Final Blogpoll ballot: Post-bowls

But they’d definitely have one or two. Maybe I’m just elitist when it comes to football, but here are my thoughts:

Even good teams have a bad week or two in a season. If a Big Ten/SEC/Big 12 or even Pac10 school has a down week, they stand a chance of losing. There are at least 6 teams on Boise’s schedule that the Broncos should beat with their eyes closed.

And they’re not doing themselves any favors with the non-conference matchups. They played as many MAC schools (2) as Purdue did this year. If you want respect from the rest of the football world, go out and get it.

I know Boise’s argument: “but no one will play us!” I have two responses- first, look at Fresno and their “we’ll play anyone, any where” attitude. Their non-conference schedule included Cincinnati, Wisconsin and Illinois. Second, a little decorating tip- if you want the popular girls to come to your place, rip up that blue shag carpet and put down something respectable. I know some people love the smurf turf but I’d hazard a guess that it looks like a gimmick to most of the country.

My solution- have Boise join the Pac-10, send Arizona (or ASU, I don’t care which) to the Big 12 (send one of the big boys up to the Big 12 North so that championship game actually means something) and add Missouri to the Big 10. Then we can all just stop worrying about the whole playoff thing until Fresno starts beating up on the WAC again.

All that said, they still belong above Florida and maybe Texas. (I’m still on the fence as to whether Texas gets the nod for coming that close with a backup quarterback.)