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If Boise St had NIU's resume

Posted on 11/30/13 at 10:33 pm
Posted by 1ranter1
Louisiana
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Posted on 11/30/13 at 10:33 pm
where would they be ranked? (NIU came into this week 14th in the BCS)

Undefeated: check
Shitty schedule: check
Shitty conference: check
A couple OOC wins against teams from a major conference: check (Iowa, Purdue)

This is basically the formula Boise rode to multiple top 5 BCS rankings due to the love fest the media had with them.

The computers actually really like NIU. They are 7th in the computer rankings, but 17th in the Harris and 20th in the coaches.

I get the feeling that if Boise was doing this ESPN would be blowing them every chance they could, force feeding the "you can only beat the teams on your schedule" lines.
Posted by xenythx
Member since Dec 2007
32421 posts
Posted on 11/30/13 at 10:36 pm to
If they had beaten FSU last year in the bowl game, they'd be pretty high up right now.
Posted by D011ahbi11
Member since Jun 2007
13625 posts
Posted on 11/30/13 at 10:43 pm to
quote:

A couple OOC wins against teams from a major conference: check (Iowa, Purdue)


I think ORegon Georgia and Virginia Tech were on a bit of a different level than Iowa and Purdue
Posted by trackfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 12/1/13 at 12:38 am to
Northern Illinois is about where Boise State was in 2004, the year of their first undefeated season. What they need to do now is have two or three more undefeated seasons along with wins over several AQ conference champions and a couple of BCS bowl wins, and then they'll be where Boise State was in 2010 and 2011, when they got back-to-back top five pre-season rankings.
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