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In the aftermath of Boise State's thumping opening-week victory over Oregon and Oregon's post-debacle renaissance, a steady drumbeat has been taken up by the commentariat suggesting that Boise's place in the top five is a birthright and that the natural winnowing process of the SEC, which had three of the four teams in front of Boise, meant that any Texas loss meant Boise State would be playing for the national title. They'd achieved this status by beating a single okay-to-good Pac-10 team.*
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