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I’m not big on “FJM-ing” other columnists; those people are entitled to their opinions and the points of view that they wish to represent in their work. But I about sh*t a brick when I read Dan Wetzel’s take on why Boise State suddenly turned into college football’s New York Yankees.

Fast forward five seasons and Boise State is bigger, better and suddenly no longer so popular. In some circles, they’ve become the most hated – or at least rooted against – team in America. Move over Notre Dame.

Boise State? Hated more than Notre Dame?! Are you sh*tting me? Read the rest of this entry »

UPDATE — The Mountain West Conference will accept Boise St. as it’s 10th member effective July 1, 2011.

It feels like every summer two stories are consistent throughout college athletics; the adoption of a playoff in college football, and conference restructuring that looks more like a game of musical chairs. While the BCS seems to be intact for the time being, a “who’s-who” of power conferences including the Big 1110, Big 12, and Pac 10 are looking to change their list of members. Boise State was hoping to be a part of the mix, banking on the Mountain West Conference to give them a bid. The thought was that the MWC’s tougher competition could smooth the blue turf Broncos’ road to the BCS, opening up Boise to bigger TV revenues, and the opportunity to develop the mid major rivalry that had been forming between them and TCU. Unfortunatly for them, they got no soup from MWC suits.

Commissioner Craig Thompson said the decision to hold off on expansion is tied to the shake-ups and shifting landscape in some of the nation’s bigger conferences. Officials from the Big Ten, Pac-10 and Big 12 are considering adding schools or reorganizing. Thompson said the decision is not final, and that the board may reconsider once the dust settles in the other conferences. “Due to the uncertainty in the intercollegiate landscape, the board did not make a decision to expand at the present time,” Thompson said at the end of the board’s annual meeting in Jackson, Wyo. “The Mountain West will continue to monitor developments … and prepare for potential scenarios.” – ESPN.com

As of now, the league stands at nine teams: BYU, TCU, Utah, Air Force, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Deigo State, UNLV, and Wyoming. An illustrious list of football programs to say the least. Like they really need the growing TV contracts that have come with Boise State’s recent BCS success. They have that sweet contract with Versus, which I’m sure you knew of already.

In a collegiate landscape where 12 is the magic number for a conference championship game, the decision to stay at nine is odd to say the least. Colorado is on the MWC’s radar, but that would require the Pac 10 and Big 10 raiding the Big 12 of schools. The bong rippers of Boulder have been mentioned in potential situations that would have them in the Pac 10, which they would obviously take. So who would be a better school than Boise State? Read the rest of this entry »

As a football coach, calling for a fake punt in a game is like telling an ethnic joke at a party. If it goes bad, there’s just no way to recover. But if works, it makes you look like a genius. A racist genius, but we’re getting off-topic. So Boise State ran this fake punt in the fourth quarter of the Fiesta Bowl against TCU on their way and it worked like a Japanese beaver right before a flood. Which is to say, very efficiently. I guess I could have just said “very efficiently,” but that doesn’t seem to be as much fun, now does it? And what about those TCU uniforms? That team looked like a cross between a dystopian militia and a gay pride parade. Aw, there I go again. I’ve been spending too much time with Grandpa. Read the rest of this entry »

I have seen the new Jenn Sterger, and she plays the cowbell for the Boise State marching band. And this young lady certainly seems to exhude that sort of ennui that we’ve come to expect from not only all things Boise, but the great Gem State as a whole. She already has her own Facebook group up and running. And according to the obviously-not-necessarily-reliable YouTube posting, she’s visually impaired. [UPDATE: She really is. Busted Coverage was on this three months ago.] I think I’m in love. –Thanks, Brandon. fb link via Urlesque.

Back in the day, a Division I-A football team could finish undefeated and have a chance to win at least a piece of the national championship. No longer. The Boise State Broncos, who haven’t lost a regular season game since 2007, seemed to have gained a sniff when Oregon (who the Broncos beat in their opener) beat USC last Saturday. Instead, sportswriters gushed over Oregon’s conquest of a name program, one that can’t seem to get through its own conference without a loss, let alone its entire schedule. Even TCU seems to be getting the cachet that seems to elude Boise State.

So what can they do? Well they hired a PR firm to try and keep the buzz going. But what about their schedule? Yeah, Boise State can’t even get a road game with anybody.

The Broncos are not asking for a return game in Boise. Just one road game. And about 10 teams have turned the Broncos down, according to [WAC commissioner Karl] Benson.

“They’re running into a situation where nobody will schedule them, nobody will take them,” Benson told the Statesman’s Chadd Cripe. –Idaho Statesman.

The mindset is obvious: even a single loss in the regular season is too costly for any program. Well, any program except Boise State, whose 6 WAC titles seem to hang around their necks like medals from the Special Olympics. But I don’t blame the BCS–I blame the idealistic sportswriters that took time out of fellating Notre Dame to knock the Broncos from 5th to 8th in both human polls after blowing out Hawaii. It’s like Boise State has BCS AIDS, which would make a great toll-free hotline if anyone out there is feeling entrepreneurious at the moment. Yeah, that’s a word now. I spent the last week growing it in my dictionarium. Get over it.

UPDATE: Blount has been suspended for the year; his career as an Oregon Duck is over. There’s always the UFL, kid.

It wasn’t bad enough that Oregon had to cost me money by marching out of Boise State with a bizarre 19-8 loss on ESPN last night. No, we had to watch some senior awesomely lose any sense of composure and totally coldcock some white guy. Yeah, running back LeGarrette Bounte, who ran for 1,000 yards last year by the way, basically ruined Byron Hout’s poop before almost coming to blows with his own teammates and being restrained from fans by stadium security. Lotta pride in that feller there, and one can only speculate how severely Oregon will act to discipline him.

“I tell you what, that will never happen again,” Blount continued. “I will never lose my head again. … I should have handled that situation a lot better than I did.” via.

But let’s not forget that this whole thing was touched off by Hout slapping Blount on the shoulder pad and getting into his ear. We can see Boise State head coach Chris Petersen returning the favor before Blount delivers a Nike swoosh of his own to Hout’s chin. Should Hout be suspended for touching a guy’s shoulder pads? No, he should be suspended for running his mouth without wearing his helmet. Stupidity like that deserves a punishment all its own.

Oh, and South Carolina won last night, 7-3. No. 19 Utah also won, and the rest of the games were kinda blah. Thanks, Joel, for the vid, and you’re right: Emilio Estevez would never let his Ducks do this.