Boise State: Playing For The BCS Title Against Your Team?

It's that time of year again. Temperatures are dropping, albeit only slightly. Children are back in school. The pool is green.

In a matter of days, expect to start seeing commercials reminding us that Christmas is less than four months away.

With the college football season ready to begin, fans across the country are starting to wonder who their team will play for the National Championship this year. That's because right now, everyone's team is undefeated and looking really good on paper.

Forget the out-of-conference games. It doesn't matter who or where your team is playing, these are all guaranteed victories.

Utah State in Norman, where Oklahoma happens to boast the nations' longest home winning streak at 30 games? For an Aggies' fan, this just means bad news for the Sooners.

The only real challenges will come from inside the conference, but, of course, with just a little luck, you can see your team making a run at the crystal ball.

Through some complicated mental gymnastics, you have already envisioned every scenario the season could possibly hold in store for your team. Neither injuries, turnovers, questionable coaching nor scandals will hold them back this year.

You have reasoned out how, no matter what the odds-makers may say, your team has what it takes to make the BCS Championship.

Sure they haven't had a winning season in two years but many Michigan fans out there have looked through the Wolverines' schedule and chalked up a victory in every game.

There may even be a Colorado fan who really believes Dan Hawkins could pull a rabbit out of the hat and get the 'Buffs into the title game. Trust me, somebody is this stupid.

The season hasn't started yet. Expectations are high and stumbling blocks are low. This is well before the reality of replacing your entire defensive unit or offensive line sends your hopes crashing like a 16-year-old with a cell phone and a new drivers license.

So what team realistically has the best chance of making it to the championship? Who looks to be the safest bet to make it all the way... to face your team, of course.

While the vast majority of the other top teams have numerous difficult games to navigate throughout the course of the season, Boise State, once again, has to only show up at most of their games to be 12-0 going into bowl season.

They have 20 starters returning from last years undefeated, Fiesta Bowl winning team while facing a schedule weaker than Al Gore's consensus on global warming.

In the WAC (We Are Cupcakes) Conference, only Fresno State and Nevada are capable of putting up more resistance than a Frenchman defending his border.

Only an out-of-conference game against Virginia Tech to open the year, and possibly Oregon State later, stands between them and another undefeated regular season.

With a top five preseason ranking and the fact everybody else is likely to have at least one loss this year, an undefeated Broncos' team is most likely to make the title game.

Las Vegas has the Broncos' at the No. 4 position with 10-1 odds of being the national champions for 2010. Only Alabama (9-2), Ohio State (5-1) and Florida (8-1) have better odds from the experts of wearing the crown when the dust settles.

All three of these teams have much harder schedules and a better chance to stumble during the season. Look for all three to drop at least one game along the way.

I'm not telling you this so you can go out and bet the rent check that Boise State will make this game. The season hasn't even started yet and I do not encourage or condone betting on games.

I'm not some degenerate gambler whose wife has kicked him out, whose own children won't speak to him anymore and whose 1975 Pinto is on blocks out in front of his government housing apartment. And I don't appreciate the vicious rumors about me to the contrary.

I wouldn't be betting that Boise State will play for the national championship even if I weren't banned from all the local Indian casinos. It's way too early for that.

However, when Boise State is 1-0 after week one, if someone could send me the name of a bookie who doesn't already know me, it would be greatly appreciated. There's a steering wheel from a mid '70's Ford in it for you.