suspect they’ve set themselves up to compete year-in and year-out in that up and down conference…at least in football. I think they’ll get pwned in basketball.

as there are currently only 3 reliably strong non-AQ conference teams: Utah, TCU and BSU. With only BSU remaining in 2012, in an extremely week MWC, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the BCS eliminate that rule, requiring non-AQs to get an at-large bid.

I mean, where is the interest? No one to compete against, just BSU beating the crap out of minor teams no one knows the mascot of, no TCU or Utah or even BYU to measure against…

Im not trolling btw, but I really don’t think you should count on the “pathway to the BCS bid for non-AQs” getting easier to reach, but rather it being eliminated as only 1 non-AQ would conceivably be valid to compete in the BCS. Just more incentive to get yourself ready to join the Big 12 or Pac12 ASAP

but I still wanna kill ’em.

Look, they’re gonna dominate the Big East - plain and simple. That conference sucks, and TCU does not. They get an auto-bid, more credibility, more money and better recruits out of the deal. Who in their right mind wouldn’t jump on that??

But at the same time, I would’ve rather been fighting them every year for a BCS bowl berth… kinda like our own little championship game. Maybe we could’ve eventually had an auto-bid with them in the fold too.

Oh well… we are now, indefinitely, the kings of the non-AQ’s, and we’ll no doubt see many, many more BCS bids because of it. Hopefully that equals better facilities, more recruits, et al.

We start at Georgia and play a presumably ranked TCU squad. Let’s say San Diego State, AF, and some other teams maintain some semblance of a pulse…a schedule we can maneuver quite well, I think, with Moore at QB, Doug at RB slaying fools and with not a lot of drop off from Swyk (Crawford), Jeron (Iaone), and Titus Young (Hiwat has TY speed and AP height…just needs chemistry w Moore). I think next year we start out ranked fairly high and coast into a BCS bowl. I see TCU competing but not at the same level as the last few years, so the original point of us having less competition is, I think, valid. My concern comes in after next year. We are graduating a LOT of seniors next year. Moore, Doug, McClellin, Winn…to name a few. And while I like the looks of some of our commits (Ajiyi, Worthy, etc)…I just don’t know. Hedrick intrigues me as a replacement to Moore, but Southwick doesn’t quite seem to have it. Way too many turnovers in too few reps.

I guess as long as we have Pete, we have hope…