TCU, Boise State face tough road in BCS
Since none of the Big Ten Conference teams has any shot at winning college football's national championship, I'm left rooting for the little guys.
In other words, my hope for the championship is that someone other than the same old big schools wins. It's always a long shot for schools like TCU, Cincinnati and Boise State that aren't in major conferences to get a fair shake at any BCS bowls, let alone in the championship game. And even after TCU beat 16th-ranked Utah 55-28 yesterday to move to 10-0, the Horned Frogs and the others need help.
Fellow unbeatens Florida, Alabama and Texas all remain ahead of TCU, Cincinnati and Boise State in the updated BCS standings released today. None of them have potential dazzling wins left on their schedules. That means they'll all be reliant on two of the Big Three losing the rest of the way to have a shot.
Texas has Kansas and Texas A&M remaining on its schedule. In other words, the Longhorns aren't losing. Alabama will face Florida Dec. 5 in the SEC championship. Neither should lose before then. In other words, barring something crazy happnening, TCU, Cincinnati and Boise State are unfortunately out of luck.
