crkone wrote:Boise State has a decent game this weekend too. Two great college QBs and two great D-lines. Boise St has better WRs and an accurate QB but Nevada has a pretty good RB and and good running QB. Boise St has a better LB core and DBs.
Ah, Colin Kaepernick. He was born in Wisconsin and lived here when he was very young. His adoptive parents are from here. There was mutual interest between the two parties as a result, but we were slow playing him, didn't offer until he committed to Nevada, and ended up settling on Tolzien. In the end I'd say it worked out fine for both parties. But I think Kaepernick would have been an upgrade over Tolzien. Projected 22-7 TD/INT ratio, to 13/7 (against admittedly lesser comp). But he's a much better rusher regardless of comp, seeing as though he's about to eclipse 1,000 yards for the 3rd straight year. Plus, he's got a better arm to convert on 3rd and longs. Another guy you can ask what if about. But you can't win them all I suppose.
El Duderino wrote:I don't know what to make of TCU and partially because i've yet to see them play. They have these fabulous defensive stats, but it's largely been built while playing a weak schedule. I don't doubt that their defense is good, but we'll never know what kind of stats their defense would have if they played a Big Ten or SEC schedule.
While obviously where the Badgers end up bowl wise is priority number one for me, if Auburn/Oregon play in the National Championship Game, the thing i want to see avoided is Boise St/TCU playing each other. I want to see each team having to face a Wisconsin, LSU, or Ohio St. type of team. Not because i feel Boise St/TCU won't be able to compete well in bowl games against the bigger schools, it's just more intriguing as a football fan when they play the bigger schools.
TCU lost to Boise State last year after having gone undefeated. I would tend to think Boise State is the more legit of the "unprovens" given that, having by far the best win in Virginia Tech (even though it's not great), and beating Oregon State slightly more convincingly. TCU is probably semi frauds given who they've beaten.
I agree that I'd rather see both play major schools. The last couple of bowl games between each other still left doubt as to whether the winner was proven. All they did is beat another largely unproven school. That doesn't make you proven. Plus, it would be a David-David instead of David-Goliath storyline.
That said, I'd prefer the major school not be Wisconsin. We'd get more credit in the interim and long term for beating Stanford. The realistic best case scenario for me is Auburn dropping out of the race like their cheating asses should, BSU facing Oregon in the MNC, and us Stanford in the Rose.
