Down Goes Boise!

I have always hated Boise. But wow, for some reason, I’m not happy. As that blonde chick in the matrix says when Scipher starts to kill everyone, “not like this”…

Yeah, it was a fun game to watch but I still think Boise is a better team than Nevada. And I was rooting for four undefeated teams this year to make the BCS even more acrimonious. We’ve already done three undefeateds, so now we have nothing new for this year.

Agree that Boise is a legit BCS team. Moore’s pass with 9 seconds left was amazing, and the catch incredible. These guys gave Boise a HUGE opportunity to win the game with a chip-shot FG. But basically, 2 misses on field goals is what cost Boise the game – that, and the fact that they couldn’t stop the Wolfpack running attack late. But really, Kaepernick played his heart out, made plays down the stretch – and game us proof that the BCS works (I’m going to go throw up now after typing that.

Damn.

I hate shitty bowl matchups. This could set up some stinkers for a number of BCS and non-BCS bowls.

The way Nevada ran through Boise in the second half, and defensively began to stuff them, can you just absolutely say Boise is a better team?

There is a God…or not.

Totally agree Boise would kick the shit out of any Big 12 team.
Absolutely hate’em. Happy they lost (preferred Auburn to lose, though).

Things were shaping up for Oregon-Auburn (GO OREGON!!!!) and another
Boise-TCU, thereby side-stepping once again the question of what TCU or Boise would do to teams from “BCS Conferences.”

Now, TCU has a shot at shitty BCS conference team. Hmmm…God, are you there?

Thanks for this write-up, Dick. I turned in when the network started a PowerPoint show of Boise endorsements from opposing coaches.

Note to Jesse Palmer and Craig James: next time have the PR firm put what it wants you to say about Greg Davis on slides—it’s more efficient.

And I went to bed when Boise went up 17-0 in the second. Stayed up drinking on Thursday after our loss and it caught up with me last night and caused me to miss all of this delicious football at the end. Goddammit.

I would love for the old ball coach to derail the Scam Express at this point.

Not so sure that Auburn won as Bama choked, so I think I’d rather see what TCU’s defense can do against the Oregon machine…

Are Boise St.’s tears blue, too?

So, how many recruits is Boise going to lose over this?

Johnnymac – haters gonna hate. “Bama choked”? You can’t be serious. What game did you watch? Those turnovers were created. Auburn’s kids showed a lot of guts to withstand that 1st quarter barage and basically play shutdown football for 2 1/2 quarters. They are the real deal and college football is deserving of a potential Oregon – Auburn match up. Should be a good game next week in the Georgia Dome. Sorry your Pom-Queens lost but thems the breaks.

What an absolutely amazing day of football. Was playing Risk with good friends at 1 AM when the whole thing went down. Utter madness.

Feel bad for the kicker. That’s just brutal.

UTHookem’s quiet snark continues to floor me on these threads.

I hate it when teams like Boise make a liar out of me. Assholes, imo.

When you’re winning 24-0 in the 2nd quarter at home, should have been up 35-0 at halftime, and then end up losing 28-27, it’s not at all outrageous to call it a choke.

Boise Bites Big one; Blue Boys Blew it.

I’m sorry, should have read 35-7 at halftime.

You would take Boise over any Big 10 team that would replace them? Let’s say hypothetically that the couch burners jump the Sconnies in the BCS rankings, and the Sconnies now get Boise’s spot. Do you really think that, after watching the game last night, Boise could stop the (late season) Wisconsin running attack, after watching Nevada wear them out and shred them late in the game?

As an aside, this is what makes me most frustrated at the Texas offense. If Wisconsin can do what they do running the ball with a bunch of motivated farm boys up front, why can’t Texas do the same thing, better, with 4 and 5 star linemen? It’s just absolutely infuriating.

I still think Boise is a better team than Nevada.

’S okay – plenty of Californicators still think 2005 SC beats us nine out of ten and it was just bad luck that the tenth one happened first.

And, for what it’s worth, I don’t necessarily give a shit about either Bama or Auburn and would be happy to see both houses burned to the ground… Although I was certainly rooting for Bama yesterday in response to some of the Auburn homer nonsense that’s been going on at Shaggy the past couple of weeks.

Cam Newton: Innocent until proven guilty (of NCAA infractions no less, not the REAL law people)

Quit piling on, I know a transcendent player when I see one. Let’s see the proof before we start crucifying people.

Good point, Scam’s as innocent as OJ and Al Capone.

“The way Nevada ran through Boise in the second half, and defensively began to stuff them, can you just absolutely say Boise is a better team?”

Absolutely? Naw, but then I’m not absolute about many things. 2+2=4, maybe, but even that depends on the number system you’re using. I said that i THOUGHT Boise was the better team. And Nevada’s “shut down” of the Boise offense was largely dependent on guys dropping passes that they normally catch. Even then, the win came down to a couple of missed chip shot field goals. So, no, I didn’t look at the performance of both teams and think “wow, Nevada just has a better team than Boise.” I thought about it pretty much the same way I thought about some of Tech’s and A&M’s wins over us: if those two teams played 10 times, this might be the only game that they won. Sometimes it’s just in the stars. In case there is still any doubt, that represents my opinion and not absolute truth.

Aurburn is going for broke this year. They are furked after this

Fair enough billu.

I must say that I am biased, I went to grad school at UW madtown, so I’ve got a little ’Sconnie pride built up. After watching TCU at SMU in person from the second row, I really want to see Wisconsin take their shot at knocking them off.

For the most part, the Non-AQ’s have gotten to play teams in the BCS games which haven’t been motivated, and weren’t spoiling for a fight, or some crappy team from the ACC or Big East. I’m curious to see what results from facing a power running Big 10 team that’s frothing out the mouth and hungry to win a Rose Bowl. If the cards fall right, then Wisconsin will play TCU in the Rose Bowl, and we’ll get a chance to watch.

After watching Zach Line get his against TCU in person, I’m not impressed with their inside run defense, which I think is probably the weakest point, generally when it comes to schools that don’t recruit as well as what I will call “big time” programs (there are some BCS schools that aren’t big time, obviously). It’s the trenches where the best recruiting schools should win out, mostly because those are the positions where a team can stockpile and use depth, and those positions are probably the easiest to keep from wasting scholarships on busts.

Now Boise plays at home in Humanitarian Bowl against MAC fodder. That’s a more precipitous drop then KSU in 1998.

This is backbreaking loss for the Boise program. I’ve always thought (and still do) that Boise is a legit BCS team. They beat Oregon and TCU last year, and won every game anyone’s asked them to. But perception matters. And this game, I think, will serve to destroy Boise’s perception as being legit. I expect Boise’s HC Petersen knows this, and he’ll be looking to prove himself elsewhere. Michigan? Georgia? NFL?

I feel sorry for Boise’s kicker. He cost his team, literally, about $13 million.

Nevada cost the WAC millions. Don’t get me wrong I was happy to Boise St lose after the all the drooling ESPN has been doing over them.

@Rocket Scientist:
Boise St has lost everything this year, but I doubt this sets them that far back. Nevada is 11-1 and the prognosticators did circle this game all year along with VT and OSU.

I watched most of the 4thQ through the OT starting at around 11pm Pacific. I give a lot of credit to Nevada for mounting the big second half comeback largely through an effective run game. I don’t feel bad for Boise. Largely due to their competition week after week, they typically have a big lead early and coast to wins. Last night, the celebrated Boise Defense had to play a full game and simply couldn’t come up with the necessary stops. Don’t pin the loss on the Boise kicker. The Boise Defense got worn out by the Nevada rush attack and ultimately lost the game.

Johnnymac,

Texasstampede is right this time. Yes Bama was up, but Auburn’s D made the adjustments and just shut their O down after the half. Then Auburn’’s O also made adjustments ( like good coaches are supposed to do) and their players executed the revised game plan to a T. Bama should have expected the possible adjustments and come back with some of their own ; I guess they thought they just had to execute properly and Auburn would come up short just once. That didn’t happen, and I am sure that by now Saban knows he should have made some adjustments.