Respect Will Only Come Next Year....maybe

I watched the second installment of the BCS, (B drop the C S),show last night and could not be more irritated at the level of weak conference scrutiny the MWC still gets from the "Hosts" of the big ESPN show. Actually it would be quite comical if not for the outright despise the "Hosts" continue to show for non-AQ conferences. Craig James keeps putting up TCU and Boise State on his board and says he is still showing respect to them....but for what? They don't move up on the board and teams ranked behind them continue to leap frog according to his list. He does not even show Utah on his BCS top ten picks, along with Robert Johnson. Then the big drop....Kirk Herbstreet, the unabashed Ohio State homer, slams Craig for making up reasons to lift other teams over the non-AQ teams then minutes later admits he does not have an agenda for Boise State and really flat out "does not care about Boise State or what happens to them". There is the rub, you get some love then the truth comes out.

THESE GUYS DON'T CARE ABOUT THE NON AQ TEAMS!
They are just a story to grapple with and banter about but if they were in charge they would not be considered for any BCS games.

So what is to make of all of this? Not much. It is still the same old school, good old boys, TV money, rip off that it has been since the BCS was installed. But the hope is that when Utah joins the PAC-12 next year that, if they go undefeated or one loss, then the BCS will show them respect that they deserve.
Not so fast...did anybody see the way that Auburn jumped Oregon for the number one spot? Did you or anyone you know understand it?
Oregon has been dismantling teams all year. They have not scored under 43 points in any game and beat Tennessee, (an SEC team), Stanford, and Arizona State convincingly. They hung 60 on UCLA, the same UCLA that whipped up on Texas.
Auburn barely beat teams like Miss. State, Clemson (OT), and Kentucky. Yes they have beaten LSU, Arkansas, and South Carolina but here is what the BCS is saying, that those teams are better than Oregon's competition, visa vie the leap frog to number one. That, at it's core, is an assumption based on old school home cookin. Period! How do they know? The computers are supposed to give that stat a one twenty fifth score behind the human polls which have Oregon ranked higher.

So there you have it, don't count on Utah getting all of the love if they make this same run in the PAC-12. As long as the BCS is in charge, most schools east of Denver and south of Oklahoma will get the nod before the western teams will. Unless Utah turns into USC. The only problem with that is that Salt Lake is not L.A. and does not have the same TV market.   BOOM!! Now you know what drives the BCS.

That is your lesson for the day.

Sports Radio Callers....whaaaa?

Been listening to sports radio shows and have been amused by the calls about Utah and the jump to the Pac-10. How it will effect the team and future opponents. As the calls come in I hear that Utah is going to be more dominant with better recruits and more money to shore up the facilities that are far behind other PAC-10 schools. I hear that Utah will be creating a gap in strength among their current MWC brethren and specifically BYU. The move to drop Boise State is due to the already difficult schedule on the Utes plate after the jump.

But I think that the callers need to rethink the their reasoning.

If the callers really believe Utah is a top ten program then they are in the belief that Utah can play an SEC, Big 12, or PAC-10 schedule and fare the same as the 5-0 start contends. Yet they believe that Utah will get better after the move to the Pac-10. If the team is top ten now....how much better can they get? The callers theory is they can handle the best of the best right now. So if they are that good, why the need to move to another conference other than money?
Now I am being a bit condescending but the fact remains that Utah in it's current form could not contend week in and week out in the SEC. I think they could hold their own in any other conference in the country.
But now Utah is falling in line with the BCS powers they have been bashing for the past decade. Dropping Boise State only shows that Utah is going to do what all the other AQ teams do, schedule cupcakes because their schedule in the PAC-12 is going to be difficult enough without playing the Boise States of the future. And the callers on the radio show stating that they are top ten right now but after the conference jump they are going to make this huge progression is just silly, if they are now what the callers consider a top ten team.

Utah is a team that can play with anybody, but it has been the recruiting and coaching of those recruits that has turned Utah into the team that it is. Better talent could make them an even better team, but I kind of like the Utah team that coaches up talent rather than being considered great due to a bunch of 5 star divas that don't go all in.

Coach Whitt keep doing what you are doing...that philosophy is working just fine!

A Quiet 5-0 is Just Fine

To say that it was surprising what Utah did to Iowa State would be a huge understatement. Considering Utah spotted them 14 points and proceeded to dismantle them on offense was astonishing to put it mildly. I assumed a Big 12 team of any caliber would be able to put up a fight but Saturday night Utah seemed to have the better coaching, athletes, and attitude.
BIG 12? Really? How does this arrogant conference still manage to keep their nose in the air? Iowa State plays Oklahoma this week and if it is televised I suggest every Ute fan watch to see how the Sooners play against ISU. This should give you some gauge as to what kind of team Utah really has.

If the Sooners struggle but win by a ten points or less, Utah has a special team.

If they blow out ISU, you are still wondering how strong the Utah team is.

If the Sooners lose...Utah could run the table and have a shot at the national title game.

You may think that I am a homer and may be putting to much credence into the Utah win, but consider what Coach Whittingham has been saying since he took over as head coach, "You don't know what kind of team you have until six weeks into the season", well here we are going into week six and if Saturday night was any indication, Utah has a damn fine team.
Read what the ISU head coach thinks about Utah:
Cyclone Football: No.10 Utah Blasts Iowa State 68-27

The TCU game is building up to be a battle of unbeatens on November 6, and I would expect The College Game Day crew to be on hand if that is the case.

I have freed up some time to start blogging daily. After I started a new gig I was not sure how much time I would have to continue but I have settled in and want to get back at it.