I agree with you to an extent.  I think the SEC and Pac 10 are superior leagues this year and you have to consider any team with one to two losses out of those leagues ha to be considered in the championship discussion this year.  However, I do not think the Big 12, ACC and Big East are great conferences.  Especially the Big 12.  There is not a more overrated conference on a yearly basis.  Outside of Vince Young's Texas team that conference has constantly been exposed in the bowl games.  USC thumping Oklahoma for the national title.  LSU beating Oklahoma up for the national title.  Boise State beating Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.  Nobody can convince me that Hawaii wouldn't be the faster team with the better offense if they played Missouri.  

The knock on Hawaii is their schedule.  However, they tried to get bigger name teams to play them home and home and they got rebuffed.  Quite simply, nobody forces teams in the bigger conferences to play WAC or Mountain West schools home and home so they avoid it at all costs. For example, Hawaii and Michigan State were supposed to play this season.  During the summer, Michigan State backed out of the game because quite simply, they didn't want to lose to Hawaii.  The Warriors were forced to scramble and put Northern Colorado on the slate.  They didn't want to do that.  

In my opinion, if the sport is going to place a premium on the regular season then we have to reward Hawaii with a spot in the national title game should they run the table.


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