Fiesta Bowl Match-up: TCU vs. Boise State
Boise State fans have to be thrilled that they got a BCS bid, and the match-up with TCU in the Fiesta Bowl should be very entertaining. That said, I’m sure both schools would prefer to take on an opponent from one of the major conferences. For these schools, apart from the money, the lure of a BCS game is the opportunity to get a shot at the bigger schools.
I’d like to know just how good these teams are. Unfortunately, this game will only tell us so much.
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Posted in: College Football
Tags: 2010 Fiesta Bowl, Boise State, Boise State BCS, Fiesta Bowl, TCU
I think fans should boycott the cop out and have them play in an empty stadium. The selection is an insult.
Setay – not sure what you mean. Which part is an insult and for who?
I was looking forward to see how well TCU would compete against a top ranked team from one of the major conferences. Now it’s all shot to hell. I know i”m not the only one who is disappointed,and I think it will reflect in the ratings. At least I don’t have to waste my time watching it.
This is the craziest idea any bowl selection committee could have come up with. With all the Iowa fans in the area, plus the following Iowa has, the Fiesta Bowl, blew it, big time. Who wants to watch two minor teams who each played ONE major game all year. Some say TCU is the best team in the country, why, because they beat SMU. Boise State killed New Mexico State. Schools that are normally playing Big 12 or Big Ten type schoold before those schools get into their conferences. TCU can’t even fill its stadium when they play at home. Bad selection, If you really wanted to see how these teams are you should have matched up Iowa and Boise State and TCu against Flordia or Cinn. Tv ratings, zero, attendence 3/4 full. Sorry Tucson not dough this year.
Correction: The Fiesta Bowl is in Glendale, AZ nearly two hours from Tuscon.
However, Glendale and the surrounding Phoenix area will lose enormous amounts of revenue from die hard Iowa Fans that were ready to travel to Glendale.
The last time Boise went to the Fiesta Bowl many announcers called it one of the best Bowl games ever. TCU and Boise State can beat any Big Ten team, this year. Better watch this one. Boise State is a better team than the one that lost, by one, to TCU last year. Go Broncos!
If anyone has a problem with Boise/TCU getting a BCS game because of their schedule, then why have rankings at all? In the current system the rankings obviously count, which means they earned their Bowl game regardless of schedule as they have the rankings. If the current system and the rankings don’t count, then get a playoff system and find out. Otherwise, rankings state that they AT LEAST deserve the bowl they got.
I think that both Boise State and TCU are matched up in the Fiesta Bowl because the BCS didn’t want them to play Cincy or Florida and heaven forbid win against a larger conference team! I truly feel Boise State and TCU are the ones being screwed!
I agree… they have to be excited that they are going to a BCS bowl – ultimately, that’s every team’s goal if they can’t be #1 or #2. But I think they deserve a little more… perhaps to play a BCS conference team? http://www.newsy.com/videos/questioning_the_bcs
Both teams know they have a lot to gain for their victory. After Boise’s victory over Oklahoma, recuiting top quality players became easier. Teams that are going places put some great players at Boise State and TCU. Some of the “great football powers” are not where some athletes want go. This is part of the reason that the BCS is lame. Go Broncos!
tcu has to waste a bowl spot with boise state because they both would lose too bad to bcs conference teams. they also get to waste a bowl spot because they both have undefeated records by playing highschool teams. tcu and boise state both suck. silly smurfs
For those who watch football, look at who the top teams have played in all conferences and realize how all of them have struggled against unranked teams. Rankings do not determine ever who is the best. We have always seen in past sports history the non top rank team win it all. BCS is something that needs to be revised. Those who defend it i dont blame you, i wouldn’t want to lose all that money either.
Should be a fantastic game. As a diehard Utah fan I’m going and looking forward to the game AND watching the TRUE national championship. NOW before all the BS starts….PROVE TO ME ITS NOT…PROVE IT. You can’t. Until the BCS implements a playoff system all BCS “crowned” national champion teams are nothing more that “paper champions”. U can’t judge a team on strength of schedule, etc, because theres one thing you can’t measure…HEART. Where was Alabama’s HEART last year when they got thumped by Utah after being rated #1 for pretty much the entire year. Of course you can always argue that they didn’t have anything to play for once they lost to Florida. WAIT, what about pride in conference, school and team. As a coach I would NOT want ANY player on my team that doesn’t give his or her all everytime they walk on the field. What does THAT say about “HEART”, so stop the BS, stop the “our conference is better that yours”, etc. Without a playoff, every BCS “national championship” game is illegitimate and the winning teams are nothing more that “paper champions”. NUFF SAID. I’m sure only open and fair minded fans are the only ones who will agree with me, the rest….well they can stay in their glass castles and hope nobody throws any stones at them, or worse yet, the BCS implements a playoff system and the BCS conferences find out that they’re really not as good as they think they are.
After watching Florida destroy Cincy, do Boise fans and TCU fans still wish they got a chance to face Florida?
this is a sad bowl. these good teams who are seen as ’lesser or non major’ teams and conferences should be playing against bama and texas which are of the’ major’ conferences or the so called bcs conferences. its sad that tcu or boise will go down in the books with an undeafed record….no national title, greed ruins everything….even common sense