devil1197;474574 wrote:I remember that year, tbh OSU had no right playing in the NCG. What were they ranked after the Michigan game in November, like 7th or 8th. Every week after that a top team lost.

trep14;478538 wrote:Something doesn't add up. A team that is willing to fly across the country to essentially play a road game against a Virginia Tech team that is better than Nebraska is now trying to duck said Nebraska team?

My guess is that Nebraska wanted Boise to come to Lincoln for less money and not have a return trip to Boise. And if the schedule involves a one way trip, Boise to Nebraska, with no return trip by Nebraska, I can't necessarily blame Boise for turning it down. Heck Colorado, a middle of the pack BCS team is getting paid $1.4 million dollars for a one way trip to the Horseshoe next year for a game that wouldn't make nearly as much money as a Nebraska-Boise game. Nebraska would stand to make a killing if they got Boise to come to Lincoln for a couple hundred thousand dollars.

trep14;480268 wrote:Yeah I remember that. Michigan lost to App State and then got blasted by Oregon before going on a 8 game winning streak and almost winning the Big 10. I still wouldn't be surprised if Va Tech competes for the ACC title and ends up in a BCS game.

dwccrew;480978 wrote:

I know that you posted this before VA Tech lost to JMU, but seriously, you thought VA Tech was better than Nebraska?

Shouldn't non-hypocrital Boise supporters be accepting of JMU as a NC contender? Their SOSs are very similar and JMU has the more impressive win over VT.

Cleveland Buck;482692 wrote:In the chat on ESPN with Mark Schlabach, some guy made a great point.

trep14;481034 wrote:Ehhh I mean its easy now after the JMU loss to say Va Tech is a worse team than Nebraska (which they definitely are). But prior to that, I mean it would have been a toss up. But consider that this is in terms of scheduling purposes, where you are usually scheduling a team a year or two ahead of time. Va Tech has been a better program than Nebraska in recent history. If you asked me two years ago who I thought would be better in 2010, Nebraska or Va Tech, I would have said Va Tech. My point is that if Boise State wasn't ducking Va Tech, I would have a hard time believing that they would be scared to play Nebraska.