UH Worthy of BCS? (w/UPDATE)

Steve Megargee of Rivals.com writes a great, even-handed article highlighting some of the stereotypes and arguments against the Warriors being in a BCS game (one-man team, defense, weak schedule) along with counterpoints quashing, or at least questioning, some of those misconceptions. Here's the intro:

There's little reason to believe Hawaii would win a BCS game.
The Warriors probably don't have a good-enough defense to survive against a big-time opponent. Their high-powered offense likely wouldn't operate as effectively against a BCS-caliber defense.

Then again, most of the nation said the same things about Boise State this time last season.

Argue all you want about Hawaii's allegedly soft defense or softer schedule. The Warriors still deserve a chance to measure themselves in a BCS bowl if they beat Boise State and Washington in their two remaining regular-season games.

UPDATE: Just wanted to add other BCS related articles to this post...

Ferd Lewis talks to the BCS Guru about Hawaii's chances of getting into a BCS game.

For UH to finish in the top 12 without a compelling win over Boise State or some help from other teams "from where they are right now is probably a little bit of a stretch," according to Chi, a former San Francisco sports writer.

"The problem for them is they need all the votes they can get in the polls because the computers are just not going to help a whole heckuva lot at this point because of Hawai'i's schedule," Chi said.

Darrel Moody has a few words from Karl Benson, who remains optimistic.

"I'm disappointed that that the polls were not more fair to Hawaii and Boise State," Benson said. "There is an opportunity in this coming week to be a correction, even the weekend of Dec. 1. There are so many games being played with teams ahead of Hawaii and Boise State.

"The Boise game as well as the Washington game will enhance the computer rankings. I'm still very confident that the system in place will place accordingly a 12-0 Hawaii team."