Boise State athletic director Gene Bleymaier is all but begging for a major opponent any major opponent to play his Broncos, particularly in 2011. He can hardly get his calls returned. Not by the SEC. Not by the Big Ten. Not by anyone.

    Bleymaier is making a nearly unheard of offer in college football scheduling Boise will bring its popular, high-profile, top-10 team to any stadium in any town to play any big name team in America in 2011. And they dont have to return the date in Idaho.

    So far, no one has accepted.

    ESPN has even become involved trying to broker a deal that will almost assuredly be nationally televised. Still no luck.  Its been surprising how many big schools have not been receptive of us coming to their place, Bleymaier said.  This is the conundrum for the upstart program and every non-major conference school trying to battle for national respect.

   Boise is 44-4 over the past four seasons, including 4-1 against major conference opponents. Yet that doesnt guarantee the Broncos a slot in a big money BCS bowl due to the level of competition they play in the Western Athletic Conference.  Or, perhaps, this is how the major conferences are going to deal with the Broncos.

   Put it this way, if no one good agrees to play Boise then Boise cant beat anyone any good. And if Boise cant beat anyone any good, then how can they ever argue theyre deserving of a spot in a $17.5 million BCS bowl?

    I dont think its collusion, Bleymaier said. I think its athletic directors going to their football coaches and saying, hey, what about playing this school? If coaches had their druthers theyd play sisters of the poor 11 times.

   Still, the frustration is obvious.  Some of those schools that are saying let them play our schedule wont play us, Bleymaier said.

    Maybe Florida and Texas dont need a game with Boise (they can ride non-conference cupcakes to the title game). A middle of the pack Big Ten or Big 12 team certainly does though. Boises program is more famous than all of them the Broncos are on true national television seven times this season alone.

   Yet no one wants the game. Theyll schedule mismatches from the old Division I-AA instead (and charge full ticket price). Bleymaier has to keep his composure as he listens to the critics.

    Would Boise accept an invitation to join the Big 12?Yeah, of course, Bleymaier said. If we were in their conference wed play that schedule.

   Not only is that not happening they cant get one game against the league. While Bleymaier wont say specifically which schools have turned him down, he will say that the open date remains Sept. 3, 2011. The offer stands, the Broncos will go anywhere.

    Come on Nebraska, make our day... yeah, right... Nothing political here folks, the Broncos will come kick your ass for free.