As the countdown ensues to tonight’s first round of the NFL Draft, Andy Benoit has penned a Sports Illustrated feature on Boise State’s Leighton Vander Esch after a visit to the family property in Riggins.
Mountain West’s best-kept draft secret?
Who besides Boise State linebacker Leighton Vander Esch and Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen are upper-echelon this week out of the Mountain West? Many have forgotten about one star rival.
So who’s it gonna be?
The possible landing spots for Leighton Vander Esch in the NFL Draft this week have run the gamut. The three teams mentioned most are the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots.
Bubbling under in the NFL Draft
NFL Draft week is here, and it’s assumed that Leighton Vander Esch and Cedrick Wilson will be the only two players selected out of Boise State this year. Some experts have floated tight end Jake Roh out there as a longshot seventh-round pick, though.
What if there was a “Pacific Conference”?
I saw this in the Deseret News: “Proposal: BYU joins league with Utah.”
What was that about a New Year’s Six Bowl?
Like Boise State, Fresno State ended spring football with its Spring Game last Saturday. The Bulldogs are being pumped up as New Year’s Six Bowl contenders.
A warming trend for bowl game delegates
When what is now the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was founded in 1997, who would have thought that Boise would one day host the Football Bowl Association’s annual meeting?
Debunking the Vander Esch draft myth
The certainty of first-round NFL Draft status for Boise State’s Leighton Vander Esch has been called into question, depending upon who you believe.
Okay, go ahead and pay attention
Well, here’s what I wrote Friday in advance of Boise State’s Spring Game: “Pay no attention to Brett Rypien’s numbers tomorrow, whatever they may be, because the senior will just be getting courtesy work.”
At the head of the class
Tonight marks the first Boise State Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 10½ years. With that much time having passed, there’s a line to get in.