re: Utah AG Prepares to File Anti-Trust Suit vs. BCS

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None of those teams were beaten on the field, thus they did everything they could within the confines of that season to play for a national title. People made similar statements before Utah beat Alabama or Boise beat Oklahoma and they would up looking foolish.

But that is irrelevant to an anti-trust case anyway. All that needs to be proven is that the BCS conferences are part of a collaborative effort to exclude the non-AQs from winning a national title. The fact that Florida State and Miami were able to break through 20 years ago is irrelevant because it was done under a system with fewer bowl tie-ins, open TV contracts, more independent teams, and smaller conferences.

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While the non-AQs don't have very much access to the bowl system in general, they do have access to the BCS. Schedule has always been important and I think a case could be made that a lot of AQs avoid scheduling them which hinders their access to the CG. But of course the non-AQs never complain about that in any serious manner. Why should Boise have to play and beat more than the 7th or 8th best team in the SEC to justify themselves?

If they want a shot all they have to do is play and beat a worthy OOC schedule. This means at least a couple of teams with serious top 25 likelihood and at least another solid team. That will earn the respect they need from both the human and computer polls. If the quality teams won't schedule them, then that should be the basis of the suit.