As an SEC guy you know there are about 2 teams in the SEC Hawaii could beat. Vanderbilt and Mississippi. They played pushovers and the BCS won’t put them in the position to win a National Championship. Boise St, didn’t play anyone either, unless you count Washington and then they got beat quite easily.
Boise State is 68-9 over the last 6 seasons and has made a habit of beating BCS conference schools in the bowl games. You can ask Oklahoma about that.
I consider that grounds to call them a pretty impressive team.