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Twisting and Turning in the Mountain West
Since being established in 1999, the NCAA’s youngest D-I FBS conference, the Mountain West, has been gaining exponentially more media coverage and national respect over the past few years, as a growing mid-major conference that can compete and win against the other high-major conferences: Pac-12, Big 12, Big 10, Big East, Southeastern and Atlantic Coast. Of the five mid-major conference BCS births since the 2004 NCAA College Football season, four of the five have been from the Mountain West (Utah in ’05, Boise State ’07, Utah ’09, Boise State and TCU ’10 and TCU again in ’11), going a combined 5-1 in those BCS appearances, possibly 6-0 if Boise State and TCU had not been bidded against eachother in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl. Mountain West men’s basketball has not been meek in competitive spirit either, appearing in 29 NCAA Tournaments since the Conference’s inception; on average, almost two and half teams a year. Most notably in my mind, the Mountain West has had three #1 overall draft selections for each major professional sport: the NFL’s Alex Smith of Utah and the NBA’s Andrew Bogut of Utah in 2005; MLB’s Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State in 2009. Read More >>
College Football Star Quest For Win 50: Customize his jersey at Onthefield.com to capture the monumental moment
Though it finished seventh in the final BCS College standings, Boise State will finish its College season in the Las Vegas Bowl Thursday night against Arizona State, as anything but a perfect regular season pretty much guarantees that the Broncos won’t earn a BCS bid.
Boise hopes of another perfect season and a potential shot at the national title vanished when it lost at home Nov. 12 to TCU, 36-35.
Boise State’s Kellen Moore is fifth on the all-time career passing yards list. (AP Photo)
But despite the disappointment, we get one last shot at honoring and appreciating the winningest quarterback in NCAA history in Kellen Moore, as a win against the Sun Devils would be the 50th of his career.
Moore, who surpassed Texas’ Colt McCoy earlier this year for No. 1 on the wins list by leading Boise State to a victory over UNLV, is just the sixth quarterback in NCAA College history to surpass 14,000 passing yards. He’s now fifth on the list. He’s also second on the career list in TD passes, and his 41 TD passes this season were the most by any Boise State QB in history. Those are staggering numbers for anyone. Read More >>
Boise’s Loss Cost More Then You’d Think
When Boise State lost to Nevada on Nov. 26, everyone knew the loss cost the Broncos and the WAC a large sum of money.
The New York Times stopped to figure out how much: $8 million. “The Rose Bowl, like other Bowl Championship Series games, touts a per-team payout of $17 million,” Times reporter John Branch writes. “For teams like Boise State and others in one of the five conferences without an automatic bid, the payout is $12 million, Benson said.
Boise Booted!
“I don’t even want to think about that right now,” Martin said holding back tears.
Martin said he didn’t want to think about what the No. 4-ranked Broncos’ 34-31 overtime loss at No. 19 Nevada did to their national title hopes after the unthinkable occurred: Boise State lost a Western Athletic Conference game for the first time since Nov. 23, 2007.
But Martin knows — as does the entire College football world -
- the controversy over whether the Broncos deserve to play in the BCS title game is now moot.
And the first round of congratulatory drinks is on Ohio State president Gordon Gee. TCU coach Gary Patterson, whose Horned Frogs will now be the nation’s top ranked non-automatic qualifying BCS team and guaranteed a BCS bowl, picked up the second round of cocktails.
Gee, of course, spouted off this week, comparing the schedules of Boise State and TCU to “the Little Sisters of the Poor” and that they didn’t deserve to play for the BCS championship.
Nevada coach Chris Ault was asked about Gee’s comments.
“My only comment is, ‘They wouldn’t beat Boise State,’” Ault said.
Would Ohio State beat Nevada?
“No,” Ault said. “I think the Boises, the TCUs of the worlds are showing people the balance of college football that other schools, that don’t have the tremendous tradition because they’re newer to this division, can do it.
Boise State’s Dreams Killed by Nevada
Nevada place kicker Anthony Martinez booted a 34-yard field goal in overtime to give the Wolf Pack a stunning 34-31 upset over Boise State on Friday night College football.
Nevada (10-1) snapped the Broncos’ 24-game winning streak and dashed any BCS dreams Boise State held this season after remaining in the BCS title game discussion all season long.
After Boise State (10-1) had taken a 31-24 lead with 5:05 remaining on a 79-yard touchdown reception by Doug Martin, Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick responded with a 14-play, 79-yard drive. His 7-yard scoring strike to Rishard Matthews with 13 seconds remaining appeared to lock up overtime.
However, Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore hit a 53-yard pass play to Titus Young that gave the Broncos a chance to kick a 26-yard game-winning field goal with two second remaining.
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A Win is a Win – Really?
All season, TCU coach Gary Patterson has stuck with his one-point theory, a supposition that winning, even by one point, is still winning and should be counted as such.
Voters scoff at Patterson’s naivete.
As evidenced by this week’s coaches and Harris polls — as Boise State jumped the Horned Frogs — a win is not just a win when it comes to the non-automatic qualifying teams. Winning with style is the only thing that matters and Boise State’s 35-point thrashing of Idaho had far more pizazz than TCU’s 40-35 escape over 7-3 San Diego State.
Granted, Boise State did dominate its lowly four-win opponent in a manner that was becoming of the fourth-ranked team in the country. TCU was on its way to a similar result when it rallied from a 14-0 deficit and took a 34-14 lead at halftime. But that’s when the wheels started falling off.
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A Rose Bowl Dilemma
The site bcsfootball.org is always a compelling read, but even more so this season.
If you click onto the site’s “Selection Procedures” link, there’s a sentence worth remembering within Item 3 beneath the “Team selection procedures” heading.
The sentence, in full, reads, “For the games of January 2011 through 2014, the first year the Rose Bowl loses a team to the NCG (National Championship Game) and a team from the non-AQ (Automatic Qualifier) group is an automatic qualifier, that non-AQ team will play in the Rose Bowl.”
In short, should the Big Ten or Pac-10 champion finish among the top two teams in the final BCS standings — at least a 50 percent proposition at this point, given the lack of a dominant Big 12 team — a berth would open up in Pasadena. Should Boise State finish 12-0, there is certainly the chance that it would not play in the BCS Championship Game in Glendale, Ariz., on January 10. Read More >>
Brandyn Thompson Looking to Ensure Broncos Become Contenders
A few weeks before the start of Brandyn Thompson’s freshman year at Boise State in 2007, he approached the counter at Jacksons convenience store to pick up some candy.
Instead, he left with his first experience of how devoted Boise’s residents are to Boise State’s football team.
“The first gas station I ever walked into, the guy could tell you everything about you without you knowing him,” Thompson told FanHouse. “The guy knew all your bio, all your information.”
Curt Blake was “the guy.” For the past four years, Blake has been manager of Jacksons Food Store #086, located a hook and lateral south of Bronco Stadium at the corner of Broadway and University.
“Brandon was like ‘Whoa,’” Blake said. “‘This guy already knows everything about me.’”
The rest of America is also getting to know Boise State. They’ll know Boise State even better after Saturday – and also have a better idea if the Broncos are legitimate national title contenders. Read More >>
The Boise State Broncos Come Home to New Turf
Boise State is staying home this week — at last.
After two long road trips and an extended break in between, the No. 3 Broncos finally get a chance to break in their new blue field turf when they host No. 24 Oregon State on Saturday in front of another national television audience.
The Broncos (2-0) traveled to the East Coast to open their season, beating then-No. 10 Virginia Tech 33-30 on Labor Day. After a 12-day layoff, Boise State packed its bags again and traveled to Wyoming, where the Broncos routed the Cowboys 51-6.
The last weekend in September is late for a home opener, and coach Chris Petersen joked his team may have to adjust to the dynamics of playing in front of a friendly crowd.
“In some ways it’s been so long, we’ve kind of figured that’s what you do — go play away games,” Petersen said Monday. “It’ll feel different for sure.”
There’s no doubt Bronco Stadium will look a little different. Read More >>
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