Mountain West Spite

The decision by the Mountain West to switch the Boise State-TCU battle scheduled for next fall from TCU to Boise to both punish the Horned Frogs for leaving the conference and reward Boise for joining is just the latest example of small mindedness on part of conference officials. Sure you are mad at TCU, despite the money and prestige the Horned Frogs gave the conference these past few years. But if the goal is to give what will be a loaded Boise team a shot at the national title game, decreasing the strength of schedule for Boise is not the way to do it. The team's marquee non-conference game is Mississippi in Oxford on September 3rd. If the Rebels--who need to find a QB--do not surprise everyone and contend in a loaded SEC West, then winning at TCU would have possibly been the best way for the Broncos to impress the voters. But perhaps that is not as important as the Boise faithful have led us to believe.