It’s been a depressing bowl season in the DFCF household with the Pack not participating. Watching also-ran teams like Temple and East Carolina playing for a chance at a 10 win season, something the Pack has only done once in the history of our program (thank you Philip). Both Temple and ECU ultimately fell short, but it was still a kick in the gut watching them play for that distinction.
Then Virginia Tech, a program that was an equally mediocre football program as the Pack as recent as the early ’90s, completed their sixth consecutive 10 win season with a spanking of Tennessee. The only team with a longer active streak is Texas with nine. Congrats to the Hokies! They have proved that it can be done … take notes Lee Fowler.
My breaking point came on Monday night watching the Fiesta Bowl. Yes Boise State plays in the weakest conference in the country, but even still they have done an outstanding job of putting together a very very good football program. Sorry, that is as far as I’m willing to go in my praise of the Broncos. I don’t know, maybe if they change their home turf color to green I’ll be able to take them serious. Just seems too self-righteous and gimmicky to me. Anyway, let me get back on topic. With Boise State’s win in the Fiesta Bowl it gave them their second BCS win … let me repeat that … their second BCS win … in the last four years. That is two more BCS wins than State has winning seasons in the same time frame.
I’m not some insane lunatic that thinks NC State football should be a top 10 team every year. More like top 5, right? So maybe I am an insane lunatic, but with our football facilities, die-hard fan base, fine academic university, and desirable location there is no excuse why we shouldn’t at least be playing in a bowl every year. Is that too much to ask?
