All is well in the BCS world, unless ...

Published Dec. 4, 2009 6:47 p.m. ET

Peter Schrager

When I wrote a few weeks ago detailing what I thought Boise State needed to happen for the Broncos to play in a January BCS bowl game, I received hundreds of emails from places like Meridian and Pocatello. Those are cities in Idaho. I had no idea.

Every hour, the emails would keep coming and coming. I'd never seen a fan base respond to an article with such swiftness, such immediacy, and with such collective force.