feedback from Ketch:
He just can't acknowledge or accept BU place among the top tier programs..
No. 4 - Who let Baylor skip in front of the line?
One of the seemingly tried and true rules of college football is that the have-nots have to prove they can play with the have-everythings in the sport before any kind of real street cred is given and the only way that really happens is by scheduling tough out of conference opponents and winning BCS games that matter against BCS opponents that matter.
When Boise State beat Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, that program earned its respect. When
Louisville beat Florida in the Sugar Bowl, Charlie Strong’s program earned its respect.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the release of the initial Top 25 Coaches Poll this week is the fact that Baylor seems to have been able to skip the process of proving itself to the rest of the nation, at least that’s the message that seemed to be given when the Bears debuted at No. 4 over a host of proven programs.
Let’s keep it real with Baylor for a second and this comes from someone that wore green and gold as a child all the way through my teenage years … Baylor hasn’t really proven anything other than it can conquer the Big 12 when Texas and Oklahoma are shambles of their normal profile from most of the last two decades. In each of the last two seasons Baylor has won a down Big 12, the Bears were exposed in losses to Central Florida and Michigan State in bowl games and because the Bears won’t schedule anyone with a pulse in non-conference, only failure exists in these important spotlight moments.
Yet, there the Bears are without a proven quarterback sitting in the top four in front of Oregon and … wait for it … the same Michigan State team that beat Baylor in the Cotton Bowl earlier this year and one that returns starting quarterback Connor Cook.
The Bears don’t play anyone better than West Virginia before mid-November, which means that they're only a few steps away from the finish line before the race ever begins, in part because the coaches have given Art Briles’ program exactly the kind of pass it would never give a Boise State, even though BSU had exactly the kind of skins on the wall that Baylor doesn’t.
He just can't acknowledge or accept BU place among the top tier programs..
No. 4 - Who let Baylor skip in front of the line?
One of the seemingly tried and true rules of college football is that the have-nots have to prove they can play with the have-everythings in the sport before any kind of real street cred is given and the only way that really happens is by scheduling tough out of conference opponents and winning BCS games that matter against BCS opponents that matter.
When Boise State beat Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, that program earned its respect. When
Louisville beat Florida in the Sugar Bowl, Charlie Strong’s program earned its respect.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the release of the initial Top 25 Coaches Poll this week is the fact that Baylor seems to have been able to skip the process of proving itself to the rest of the nation, at least that’s the message that seemed to be given when the Bears debuted at No. 4 over a host of proven programs.
Let’s keep it real with Baylor for a second and this comes from someone that wore green and gold as a child all the way through my teenage years … Baylor hasn’t really proven anything other than it can conquer the Big 12 when Texas and Oklahoma are shambles of their normal profile from most of the last two decades. In each of the last two seasons Baylor has won a down Big 12, the Bears were exposed in losses to Central Florida and Michigan State in bowl games and because the Bears won’t schedule anyone with a pulse in non-conference, only failure exists in these important spotlight moments.
Yet, there the Bears are without a proven quarterback sitting in the top four in front of Oregon and … wait for it … the same Michigan State team that beat Baylor in the Cotton Bowl earlier this year and one that returns starting quarterback Connor Cook.
The Bears don’t play anyone better than West Virginia before mid-November, which means that they're only a few steps away from the finish line before the race ever begins, in part because the coaches have given Art Briles’ program exactly the kind of pass it would never give a Boise State, even though BSU had exactly the kind of skins on the wall that Baylor doesn’t.
