"To be the best, you have to beat the best. That is all there is to it." Adam Vinatieri

It was not an upset, it was a great college football team, the Boise State Broncos flying across America to take on a challenger. The Virginia Tech Hokies stepped to the plate and went head-to-head with one of the hottest teams in NCAA football over the past eight years. I wouldn't have to step too far out onto the limb to guess that there was a great number of people that watched Monday nights showdown between two-highly ranked teams in our Nations Capital.

I would also venture to guess that a high percentage of the fans and patrons that were watching the prime time football game were pulling for the Hokies , because nobody wants the 'little school' to have a chance at elite status.

Not so fast, who is the actual 'little guy' in this NCAA football game? I beg to differ that it isn't the Boise State Broncos, they have posted a record of 84-8 overall since 2002, which includes two undefeated seasons. If you still have doubts in the Broncos as an elite team, you find a team that has been more successful in the last decade.

I know there will be backlash that will involve small talk about Boise State playing a weak conference, or playing against sub-par teams week in and week out. All the doubters of the Broncos should check with their respective favorite teams, and see how many of them have perennial bottom dwellers or NCAA FCS teams on their future schedules for the future seasons instead of elite teams. I am guessing that Boise State isn't listed on their future seasons schedules.

Sooner or later, the 'big guns' in the NCAA BCS system are going to be forced to look up at the Broncos that continue to prosper and are found near the top of the heap, each and every season. Boise State recruits just like any other team, except maybe USC during the Pete Carroll regime; and practices the maximum amount of hours allowed, just like any other team, than maybe Michigan. The Wolverines must tell time differently.

I don't care if a team is a mid-major and/or an BCS conference member or even a lower tier team of the NCAA, each and every contest, the athletes get prepared in a locker room by putting their pants or shorts on one leg at a time and one shoe at a time. The minority athletes don't participate in the games to hopefully finish second, everybody plays to win.

There is no place in the United States for contests to be played on paper. There are even tic-tac-toe video games now, so the paper can be used to wipe away the garbage written about the BCS and Major conference schools reigning as king of the NCAA. Every school, big or small has a voice. Do we hear your favorite colleges voice?