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Non-B.C.S. Teams Get Into the Recruiting Act
By Paul Myerberg // Feb 2, 2012
You won’t find the highest-ranked non-B.C.S. conference signing class anywhere on the list of this year’s top 50 classes, according to Rivals.com. But you will find a pair of programs, Utah and T.C.U., who have clearly benefited from their new conference affiliation. The Utes’ class came in just outside the top 25, thanks in large part to an eight-man offensive line haul that help should keep Jordan Wynn clean and Kyle Whittingham happy in 2012. The Horned Frogs continued to make hay in Texas, sweeping up a number of second-level recruits that may flown in under the radar, while adding a quartet of recruits from SEC country. How would Utah and T.C.U. have done on the recruiting trail had each remained part of the non-B.C.S. conference landscape? Not as well, one would think.
Tags: Arkansas State, Boise State, Dennis Franchione, Deontay Greenberry, Florida International, Fresno State, Gus Malzahn, Houston, Mario Cristobal, Nick Patti, Recruiting, Temple, Texas State, Tim DeRuyter, Toledo
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The Year in Review: Boise State (12-1, 6-1)
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 12, 2012
Georgia sniffed Boise State early, but remember: the Broncos were on the doorstep late in the fourth quarter, and if Chris Petersen hadn’t opted to call off the dogs the final score would have been 42-21, not 35-21. Arizona State humiliated itself with a pitiful Las Vegas Bowl performance, but remember: the Broncos scored 56 points, but they could have scored 70. Little victories for the big boys of the world, those B.C.S. conference purebreds who have long looked unfavorably upon Boise State – and the rest of the non-B.C.S. conference landscape. The Broncos had that laugh, not to mention the last laugh; come 2013, Boise State is crashing the party.
Tags: Arizona State, Big East, Boise State, Chris Petersen, Dan Goodale, Doug Martin, George Iloka, Georgia, Kellen Moore, Nate Potter, Shea McClellin, T.C.U., Tyrone Crawford
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Names Change, But Beat Goes On in Boise
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 11, 2012
From nine to three. After offensive coordinator Brent Pease left to take the same position at Florida and special teams coordinator Jeff Choate the same spot at Washington State earlier today, all that remains of Chris Petersen’s debut staff at Boise State are three loyal assistants: defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski, defensive backs coach Marcel Yates and tight ends and fullbacks coach Scott Huff. The departures continue – Bryan Harsin left for Texas last winter, Justin Wilcox for Tennessee the year before – yet Boise State doesn’t miss a beat, continuing to rack up double-digit win seasons as the programs continues its climb up the B.C.S. ladder.
Tags: Boise State, Brent Pease, Bryan Harsin, Chris Petersen, Florida, Jeff Choate, Justin Wilcox, Kent Riddle, Pete Kwiatkowski, Robert Prince, Tennessee, Texas
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Ranking the Countdown, 1-120, For 2011
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 11, 2012
The season is over, so it’s time for the ugliness to begin. How bad was it, anyway? Oh, not terrible – but not great either. I nailed No. 1: Alabama in August, Alabama in January. I wasn’t too far off on No. 2, missing Boise State by a few spots. But what about No. 64, for example? Or No. 115, as another example? Here comes the painful task of ranking the rankings, measuring this past summer’s Countdown, 1-120, with today’s final re-ranking. After hitting jackpot on the top spot, it can only be downhill from there.
Tags: Alabama, Boise State, East Carolina, Louisiana-Lafayette, Sun Belt, Washington
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P.S.R. 1-120: Final Re-Ranking
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 11, 2012
With the season in the books, here’s a look at how the country ranks — using the original rankings as the starting point, with the year’s results as rationale for any movement. The top 25 teams land a one-sentence breakdown. The rest? Not so much. Part of the perks of being one of the best. Think your team is too low? Feel another team deserves more credit, less credit? Let’s hear it below. It’s a delicate ranking process, but with the year completely in the books, this is as good as it’s going to get.
Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Boise State, Georgia Tech, Iowa, L.S.U., Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Stanford, Texas, U.S.C., West Virginia, Western Kentucky
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As in Boise, A Failure to Stick to the Script
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 3, 2012
It’s not fair. How could it be? Two of the greatest quarterbacks in college football history – not now, but ever – were done in by inadequate kicking, first Kellen Moore, then Andrew Luck, and that’s not fair. Yeah, it’s a team game. And yeah, touchdowns trump field goals. But sloppy kicking doomed Moore and Boise State in the regular season, spoiling one final push for a national title, and sloppy kicking doomed Luck and the Cardinal last night, spoiling his final game on the college level. And it gets worse.
Tags: Andrew Luck, Boise State, Dan Goodale, David Shaw, Fiesta Bowl, Jordan Williamson, Kellen Moore, Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State, Stanford
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How’s Your Team’s Succession Plan?
By Paul Myerberg // Dec 30, 2011
Boise State did it better than most. Kellen Moore won’t soon be forgotten — most of all in Boise — but Chris Petersen began preparing for life post-Moore by playing his backup, sophomore Joe Southwick, in eight games: mostly in mop-up duty, though Southwick was used in certain packages when the final verdict remained in doubt. San Diego State did it worse than most. Redshirt freshman Ryan Dingwell, Ryan Lindley’s backup, attempted only one pass all season, in the season opener against Cal Poly, and didn’t take another snap until the win over New Mexico a month later. Then Dingwell went back to the shelf, along with the cobwebs and other little-used reserves.
Tags: Arsenio Favor, Boise State, James Franklin, Joe Southwick, Kalen Henderson, Kellen Moore, Nick Florence, Robert Griffin III, Ryan Dingwell, Ryan Lindley, San Diego State, Stephen Morris
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One Last Go-Round For Boise’s Seniors
By Paul Myerberg // Dec 22, 2011
It’s time to say goodbye to Boise State’s best and brightest, those unknown two-stars who outperformed their recruiting expectations to form the backbone of the program’s rise to national prominence over the last four seasons. Tonight, at least 17 senior contributors will suit up one last time for the Broncos, though their respective careers will end in a decidedly unworthy fashion: not in B.C.S. play, but rather in Las Vegas, against a mediocre Arizona State with nothing on the line. Goodbye, farewell, it’s been fun. It’s been more than fun: from Kellen Moore on down, it’s the end of an era.
Tags: Boise State, Byron Hout, D.J. Harper, Doug Martin, George Iloka, Kellen Moore, Nate Potter, Tyler Shoemaker
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