Is Playing Boise State Still a Lose-Lose Proposition?

that playing Boise State is just a “Lose” proposition.

And its a damn good point. I think that we really won’t get the credit we deserve if we win that game until later in the year and we find out how good Boise is. However, I think the worst scenario is if VT kills Boise. I’m not saying it’s likely, but if Kellen Moore throws 3 picks and Tech wins 42-14, that’s when people will write off Boise and probably shortchange the Hokies a bit. Either way, this is a fine, fine line when talking about possible repercussions.

Suppose we win against Boise St. our next 2 games are at home against JMU and ECU…

The national media wont care if we blow these teams out, but rather focus on our strength of schedule. I think that there is great potential for VT to win a lot of games this season, but my fear is that our schedule will be criticized once again by the national media. Leaving us with a lack of respect that I think we have earned due to the stability of our program over the past decade.

Lose Lose

Obviously Vegas thinks the game is worth the gamble because they pick them to win anyways. We’ll see if that changes once the games gets closer and the public influences the line, but the line says a lot about a game that’s played less than 300 miles from VT and ~2000 miles for Boise.

calls it a win or a loss. If both teams finish out their seasons with undefeated (with the exception of the loss to the other team) then it will be a win. If we were to loose to Boise and they went to the national championship, then yet again our big loss at the begging of the season was to a national championship team. It only becomes loose loose if either team tanks there season or Boise looses a game they should just dominate in after beating us.

Losing to a team ranked 5+ positions ahead of you in rank isn’t a bad thing and probably won’t drop more than 2 spots in ranking. How the collective college football audience would view VT is another story. They might tend to view a lose to BSU as losing to an above average team. BSU can put 35 on the board pretty easily, but you don’t hear to much about their defense, which I think has improved a lot in the past 4 years. They scheme well and are pretty fast. Boises D-line is solid and very deep. Whatever happens I think it’s gonig to be a great game!

How would the Hokies like the treatment Boise State gets from the national media? If the Broncos win it’s " the VT D was too young " or " they wern’t ready to play " ( the Oregon game last year). If VT wins it’s ’ I told you, it was just a matter of time before Boise State was exposed " We fans put up with this BS all the time see (M. May/C. James). Take a look at it from our side. Not so much fun, is it? Good luck to the Hokies, I hope they win all their games but one.

At least Va Tech and Boise are both poised to be something this season. For Ole Miss (Boise’s opponent next year), it will basically be a $900k advertisement.

I think this would be a lose-lose if you were the Big East. But in the ACC, you can still “control your destiny” by winning the rest of your schedule and still show up in a BCS bowl and even the BCS title game. It’s more close to a lose-tie than a lose-lose. But sadly, much like Va Tech, Boise won’t be given much credit by the WWCL for it either way. All that is coming in pre-season hype. We will drop 2-4 spots in the BCS polls come November.

It is an interesting Idea.

From a Boise fan w/ Hokie glasses on, I’d say that you may be right. If you lose then you lost to a “mid major”. If you win, you beat a team that was overrated (in the eyes of the media) and that won’t be heard of much the rest of the year. And yes, that is even assuming they win the rest of their games. Thats a tough situation considering the actual team you will be playing is talented, and maybe most importantly experienced and game-ready.

Playing a BCS caliber team with a WAC label is always a lose-lose.
The problem is playing a BCS caliber team with a WAC label means it is, nearly, life and death for that team. It will be tough to match the emotion that BSU will bring, even with a home crowd. VT players still know, even if its in the back of their minds, we are not suppose to be “that good.”

Just win the damn game, Hokies.

Again – I measure wins/losses by the Win/Loss column.

If BSU has something to prove to the skeptics, they know what to do. Same goes for VT.

I have always, & will always, maintain that the BCS was an SEC-conspired clusterf#@k intended to keep that division ensconced as the Holy Grail of CFB. Until a playoff system is instituted & the BCS is buried with Jimmy Hoffa, never to be found, we’ll continue to have BS arguments like this.

These kids are here for the love of football. Let ’em play & take the politics of money & “heritage” out of the picture. Other sports have playoff systems. The arguments against one in CFB are as flimsy & insulting as a Rush Limbaugh commentary on class equality.

from any political commentary in comment threads. This goes for both sides of the aisle.

This Boise State fan has tons of respect for VT. Ignore Bluecose, we both have “over-excited” goof balls that talk smack. I think the Boise defense and VT offensive match-up is pretty much a wash. The key to this game is going to be who has the best game plan between the Bronco offense and Hokie defense. Boise is tough when they have time to prepare for a big game. The Hokies are just plain tough. I see this one 27 to 24 with the team that best addresses the “key to the game” winning. Can’t wait for this one!!!

Not much of it if the O Line can’t block. Ryan Winterswyk is a monster. Mackey and Venable will read that run game like a book.