Congrats To Boise State: 14-0, National Champs

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

This whole discussion would be settled if there was a fair playoff system intact. I personally believe that both Boise and TCU would hold their own versus Bama, Florida, and Texas. I am not saying they would definitely win but it would be a good and close game from beginning to end.

Here's the deal - if you've got a good defense, you've got something. Even if your offense is the pits, a great defense will keep you competitive. Look at Nebraska this year. They came within a ball hair of being the Big 12 Champs and it had nothing to do with their offense. Bo Pelini took "another coach's players" and made a monster defense out of them.

Same, really, with Texas and Oklahoma in the Big 12. Texas is ranked 80th in giving up sacks. And their run offense is non-existent. Yet, they are in the championship game because their defense breathes fire every last damn down of the game.

Ditto Oklahoma. When Bradford went out, they had nine new starters on offense. It was up and down all year for them. Their defense had one hiccup game against Texas Tech, but the rest of the way they were nails from gun to gun in about every game.

TCU and Boise State run up a bunch of points in their respectively crappy conferences. But, their real bread and butter is that their defenses will put your offense on ice. So, when they shut each other's offenses down, what was the difference? Boise State's defense came up with more plays.

Texas and Alabama is going to be an absolute defensive dogfight to end all dogfights. It wouldn't shock me to see one or both starting QBs knocked out the game at some point. Those two defenses bring it on every play from every angle. They run like gazelles, hit like bulls, and cover like hawks. National Geographic should have a camera at this game.

Edited January 6, 2010 by The Fake Lonnie Finch

[greenminer]

National Geographic should have a camera at this game.

They should have had one on the 2002 Mean Green D.

[Green P1]

Prove it.

[CMJ]

Boise beat Oregon 19-8 , Ohio State beat Oregon 26-17, how is that more convincingly? Boise struggled against a Tulsa team that lost 45 to 0 to Oklahoma. Boise only beat FCS UC Davis 34-16, how would you expect them to play with Bama, Florida, or Texas?

First to you more convincingly question - if you watched both games there no question the BSU win was more impressive than Ohio State. The scores might have been similar but the games were not.

As to your other question - I would expect BSU to play wiith all those schools that you mentioned. Could they beat them? Who knows. Not many folks gave them a shot against Oklahoma a few years ago, Oregon this year, or TCU in the Fiesta. I don't think Boise has been really been blown out by anyone since Georgia about 6 years ago AT Georgia.