Last year, Boise St beat the **** out of a good Oregon State team. Hawaii's best win this year is...Washington? a down Boise St? Also, 2006 Boise St allowed 34 to Hawaii but otherwise did not allow more than 28 points in the regular season. This year, Hawaii has given up 44 to Louisiana Tech, 37 to Utah State, and 35 to San Jose St.
The bottom line is that 2006 Boise had a much more impressive resume. They had much less trouble within their ****** conference and blew out a respectable Oregon State team. You can argue that OU didn't show up, but I thought that last year Boise had a decent case that they belonged in the BCS. Hawaii, not so much.