I received an email from someone at College of Idaho in mid-May asking if I had seen that Joe Martarano had been released by the Chicago Cubs organization. I replied that I had not.
Pretending the New Year’s Six doesn’t exist?
Now that most of college football’s preseason magazines are on the stands, the issue facing Boise State is ignoring the outside noise. This is the most preseason hype to come the Broncos’ way since before the 2011 season, Kellen Moore’s senior year.
Now, here’s what Street & Smith’s thinks
Another magazine round as we wrap up this holiday week. One of the oldest such publications is Street & Smith’s, which profiles all 255 FBS and FCS teams.
Talk about a delayed announcement
It’s been more than two months since word came out that recently-fired Utah State head coach Tim Duryea would join Leon Rice’s staff at Boise State.
The UI countdown, for better or worse
Technically, we’re into Idaho’s final two days as an FBS football program. Conference changes in college athletics traditionally take place July 1, meaning that on Sunday Vandal football will officially be back in the Big Sky.
Phil Steele’s Mountain Division snippets
So how solid a pick is Boise State atop the Mountain West in Phil Steele’s College Football Preview?
Good Knight—a Group of 5 advocate
I saw this in a Ferd Lewis column in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton (he’s from Hawaii).
Phil Steele’s encyclopedia is out
It’s almost as big as an old phone book (remember those?). It won’t win any awards for graphic design. It’s all about the content—352 pages of it.
Rolling the dice on Hutch facts and figures
Unfortunately, the Scott Slant column is off tomorrow, so here’s a “what if” should Chandler Hutchison indeed go in the first round tonight.
An aging facility with a story or two
It’s time for the 32nd home opener in Boise Hawks history when the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes visit tonight.