Schadenfreude At Its Finest

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Excuse me, let's try to maintain at least a modicum of professionalism, Peter.  It is difficult, though, given that Boise State lost leaving their hordes of supporters silent for the first time in years.  I have to be honest, I am not really sure why I dislike Boise State so much.  I usually enjoy underdog stories.  I watched them in the greatest college football game ever played.  The "bad blood" (and I use the quotes very loosely) between Bronco fans and Duck fans is over-hyped.

So what drives me so crazy about Boise State that I would actually feel genuine happiness watching them lose?  If I had to guess, I think I can only hear the "we belong there" argument so many times before it makes me drive a tack-board through my eyeballs.  At some point, and BSU definitely crossed that point a while ago, your results do the talking.  This was the first regular season game they had lost since November 2007.  36 months have passed since they last lost a regular season game.  That is absurd, regardless whether you think they play an easy schedule or not (SOS doesn't seem to think so).

But still, week after week after week, you heard the cries of injustice from Bronco fans.  Did they need to keep screaming at the top of their lungs on a weekly basis?  I mean, I know there is nothing to do in Boise but watch the Smurfs play on Saturday (or Thursday night in this year's case), but we get it: you guys are good and you win a lot of games.

And I think that that, more than anything else, is why I am happy that Boise State lost.  There is no more discussion to be had on whether or not the Boises or the TCU's of the world belong with the "big boys."  They do and they will be around for a long time I expect.  But they felt the need to keep announcing their presence to everyone.  They cried "wolf" a few too many times.

Could Boise State compete with the best of the AQ schools?  Would they beat Nevada 7 times out of 10?  Have they proven  themselves worthy of national championship talk?  Yes, yes and yes.  But for one fateful night, the answer was no.  And the hordes of voices were silent.

And that silence makes me happy.