Yahoo Sports’ Pat Forde manages to be both an SEC apologist and Boise State booster at the same time, while slamming anyone who isn’t (bold below is italics in original):
People say Alabama had its shot? Well, Oklahoma State had its shot, too. All the Cowboys had to do was win their final two games and they were in the title game. Then they went to Ames and were shocked by 29-point underdog Iowa State.
That invoked a little-known BCS bylaw, rule 10.3.1.14, which reads thusly: Any team that loses to Iowa State is automatically ineligible to win the national title.
Alabama lost by three to the undisputed No. 1 team in the land. Oklahoma State lost to a Cyclones team that finished 6-6. There is no comparison.
That is the image the national media has of us. As we saw earlier this year, that image is fatal should the real Conferencepocalypse occur.