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Goliaths should visit David's crib
Published: 1/4/2007 11:32 AM
Last Modified: 1/4/2007 11:32 AM

The Boise State Broncos had difficulty getting big-time opponents to come to their place even before a Fiesta Bowl victory over Okahoma.
Scheduling just got harder.
Plenty of BCS schools are willing to play non-BCS opponents at home. Very few are willing to play non-BCS teams on the road. That's why the system stinks. The big guy never wants to give the little guy a fair shake. Tulsa had the same problem when it was red-hot in basketball, though Kansas and Iowa were gutsy enough to visit the Reynolds Center.
Oklahoma is not scared of scheduling difficult nonconference games. The Sooners seem to play at least one tough nonleague game every season. I would like to see OU, as a show of newfound respect for Boise State, call Boise State officials and try to arrange a home-and-home series in the future. The Broncos earned it. And maybe other schools will follow suit.
It's not an embarrassment in college basketball when North Carolina loses to Gonzaga. It shouldn't be an embarrassment in college football when a BCS school loses to Boise State in the future.


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Schofield (6 years ago)
It's mostly about revenue. Playing at home in your own stadium brings in more money than going to a smaller school with fewer seats. They do seem to schedule the smaller schools to help get to bowl eligibility.....can't be losing non-conference games when you may lose some conference games. Anymore, one loss almost takes you out of the title hunt.
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