Ball St. Undefeated but not BCS bound
Ball st finished a perfect 12-0 heading into the postseason with nothing more than an outside shot at a BCS game. What makes the MAC any worse than the MWC? What makes UTAH, BYU, TCU better than the MAC teams? I don’t think they are and the point being that Utah should be allowed to play Ball st for a shot at a BCS game. They are basically the Kings of the mid majors this season with Boise st. Maybe Boise plays Ball st for a chance at Utah and a BCS birth. Sure it won’t happen but for some reason Ball st isn’t getting the props that Utah is and I’m not sure why.
People talk up schedules and I’m great to argue those. Ball st didn’t play anyone really good at all. They beat Indiana on the road but the Hoosiers won 3 games. They beat Navy who had some decent wins but that was early in the season and Navy football isn’t exactly amazing. The rest of the schools were conference schools basically so nothing great there. Utah beat Michigan but so did everyone else. Utah beat TCU and BYU this season but both those games were at home. The best win on Utah’s schedule is the win vs Oregon st. Oregon St just might win the Pac 10 this season after upsetting USC earlier in the year so that’s a big deal and what gives them the lift when it comes to head to head vs Ball st.
Ball st will end up in a nice bowl game and deservedly so. To go undefeated is great and should push their program to new heights. What usually happens though are the mid major coaches do well and move up and you could see that happening here as well.
