September 11, 1971: Boise State and Idaho play each other in football for the first time. The Vandals were heavily favored over the upstart Broncos, who were only in their fourth year as a four-year program.
Who is Boise State’s MVPP—Most Valuable Portal Player—going to be this year? With 10 regular-season games to go, the leader in the clubhouse is Jaden Mickey, the transfer from Notre Dame.
September 9, 2020, five years ago today: One night after being shut out by Miami, the Atlanta Braves break the all-time National League record for runs in a 29-9 romp over the Marlins. The Braves fell one run short of the mind-blowing major league record of 30 set by the Texas Rangers in 2007.
September 8, 2007: One link to Boise State’s undefeated season and Fiesta Bowl championship is shattered, as Washington breaks the Broncos’ 14-game winning streak that carried over from 2006, 24-10.
September 5, 1998: Dirk Koetter debuts as Boise State’s head coach with a 26-13 win over Cal State Northridge in Bronco Stadium. It was the same team that had bludgeoned the Broncos 63-23 in Houston Nutt’s debut the year before.
September 4, 2015, 10 years ago today: Chris Petersen returns to sold-out Albertsons Stadium just 21 months after leaving Boise State (and his rather incredible 92-12 record) for Washington.
Yes, the Boise State running backs committee did not exactly convene at South Florida. The Broncos netted only 122 yards and averaged 3.2 yards per carry. Only once last season did Ashton Jeanty fail to hit that number by himself.
September 2, 1955, 70 years ago today: Ernie Banks blasts his 40th home run of the year to propel the Chicago Cubs past the St. Louis Cardinals 12-2 at Wrigley Field. That set the record for most homers by a shortstop in MLB history, which Banks would increase to 44 by season’s end.
Oscar Doyle averaged 47.8 yards on four punts. So there’s that. But not much else is positive coming out of South Florida’s 34-7 blowout of Boise State in Tampa.
August 28, 2014: The earliest game in Boise State history (until today at South Florida—now it’s a tie) results in the earliest loss, a 35-13 defeat at the hands of Ole Miss in the debut of new Broncos coach Bryan Harsin at the Chick-fil-A Kickoff in Atlanta.