It's a dirty job but someone's gotta' do it.

Looks like I have found another idiot to put in his place. This time I will not be taking on a legitimate sportswriter from si.com, but some sort of chimpanzee who someone let get in front of a computer, he goes by the name of Ryan K. Mitchell. Just read a little bit of this steaming pile and you will see what I mean. This is just some amateur blogger (much like myself) who decided to jump in the middle of a non-existent story and promote his own sort of uninformed banter that is about as intelligent and useful as the contents of the used diaper that I just threw away. Let's get this thing started;

First of all, if you are going to use Bleacher Report as your only source to back up your claim, then you can go ahead and expect a lot of backlash to come your way. Bleacher Report is where regular contributor's from most schools get on and post a very biased story about the team that they support. You will find similar articles from other contributors at other schools who talk the same junk about their next opponent. Bleacher Report is an apparatus for homers to get on and do what homers do. The first rule of decent amateur blogging is; don't use Bleacher Report to get all up in arms and cracked out of your mind. Mr. Mitchell, you have committed a cardinal sin. Along with that, let me provide my readers and his with a few links where you can find substantial proof that Boise State and the media in this neck of the woods is not disregarding the Hokies, but rather respecting and fearing them. Let's go with this one (the first two paragraphs really), this bad boy (this one is a fan blog), oh and click here (an official message board, to which Mr. Mitchell was referring in his dumpster fire of a post). Those are just a few that I found quickly searching. You will not find anything out of the norm of what fans post about upcoming games. Compare it to other message boards about other schools. I also found this quote that gives as much respect and awe to a team and a game as you are going to find;

"[Boise State vs. Virgina Tech is] the biggest regular-season, non-conference game in WAC history." (WAC Commissioner Karl Benson, source idahostatesman.com

The numbers don't lie. Boise State has been sub par against BCS conferences. But, are we comparing the past to see who will win this upcoming game. I don't think so, at least no one ever has before. Doesn't it make sense that Virginia Tech has a better record against BCS teams than Boise State? For goodness sakes V Tech has been one of the most consistent programs in the country for a long time, and they come from an established BCS conference, the ACC. BSU plays in the WAC and just barely started playing division 1A football games in 1996. I sure hope the Hokies would have a better record. Switch conferences and history and I'm sure the records would flip flop as well. What you need to do, Mr. Mitchell, is look at the history of Boise State in relation to the level that they were playing. I believe there is a 1-AA national championship in there at some point (actually I don't believe, I know it's a fact. The year was 1980). You can't play or recruit any better or more than the level at which you are playing. Like I said, the past doesn't decide the game on Labor Day. It should be a lot of fun to watch, even with internet-privileged primates (Mitchell) posting bull crap to try and ruin it for me!

There is not much more that I can say to discount Ryan K. Mitchell's grease fire of a blog post that he claims is true. Get your facts straight and for the sake of all things good and holy, don't use Bleacher Report as a legitimate source. Ryan K. Mitchell's comments remind me of a quote that I love and fits his claim perfectly; "It's better to stand there and look stupid than to open your mouth (write a blog) and remove all doubt."