Boise State won’t be home again until Wyoming comes to the blue turf on October 21. We won’t know when that game kicks off until Monday, October 9, or so. But everybody’s bracing for one of those 8:15 p.m. things (that turns into 8:26).
“BYU vs. USU should be a conference game”
Brad Rock of the Deseret News is down on BYU’s independent status and thinks the Cougars would be much better off in a conference. They have no interest in that, as Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson can attest.
Pump the brakes for these guys’ sake
Okay, so the Golden Era is over for Boise State. If you really, really think about it, well, how are Bronco players feeling right now? These are 18 to 23-year-old kids who are really hearing about it after the disappointing 19-point loss to Virginia on the blue turf.
How’s everybody feelin’ today?
You’ve heard of USA Today’s “Misery Index,” right? We’ve talked about it before, but never in a Boise State context. The feature zeroes in on the college football fan bases in the greatest amount of pain, and this week it puts Boise State at the top.
Now, if Virginia can prove it’s for real
For Boise State’s sake, I hope Virginia goes out now and validates its 42-23 thumping of the Broncos on the blue turf Friday night—a game that wasn’t as close as the score indicated.
Bronco point spreads are an adventure
The money appears to be pouring in for Virginia.
Bronco’s colors are closer to Boise State’s now
Bronco Mendenhall would have been in Albertsons Stadium last season with BYU. He just skipped a year—and tomorrow night he comes back to the blue turf wearing orange-and-navy as the second-year head coach at Virginia.
Time’s a-wastin’ at the wide receiver spot
The past few years, we always focused on who would make up Boise State’s “second wave” of wide receivers behind some combination of Matt Miller, Shane Williams-Rhodes, Thomas Sperbeck, Chaz Anderson and Cedrick Wilson.
Security comes in the form of a 65
Chesson Hadley picked a good time to fire a six-under 65 at Hillcrest Country Club.
All three phases converge at the right time
Boise State’s offense had been handed plenty of short fields last night—it seemed like more than all of last year combined—but had cashed in on only one by the time the fourth quarter began.