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Boise State Overrated?

#4 I hate to say I missed the show lastnight however I heard Graiig James had a little blow up I will be looking for the video.

Thoughts from The Oklahoman Sports Columnist Berry Tramel | NewsOK.com

Bedlam football: Possible bowl opponents forming

Now is as good a time as any to start watching for bowl developments as it pertains to OU and OSU. If both teams win out before Bedlam, their winner is New Orleans bound, while the Bedlam loser almost surely would head to the Fiesta Bowl, because of the Big 12/Fiesta relationship.

You know who is waiting in the Big Bowl. But who could be the opponent in Glendale, Ariz.? A few developments:

* Watch out for The Irish are 4-2 and host Southern Cal on Saturday. Beat the Trojans, and Notre Dame could keep winning, right up to a Nov. 26 game at Stanford. If Notre Dame goes 10-2, the Irish are in the Fiesta Bowl. The bowl that claims the No. 1-ranked team in the BCS (Sugar, if it’s Bama or LSU); Fiesta, if it’s OU or OSU) gets first pick and would select a 10-2 Notre Dame. I might watch an OSU-Notre Dame or OU-Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl, how about you?

* Boise State is BCS-bound again. The 6-0 Broncos don’t have a tough game left, with the possible exception of a road game at San Diego State. They get TCU and Air Force in Idaho.

* If the Big 12 takes the Bedlam loser, and the Sugar Bowl takes the Alabama-LSU loser, then the contenders for the final two BCS at-large spots are Boise State, Notre Dame, the Stanford-Oregon loser, a one-loss Clemson if it doesn’t win the ACC and the No. 2 team from the Big Ten, be it Penn State or Nebraska.

I don’t think Notre Dame will finish 10-2. I think Clemson will either win the ACC or have more than one loss. So I think your BCS at-larges are Bedlam loser, Bama-LSU loser, Boise State and either Stanford-Oregon loser or Nebraska-Penn State winner.

So, the Sugar Bowl takes LSU-Bama loser, the Fiesta Bowl takes Bedlam loser. Then the Fiesta gets next pick. I’d say Boise State, Stanford with Andrew Luck, Nebraska, Penn State and Oregon would be its order of preference. Most bowls, including the Fiesta, aren’t crazy about Boise State, but a Boise State-Oklahoma rematch, or a Boise State-OSU game in which the Cowboys could try to do what OU failed (beat Boise State in the Fiesta) would have all kinds of appeal. I think it’s going to be difficult for Nebraska and Penn State to keep winning enough to mount a BCS charge (the Huskers play at Penn State and Michigan, plus host Michigan State), while Penn State plays at Northwestern, hosts Nebraska and finishes the season with road games at Wisconsin and Ohio State.

So the most likely Fiesta opponents for OSU or OU are Boise State and Stanford.

Of course, OU and OSU could play their way out of the Fiesta Bowl. If either loses before Bedlam, then loses Bedlam, they would be 10-2 and on the border of eligibility. Would a 10-2 OSU still be ranked in the top 12 of the BCS? If so, Big 12 officials are confident the Fiesta still would take OSU, so long as OU is in the national title game. The Fiesta has told the Big 12 it will take a Big 12 at-large team any time one is eligible.

Can’t wait to see this guy rethink his whole process.

Tracking the Candidates

1Andrew LuckQB | StanfordNext Game: 10/29 at USCLuck didn’t put Stanford on his back — and he didn’t need to. The Cardinal’s leader had a conservative 16-for-21, 168-yard, two-touchdown performance, leaving his running backs to rack up the yards.

2Russell WilsonQB | WisconsinNext Game: 10/29 at OSUWilson’s worst outing of the season came on the road against Michigan State. Wilson threw two picks — doubling his season output to date — and his intentional grounding led to a safety. It wasn’t all bad: The Badgers’ senior also tossed two TDs and ran for another in the loss.

3Trent RichardsonRB | AlabamaNext Game: 11/5 vs. LSURichardson did what he needed to do to help Alabama get past Tennessee in Week 8, rushing for 77 yards and two TDs in the rout. A much tougher test looms in Week 10, when Richardson and the Tide face LSU.

4Kellen MooreQB | Boise StateNext Game: 11/5 at UNLVIt wasn’t as smooth as Boise State might have expected, but Moore and the Broncos managed a 37-26 win against Air Force. In the process, Moore tied Colt McCoy for most career wins by an FBS quarterback with 45.

5Robert Griffin IIIQB | BaylorNext Game: 10/29 at OKSTRobert Griffin and Baylor were off in Week 8.

I think everyone knows my thoughts on this unfortunately like everything else for this Bronco team we have to wait it out and just keep preforming.

You like F15 fly overs?

I know I do!