A stupid question

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Originally Posted by Danzig

hawaii is faced with what boise state dealt with last year, a cupcake schedule. their 'tough' opponents aren't. boise state faced one ranked opponent all year last year, and won the bowl game vs that lone ranked team on a last second play. it moved them up, but of course not enough to get a title.
so, the bcs computers run all their numbers, and strength of schedule plays a part. then the human rankings come into play.

all the colleges pad their schedule with some not so difficult teams. it gives them a breather, and smaller colleges some money to play with and pay their bills. trouble comes when they don't have top notch opponents to move them up in the rankings.

Hawaii is in a league which the bottom teams are down more than they usually are. Plus no one any good wants to go to Hawaii and play them there. If I had a ranked team they would be the last non-conference team I would want to mess with. Boise in Boise would be another.