Coast to Coast: Les Miles, Dumb Luck, and Insane Girlfriends

(Things have been slow to develop around here over the past two weeks because of various obligations, travel time, and anxiety about the MSU game.  I will try to produce more regular posts this week and beyond.)

Tell me he isn't crazy.  Crazy like a fox.

We've all been there.  You are just starting to get over a bad breakup and you meet a girl and everything clicks.  She seems perfect.  She's cute and talkative and she busts your balls just enough to get you riled up but has a really sweet side that only comes out when the two of you are alone.  You're into it and have to pinch yourself because things are going so great, all the while in the back of your head you worry just a bit that the other shoe is going to drop.  Could she be this great?

Coast to Coast: Week One

Hopefully the first of a series of weekly round-ups from other games around the country, depending on how much alcohol I consume on a given Saturday, and what that does to my viewing schedule.


It's not who you are, it's who you beat.

Boise State has officially arrived.  Well, kind of arrived.  I mean, they've been here for, uh, well.  You know, right?

If it seems like I have a hard time expressing my feelings on the "Boise State situation", I'm not the only one.  It is the same story this year as it has been for the last few, a fiesty upstart from the WAC gets an impressive non-conference win, wanders through a weak conference season to an undefeated record, and then wants a seat at the table with the big boys.  We've all seen this movie before.  The college football world has always had an easy time pushing aside the Broncos in favor of more "deserving" teams, only to be reminded during bowl week that this Boise State team is for real.  Problem is, no one has been able to really come to terms with just what Boise State's place in the college football landscape should entitle it to.  Luckily that has never been a problem...until now.

This year, Boise has given us no choice but to come up with an answer.  With an impressive win over perennially good   but equally prone to big game choke jobs   Virginia Tech, Boise State has staked an impressive claim to its current position in the polls.  Coming in to the season under loads of preseason hype, returning 20 of 22 starters from an undefeated 2009 team that had wins against Oregon and TCU, Boise State has delivered on its end.  Beating Virginia Tech should leave no doubt that this program is for real, but that isn't the fundamental question that will keep Boise out of the MNC hunt.