"We deserve respect."
You've heard it. So have I. And, they've got a case if you take some of their recent success against teams like UGA, Oregon, and Oklahoma. Even with that consideration granted I'm still left with a bad taste when I consider this path the school has traveled these last few years.
Let's not forget this is the school that decided to leave the Mountain West conference and join the Big East. One of the reasons? Because the Big East had automatic qualifier status in the BCS.
When Boise State decided not to join the Big East (now AAC) and return to the Mountain West they cited in their lawsuit that the reasons they wanted to make the move no longer existed. This is all true. As you're well aware, the AAC isn't one of the "Big 5" conferences.
Here in the last few weeks we've seen the major conferences talk about autonomy. Wednesday, in an interview with the Associated Press, Mike Slive pointed out that this autonomy would allow the "Big 5" to decide how their own legislative process works in many areas affecting their athletes.
An autonomy and position Boise State wanted to be a part of...
But now?
Yesterday we have Boise State president, Bob Kustra, sending a three page email out to various media outlets blasting the very autonomy these conferences are seeking to attain: the same conferences he wanted to be a part of a few years ago.
I'm going to set aside the fact it was a questionable decision for Boise State to hitch its wagon to a conference who has its main office some 3000 miles away from their campus. It's a smaller world today.
I can't set aside the duplicity. The school's administration made a bad move. They realized it was a bad move and backed out and now find themselves exactly where they were five years ago—on the outside looking in.
It's one thing to voice displeasure and offer criticism to a group that you are not a part of; entirely different when you wanted to be part of the same group.
My opinion: Let them scream and complain until their blue.
You've heard it. So have I. And, they've got a case if you take some of their recent success against teams like UGA, Oregon, and Oklahoma. Even with that consideration granted I'm still left with a bad taste when I consider this path the school has traveled these last few years.
Let's not forget this is the school that decided to leave the Mountain West conference and join the Big East. One of the reasons? Because the Big East had automatic qualifier status in the BCS.
When Boise State decided not to join the Big East (now AAC) and return to the Mountain West they cited in their lawsuit that the reasons they wanted to make the move no longer existed. This is all true. As you're well aware, the AAC isn't one of the "Big 5" conferences.
Here in the last few weeks we've seen the major conferences talk about autonomy. Wednesday, in an interview with the Associated Press, Mike Slive pointed out that this autonomy would allow the "Big 5" to decide how their own legislative process works in many areas affecting their athletes.
An autonomy and position Boise State wanted to be a part of...
But now?
Yesterday we have Boise State president, Bob Kustra, sending a three page email out to various media outlets blasting the very autonomy these conferences are seeking to attain: the same conferences he wanted to be a part of a few years ago.
I'm going to set aside the fact it was a questionable decision for Boise State to hitch its wagon to a conference who has its main office some 3000 miles away from their campus. It's a smaller world today.
I can't set aside the duplicity. The school's administration made a bad move. They realized it was a bad move and backed out and now find themselves exactly where they were five years ago—on the outside looking in.
It's one thing to voice displeasure and offer criticism to a group that you are not a part of; entirely different when you wanted to be part of the same group.
My opinion: Let them scream and complain until their blue.
