My takeaway from Mountain West Media Days: we could be missing something on the Boise State schedule.
The grain-of-salt poll out tomorrow
The first nugget to come out of Mountain West Media Days tomorrow will be the preseason poll, where Boise State is expected to be the pick in the Mountain Division. But you can’t hang your hat on that.
Final course of the Phil Steele meal
I opened up the Scott Slant fridge last night, and I found some Phil Steele leftovers. That magazine is like a Thanksgiving turkey. It’s hard to finish it off. So here’s a couple of significant sandwiches; they come from Steele’s national position rankings.
With consistency, anything can happen
If Alexander Mattison can bottle up what he did in the middle of last season and spread that over four or so months this year, there’s no telling what he could do for Boise State.
The richest former Bronco ever
Nobody who has ever worn a Boise State football uniform has earned an annual stash of cash like DeMarcus Lawrence is about to. It could have been more—and a year from now, it could be a ton more.
Aye, captains—watch list season is here
Boise State is sending Brett Rypien and Tyler Horton to Las Vegas with coach Bryan Harsin next week for Mountain West Media Days. Fittingly, they’re the first two Bronco players to make national watch lists this year.
Only 10 hands left to count on now
We are 50 days away from Boise State’s opener at Troy. So, as the Broncos try to ignore that outside noise, what are the other things they have to deal with going into fall camp?
Successfully filling those big shoes
Has anyone considered—recently, at least—what a thankless task it was to follow Chris Petersen as head coach at Boise State?
Martarano’s Yote renaissance
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.