There are some household PGA Tour names waiting to happen in the field as the Albertsons Boise Open tees off this morning at Hillcrest Country Club.
Harsin and the waiting game
Here are some takeaways from Boise State coach Bryan Harsin’s press conference Tuesday. Harsin is profoundly disappointed by the Mountain West decision to postpone football (it didn’t take much to read between those lines), but he and the Broncos have no choice but to roll with it.
Broncos football: And the hits just keep on comin’
Every roundhouse right we’ve absorbed this year in the college football world has kind of prepared us for the next one. Slowly but surely it’s sinking in, but there will be no Boise State football in 2020.
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Missing a piece
Who’d a thunk that the MAC would be the first domino in what could be a wholesale shift in the landscape of the college football season the next couple of days?
Mountain West football: Players are feeling empowered
I asked this question just two days ago: “Will it be players who bring down the 2020 season?” The theory is not implausible.
The countdown resets now
The Mountain West took a long time to hammer this out yesterday, but the league finally opted for the “8 + 2” model for the 2020 football season, as anticipated.
One month from today…?
The Mountain West will probably announce its plan for the 2020 football season today. My bet is the “8+2” plan, allowing for the usual number of conference games plus two nonconference matchups.
Pitching the tents for camp
First things first before the NCAA Board of Governors meets today to decide some logistics on the college football season: Boise State fall camp is scheduled to start this Friday.
Broncos football: The week that will be
Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson said back in April that early July was crunch time for deciding whether the 2020 football season would start on time.
Broncos-Vandals a decade later?
This is purely water cooler talk at this point. But it has been duly noted that both Boise State and Idaho have openings on their football schedules on September 19 now that the Broncos have seen their game against Florida State squashed and the Vandals are without their matchup at Washington State.