Quote Originally Posted by JAY
my question was why did boise accept the mpc bowl so soon and he said that boise deserved a bowl at home. (i know they are co-champs but that sounds like a little favoritism to his alma mater to me)

here is my take:

cusa and memphis were willing to put memphis in detroit so houston could go bowling. im sure memphis would have rather gone to mobile, fort worth, or hawaii. but they went to detroit to help houston.

the wac and boise st. were not willing to do that for tech. nevada could have drawn a good enough crowd in boise against boston college if boise went to detroit.

he said they did everything possible. i think they did everything possible to try and get tech in motor city bowl. they did not do everything possible to get tech in A BOWL, because they could have offered boise to the motor city bowl.

they say that tech is welcome in the wac, but i dont see them doing anything for us.
With all due respect, why shouldn't Boise get to play at home? They earned it on the field in Ruston 2 weeks ago!

If the roles were reversed and the I-Bowl was part of the WAC bowl picture, you would be some of the first to bitch (just as I would) if TECH were asked to abandon a berth in Shreveport for one in Detroit! There would be calls for public lynchings if Oakes or Reneau agreed too such a scenerio to help a conference mate avoid a bowl snub!