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No incentive for BCS conference teams to play Boise State
No one will play WAC commissioner Karl Benson told the Idaho Statesman on Wednesday that Boise State is struggling to schedule a BCS-conference opponent for 2011 — even with the help (and exposure and money) of ESPN behind the effort. The Broncos are not asking for a return game in Boise. Just ...
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Bevo's Daily Roundup - November 5, 2009
Burnt Orange Nation — ... got caught thin, got caught inexperienced, development isn’t what it needs to be. It’s a little bit of everything." Did someone tell Sam Bradford? Does Stoops want Nebraska to become a powerhouse program again? "I'd rather they didn't," Stoops said with a chuckle Tuesday.   No one wants Boise State. The Broncos want to schedule a BCS team in 2011, but no one is biting. WAC commissioner Karl Benson told the Idaho Statesman on ...

The Clueless AP Voters Continue to Poop on Boise State as the Major Programs Duck the Broncos
The Big Lead — ... No Love for Boise State: There were eight AP college football voters who ranked Oregon ahead of Boise State this week. Clearly, they forgot that the Broncos are not only unbeaten, but that they defeated Oregon in the season opener. Worse yet, Boise State is reaching out to the creme de la creme of college football in an effort to pick up a game in 2010. The Broncos aren’t even asking for a home game in return. And still, nobody will play them. Boise State should just name names of who is ducking them. Altogether now, Playoff! Playoff! ...

EVERYBODY HATES BOISE STATE
With Leather — ... “They’re running into a situation where nobody will schedule them, nobody will take them,” Benson told the Statesman’s Chadd Cripe. –Idaho Statesman. ...

Bryan the Intern’s Picks to Click
Kentucky Sports Radio — ... in the past.  But, I think I support Arizona’s just a little more.  And I really don’t support Duke’s so much.  But, I will not say exactly why.  Because that would be mean.    4) You wanna know why its IMPOSSIBLE for a team like Boise State to ever have a chance at the national title: because their schedule will never be strong enough.  Duh, right?  But, then you realize that Boise is going so far as to say “we will play anybody on the road, and not request a return trip” and they STILL can’t get a serious opponent for next season.  College football, on the field, is maybe ...

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