Bill, Agreed, to a point. In a bowl game environment, I wouldn't be shocked to see Boise beat Ohio State. That is not to dismiss Ohio State or say they are a bad team. Far from it. I am saying that they are flat out underrated and what we should do is eliminate the 'BCS vs non-BCS conference' labels.
Corey, This just reinforces the point I made earlier in the year about Fresno State, Rutgers, Louisville, Hawaii, Boise State?, Ball State, South Florida. All of these teams play in conferences with limited competition. They have a year or two where they clearly outclass everyone else in their conference and they may even pick off a major college or two. They don't don't have to fight big time competition week in and week out like the major conferences (and Notre Dame of course) do. The other dynamic is that the coach of these teams becomes the hot commodity of the day. If they are smart they strike while the iron is hot and move to a major school, if they don't they start looking like Schiano. Is anyone offering him millions this year? 8)