September 5, 1994, 30 years ago today: During what ends up as their final season in Los Angeles, the visiting Raiders get steamrolled 44-14 by the 49ers and Jerry Rice at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
Just to change things up, I’ll start with Sire Gaines today—although the 17-year-old Boise State true freshman has logged plenty of publicity since the 56-45 win at Georgia Southern last Saturday.
September 3, 2009, 15 years ago today: In what was billed as the biggest home game in Boise State history, the 14th-ranked Broncos smother 16th-ranked Oregon, 19-8, before a record crowd of 34,127 and a national audience on ESPN.
I was waiting to see if the fullback position would be on Boise State’s depth chart. It is not. But hopefully we will see it Saturday when the season opens at Georgia Southern. Tyler Crowe hopes so, too.
(Tom Scott’s column will return Friday, August 29) The buzz for Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty is kind of overwhelming. And a lot of it has to do with what will happen after the season. We’re about eight months away from the NFL Draft, but here we go.
August 22, 2019, five years ago today: The Baltimore pitching staff throws itself into baseball infamy, allowing its 259th and 260th home runs of the season, the most in big league history, in a 5-2 loss to Tampa Bay at Camden Yards.
It may be a tired line, but it rang true in the race for Boise State’s starting quarterback. “Who gives us the best chance to win Game 1?” said coach Spencer Danielson after last Saturday’s second scrimmage of fall camp.
On what he said was a “gut feeling,” Boise State coach Chris Petersen names redshirt freshman Kellen Moore as his starting quarterback.
August 19, 1984, 40 years ago today: Lee Trevino, one of golf’s most popular all-time players, wins his second PGA Championship, the sixth and final major title of his career. In fact, that would be his last PGA Tour victory.
August 16, 1965: After five increasingly successful seasons and about to enter a sixth, the American Football League awards its first expansion franchise to Miami. The team would be named the Dolphins and would debut in 1966.
