tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post116724223264943453..comments2024-03-20T02:19:42.015-07:00Comments on BarkBoard.com: What the Future HoldsBarkBoard.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371532385025154602noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1167942966674905002007-01-04T12:36:00.000-08:002007-01-04T12:36:00.000-08:00While a game like the Fiesta Bowl may be a good br...While a game like the Fiesta Bowl may be a good break overall for mid majors it definitely diminishes Fresno State in the eyes of the nation. Now Boise State is becoming the mid major school the Bulldogs used to be viewed as. In the end the failure to follow through year after year will be what does the Dogs in.nschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09195649645048645277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1167818298705107752007-01-03T01:58:00.000-08:002007-01-03T01:58:00.000-08:00The Fiesta Bowl that Boise State just won may have...The Fiesta Bowl that Boise State just won may have been the worst thing that could have happened for Fresno State in fact. While it will be easier for non-AQ teams to get into BCS bowls now, and they will probably be able to get more votes and attention from pollsters, Fresno State has always been for whatever reason a different kind of mid-major in the minds of voters than every other. I think that if it was Fresno State, not Boise State, who had gone undefeated this year, even with the same schedule, there would have been a much greater call to put the 'dogs in the national championship instead of Florida. People were genuinely surprised that the 'dogs did so poorly this year. People all over the country, people who vote in the AP, Harris, and Coaches' Polls, think of Fresno State differently than any other WAC school, or at least they did. Now that Boise has won such a wild and incredibly memorable Fiesta bowl, the level of respect that people have for Fresno State will change, maybe irrevocably. That Fiesta Bowl was the kind of game people will remember for a long time, and it was really an incredible game. But it will change how the WAC is viewed, how Boise is viewed, and how Fresno is viewed.<BR/><BR/>Mike from BakersfieldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1167463902722291192006-12-29T23:31:00.000-08:002006-12-29T23:31:00.000-08:00Hey, NSC, I was just thinking about this on the ot...Hey, NSC, I was just thinking about this on the other site (bark board): Could it be that Coach Hill was sort of "caught with his evaluative pants down" when TB underperformed this year? Do you suppose that he really expected Brandstater to perform at a much higher level and, having put all his eggs into the TB basket, simply couldn't admit that he was wrong?<BR/><BR/>I don't know if that is true, but if so it goes a long way toward explaining the inexplicable.<BR/><BR/>In your blog you say that either TB or Colburn must step up next season. However, if Shakespeare is correct, then "the past is prologue." Hence, you might as well be saying that TB needs to step up, beccause he is the only one who will receive actual consideration at qb. <BR/><BR/>Otherwise, Coach Hill will have to admit he was wrong in his evaluation of TB; THAT is not going to happen, my friend.<BR/><BR/>Steve BurnesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com