Boise State goes into a tell-tale stretch of the season the next four days, beginning with tomorrow night’s tussle at Wyoming.
Who are those guys?
Did you see that coming? Boise State was playing a team that lost at defending Mountain West champion Nevada by three points just last Saturday.
The need for people to populate the arena
The attendance at last Wednesday’s Mountain West opener in Taco Bell Arena, 7,538, was encouraging. The crowd for the 93-71 win over Colorado State was by far Boise State’s largest of the season, and it came on a weeknight.
It’s No. 15 who’s making the statement
UNLV had wanted to make a statement as it opened Mountain West play Saturday night at Thomas & Mack Center. And the Rebels appeared to be on the way when they stretched their lead to six points early in the second half.
Say it ain’t so, Steve
One of the most important figures on Bryan Harsin’s coaching staff at Boise State will have to be replaced, if—that’s if—a Little Rock sports-talk radio report (KABZ 103.7 “The Buzz”) that Steve Caldwell is headed for Arkansas is true.
Role players roll, then Hutch goes clutch
Calling Marcus Dickinson and Alex Hobbs role players does the Boise State sophomores a disservice, because we’re talkin’ big roles this season.
Mountain West is better – Broncos have contributed
Mountain West play is here. And if Boise State is going to be a conference champion, it has to regain its mojo, beginning tonight against Colorado State in Taco Bell Arena.
Vander Esch bus set to put on more miles
Leighton Vander Esch’s “Baby Giraffe” nickname all but disappeared once Boise State’s 2017 football season started. Maybe somebody around the NFL will resurrect it next summer, as he has decided to forego his senior year with the Broncos and enter the draft.
No Power 5 raids—and lots of ink
Early in the afternoon, Boise State was 17-for-17 in signing its current list of known commitments for the 2018 recruiting class. Then it became 19-for-19 when two unknowns materialized.
What are the early-signing expectations today?
With the dawn of NCAA Football’s first-ever early-signing day, we go into the great unknown. What’s going to be a good batting average? Will it be 50 percent…75 percent?