The college football season started out with a bang as LaGarrette Blount jabbed Byron Houk of Boise State and the season ended with Colt McCoy playing for an NFL career. Who can blame the Colt? Literally, Colt could make millions if he becomes a starting quarterback in the NFL. Even as a back up he will pull in just under a million bucks a year for the next 15 years. Ask former Heisman Trophy winners Ty Detmer and Troy Smith. A back up NFL QB is not a bad way to go in life. Even without Colt the Longhorns were more than game nearly pulling off the upset. Forget the final score which looks like a blowout the Longhorns were one bad shovel pass away from potentially changing the outcome of the college football season with a back up 18 year old baby faced QB.
Give credit though to Alabama. They minimized the damage to their first quarter mistakes and they took full advantage of the Longhorn mistakes converting Texas turnovers into touchdowns. Give credit also to Boise State. The Broncos completed another undefeated season. Their second unblemished record in the past four years. The Smurf turf kings were also one point away from from having three unblemished records in the past four years thanks to the Poinsettia Bowl loss to the TCU Horned Frogs which they avenged their loss on the big stage this year in the Valley of the Sun.
With all the fine finishes in the NCAA by teams like Alabama, Florida, and Ohio State plus a very game performance by the Longhorns of the lone star state the team that scares the bejeezies out of the rest of the NCAA resides in Idaho. It's time teams start to recognize Boise State as an elite program despite playing the the WAC and start playing home and home battles on the Smurf Turf. Boise State whipped their best competition in 11th ranked Oregon and 6th ranked TCU, now its time for some non-conference battles versus the best of the best. I am sure the Broncos would have no problem doing home and homes with Florida or Georgia two teams they have taken road trips to play this decade and were soundly whooped. Those were games while Boise was still building its name. Now the Broncos are getting top talent from California and dominating the Rocky Mountain states for the best recruits. Former Broncos coach though recruiting was going to be easier at Colorado but he is losing out to his former employer for the top recruits of the region. Don't expect the Broncos to have much of a fall-off in coming years. In the words of former Iowa Head Coach Hayden Frye when asked in during his first year after the 1981 Rose Bowl if his team as rebuilding he grunted, "We don't rebuilt anymore, we reload". The Broncos are on the big stage. Recruits want to win are going to Boise State. The Broncos are loaded for 2010!
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