One Fan's View

I love the underdog.

Whether it be football, basketball, or chess, I almost always find myself rooting for the underdog. And maybe that’s why I like Boise State…(told you I could start a sentence with “and”, Mrs. Etgen).

I absolutely hate the argument that Boise State shouldn’t be in the running for the national championship, because “they don’t play anybody”.

The reason they don’t play anybody, is because “anybody” won’t play them. They are afraid of the fighting Petersen’s. They know he is fearless, they know he’ll do anything to win. As recent as last summer, Boise State was shopping around a 2 for 1, as in we’ll play 2 games at your place if you’ll come play us on the Smurf Turf.

Know how many calls they got? None. Maybe it’s because they are 80-2 there since 1999. Maybe it’s because the big boys would rather play 1-AA schools, I don’t know…but you can’t fault them for not playing anyone when no one will play them.

Now, after making this next argument, if you don’t agree with me, you never will, so you can probably stop reading.

If TODAY, you moved LSU or Alabama, and all their players, coaches, stadiums, fans, etc. to the Mountain West, would they deserve to be in the National Championship picture? They would play the exact same competition Boise State would be playing. They’d be playing “nobodies” week after week…some scouts say those 2 schools have as many as 17 NFL ready players, right now.

If your answer is no, you’re lying to yourself. LSU and Alabama are good because they have good players, and they supposedly play a good schedule. But in the same token, Boise State isn’t regarded as highly because they “don’t play anybody”…in my opinion, if you’ve got good enough players to compete, which the Broncos have shown they do, they should get their shot.

The problem is, if they ever do get their shot, they’d probably win a National Title.

This is one of the things that makes college football a joke. They say things like “It has the most important regular season of any sport”…when really, they mean “It has the most important regular season of any sport, if you’re in the SEC, Big 12, PAC-12, and Big 10″

They say you need to win all your games. Boise State does that. They say you need to play better competition, Boise State has tried, no one will accept.

Another thing that bugs me, is Kellen Moore couldn’t win the Heisman Trophy last year, because he played in the WAC.

“He’s putting up all his stats against WAC defenses”…guess what? He’s doing it with a WAC offensive line, WAC wide receivers, a WAC running back, a WAC coaching staff, and a WAC medical staff.

Let’s look at the stats from Kellen Moore up against those of “the best QB Prospect since Elway”, Andrew Luck.

Last year, Kellen Moore had a higher completion percentage.
He threw for 500 more yards than Luck, with the exact same amount of completions.
He threw for 5 more touchdowns than Luck. With 2 fewer interceptions, with fewer attempts.
Luck’s QB Efficiency Rating was 166.1, which is VERY good…Kellen Moore’s was 185.

Maybe it’s just my love for the Underdog…but I think Boise State not being near the top of the discussion for the National Title picture, is a travesty…but hey, that’s just One Fan’s View.

As we talked about yesterday during out taping of College Football Weekly with Todd Walker (shameless plug, airs at 6pm TONIGHT, on WOSN.), Matt Schilz was officially named the starter for Bowling Green’s week 1 game with Idaho, a week from tonight. Trent Hurley, a RS Fr, gave Schilz all he could handle in preseason camp.

I think this was the choice that most thought would be made all along. The experience Schilz brings to the table, in my opinion, trumps the athletic ability that Hurley has shown. I think Hurley will find his way onto the field, but if BG is going to be competitive in the MAC East, Schilz was the guy they needed to choose.

Couple of interesting things from Coach Dave Clawson’s weekly press conference:

1. He’s not using the Humanitarian Bowl from 2009 against Idaho as motivation.
Which I think is a good thing…there are only a handful of guys on the team that played in that game, so why use it as motivation…

2.) The Kibbie Dome is a “Campbell Soup can cut in half”

I would say that is a fair comparison. It’s quite the unique venue and is a challenge for anyone to play in.

3.) Inexperience.
You can tell right away Clawson knows they are inexperienced…they have 105 players…and 81 are freshman or sophomores. And 34 of them are on the 2-deep roster, which is a challenge now, but will be a big benefit for BG in 2 years or so…but hey, that’s just One Fan’s View.

Just poking around Bowling Green’s football website and stumbled upon this:

http://www.bgsufalcons.com/sports/2010/8/2/FB_0802100052.aspx?path=football

As you can see, in 2014, BG is scheduled to play at Western Kentucky.

So let’s remind ourselves of what the One Fan’s View Trophy would be from this titanic matchup.

If you don’t love that trophy, there is something wrong with you, but hey, that’s just One Fan’s View.

Pulled this interview from Bowling Green’s youtube page…you can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/user/FalconAthletics

It’s an interview with Falcon Sr. DB and Bellefontaine grad Keith Morgan.

Kinda gives you a look into camp and 2-a-days, but hey, that’s just One Fan’s View.

Gearing up to go to some scrimmage football action here tonight (only 1 more week!!!!)…so it got me thinking what football game should happen but don’t…

1). Bowling Green vs Western Kentucky.

Western Kentucky just became a full time Division 1 member in football…and is ALSO located in Bowling Green…I think it would be awesome if these 2 schools played every year…it’s really not that far between the 2 schools (now that I look at it, google maps puts it at 6 hours…so longer than I thought) and their trophy looked something like this:

2.) Findlay vs Urbana.

I know these two schools played a couple of years ago, when Urbana made the jump up to Division 2…but they are two Division 2 schools in Ohio…Urbana ISN’T a member of the GLIAC…and maybe for my selfish reasons, Findlay could probably beat Urbana every year…

3.)Bluffton vs ONU

These 2 schools used to play, then it started to get out of hand, with games that were 29-0, and the last time they played (1997) 55-0…and the past few years, the Polar Bears could have named the score (and could have scored 100 if they really wanted too)…but with the Beavers headed in the right direction under Tyson Veidt (who I’m a big fan off…I really like all of our local college coaches), if the Beavers can get towards the top of the HCAC, I think it would be interesting to see these 2 schools match up…as opposed to ONU almost always looking for a non-conference game…(and we would probably broadcast it on WOSN, which again, for selfish reasons, makes me want this game to happen even more)

4.) Arlington vs Carey

Google Maps puts this one at a half hour between the 2 schools…but with the BVC only having 1 non conference game, this game will probably never happen (at least until Arcadia and Vanlue consolidate)…but it would be Red Devils vs Blue Devils…and who doesn’t think that would be cool…but hey, that’s just One Fan’s View.

Redshirt Junior QB Zac Dysert was named the starting QB for Miami (OH) this morning after a battle with true Sophomore Austin Boucher. Dysert, who missed the last 4 games of the season, including the MAC Championship game and the GoDaddy.com Bowl due to a lacerated spleen he suffered on TD run against Bowling Green.

Ironically, I aired a story last night about the position battle Dysert is in…you can take a peak at it on the video below.

New Miami Head Coach Don Treadwell, recruited Dysert when he was at Michigan State, and I think that familiarity really helped the Ada grad land the starting nod. Dysert, who was 4th in the MAC in passing a season ago, did have trouble with interceptions, with 12 INT’s…and after the way Boucher played in the 4 games he started, I would imagine Dysert will be on a short leash…and a tough start to the season at Minnesota and Missouri…after talking to Treadwell at MAC Media Day, I got the impression that he won’t be in a rush to make a rash decision or anything like that, so I would expect Dysert to at least get 4 or 5 games to show what he can do in Treadwell’s offense before he even thinks about a change…

I expect Dysert to excel, and be one of the top QB’s in the MAC, but hey, that’s just One Fan’s View.