Boise State president responds to OSU’s comments
Boise State president Bob Kustra responded to comments made by Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee, which attempted to downplay the success of both the Boise State and TCU football programs.
In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Gee stated that he did not believe Boise State or TCU should be allowed to play in a national championship game based on their strength of schedule and instead teams from traditional power conferences should
be given the opportunity.
“Well, I don’t know enough about the X’s and O’s of college football,” Gee told the Associated Press. “I do know, having been both a Southeastern Conference president and a Big Ten president, that it’s like murderer’s row every week for these schools.”
Gee went on to call the teams Boise State and TCU play, “The Little Sister of the Poor.” Kustra took offence to the comments and challenged Gee’s knowledge of the Ohio State schedule.
“I don’t mind somebody stating that they don’t think we ought to be in the national championship, but to do it with such erroneous information as Gordon Gee has used gets under the skin of all of us who thought university presidents were supposed to be standing
for fairness, equity and truth in how we portray out universities,” Said Kustra. “And he’s doing a very poor job of that at the moment.”
Kustra went on to say that Boise State has attempted to schedule home-and-home games with the Buckeyes, but was told that they would only play the Broncos at home.
“It’s easy for the presidents to talk, but ask the ADs when’s the last time that they seriously entertained taking requests or inviting Boise State to [play them],” stated Kustra. “If you’re Boise state or TCU, they’re going to want to steer way clear of
you.”
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