http://bronconationnow.com Bronco Nation's Online Home Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Bronco Nation's Online Home JT Ray clean JT Ray jtray@bronconationpodcast.com jtray@bronconationpodcast.com (JT Ray) Bronco Nation's Online Home Boise, State, Bronco, Nation, Podcast http://bronconationnow.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://bronconationnow.com http://bronconationnow.com/is-boise-state-deserving-of-its-pre-season-rankings http://bronconationnow.com/is-boise-state-deserving-of-its-pre-season-rankings#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:11:46 +0000 JT Ray http://bronconationpodcast.com/?p=1180 http://bronconationnow.com/is-boise-state-deserving-of-its-pre-season-rankings/feed 0 AP Poll,Boise State Broncos,Bronco Nation,Football,USA Today Coaches Poll It would appear that media, fans and the like are up in arms over Boise State’s Preseason Coaches and AP ranking of #5 and #3 respectively. I am of the thought, like so many, that Boise State should not be ranked this high; however my reason for sayin... It would appear that media, fans and the like are up in arms over Boise State’s Preseason Coaches and AP ranking of #5 and #3 respectively. I am of the thought, like so many, that Boise State should not be ranked this high; however my reason for saying so is much different. Media and Fans of College Football Argument against Boise State’s Ranking The most obvious and most often used argument against Boise State’s ranking is the schedule they play. The Broncos are, for the last season, members of the Western Athletic Conference, where they play the likes of Utah State, San Jose State and New Mexico State. WAC teams are seen as teams BCS teams schedule at the beginning of the season as a tune up in week 1 or 2. Most often these games end up being very lopsided in favor of the BCS team. To get a sense of how these games have gone, Coach Robb Akey was quoted as saying in response to what went well against the Arizona Wildcats “the plane home didn’t crash.” Granted it is not always gloom and doom when the WAC ventures out into non-conference BCS play. Pat Hill and the Fresno State Bulldogs often play one of the toughest schedules in the WAC and play BCS teams hard, coming away with victories. Most recently the Broncos have had success against tough BCS opponents most notably with wins versus Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and back to back victories over the University of Oregon in 2008 & 2009. On the flip side many will argue that if you put Boise State into the SEC or Pac Ten, success would not come so easy. Granted if the 2010 version of the Boise State Broncos were playing in a BCS conference, the road would be much more difficult. However, remember if Boise State were in, say the Pac Ten, they would certainly have access to Pac Ten money and Pac-Ten talent. Boise State Football does what it does with its portion of a 28 million dollar athletic budget of an Idaho State run school. Image what Chris Petersen and company could do with a 75 million dollar athletic budget. My argument against Boise State’s ranking Polls in general are plagued with bias. Take Craig James’ vote. Mr. James votes seam out of place, he Texas Tech and has Miami unranked and Texas A&M at 22nd, not to mention Georgia at number 7, versus an overall ranking of 23. Voters either don’t care or wait until the last moment. Joe Giglio, of the Raleigh News & Observer, in this year’s preseason AP poll has Boise State ranked #1. Yes, Boise State received 1 vote to be the number 1 team in all the land. However, consider on the same ballet, Giglio had Nebraska, Pittsburgh and Miami ranked 3, 4 & 5 respectively. One shouldn’t take too much stock in Mr. Giglio’s votes. The bottom line is simple, the preseason poll means nothing. After the first month of the season Boise State could have a record of 3-0, 2-1, 1-2 or 0-3. The Broncos could be ranked lower with 3 wins or out of the top 25 with 1 loss. I have seen it happen every year and will see happen again this year, whether it is the Broncos or another team. Where should the Broncos be ranked? The Broncos have been very successful since joining, Division 1 football. At home on the Blue Turf of Bronco Stadium, Boise State is dominating. The last time the Broncos lost a home game on the Blue was to the Pac Ten’s Washington State Cougars. The 2001 Cougars, under Mike Price, finished ranked in the top 10 that year and went on to play in the Rose Bowl the following year. Since joining the Western Athletic Conference the Broncos have only 3 losses against WAC teams. The Broncos have been WAC Champions 7 out of 9 years. The Broncos average margin of victory versus WAC opponents during the same time period is 29 points.  Under Coach Petersen the number has fallen off by 1 point, but Bronco Fans won’t hold that against him as one should expect the other WAC teams to step up some time. The Bronco’s bowl record is 6-4 since joining Division 1 football. JT Ray clean http://bronconationnow.com/the-bcs-getting-it-wrong-20-percent-of-time-since-1998 http://bronconationnow.com/the-bcs-getting-it-wrong-20-percent-of-time-since-1998#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:33:53 +0000 JT Ray http://bronconationnow.com/?p=254 http://bronconationnow.com/the-bcs-getting-it-wrong-20-percent-of-time-since-1998/feed 0 http://bronconationnow.com/the-face-of-boise-state-football http://bronconationnow.com/the-face-of-boise-state-football#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:55:42 +0000 JT Ray http://bronconationnow.com/?p=153 Greetings Bronco Nation. No I am not dead I am still alive and kicking. After 24 episodes I figured that since I have produced more episodes then any network television show this season I would take a break until August. Also have day job that requires me to take some extra college courses, so my]]> http://bronconationnow.com/the-face-of-boise-state-football/feed 0