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Can NIU “Boise State” FSU in the Orange Bowl?

Can NIU “Boise State” FSU in the Orange Bowl?They’re the team nobody expected to be there. They’re the team nobody wants there. They have nothing to lose; and everything to prove. If there’s one upset that could occur among the BCS bowl games this season, you have to look no further than Northern Illinois vs. Florida State. Northern Illinois will find a somewhat discouraged...
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December 27, 2012  |  Discuss

Boise St. 105, Corban 49

Jeff Elorriaga made a school-record 3-pointers and scored 30 points to lead Boise State to a 105-49 win over Corban on Sunday. Elorriaga was 10 of 16 from 3-point range, breaking the previous record of nine set by Abe Jackson on Dec. 10, 2000. He had eight 3-pointers at halftime. Kenny Buckner posted a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Broncos, who also got double...
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December 30, 2012  |  Discuss

Boise State decides it's just not that into joining the Big East, will stay in Mountain West.

ESPN is reporting that Boise State has decided to remain a part of the Mountain West, and not join the Big East as planned in 2013. The Broncos were supposed to join the conference as a football-only member, with the rest of the school's athletic teams joining the Big West. The Big East is still a higher-profile conference even with the planned defections of three schools...
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December 31, 2012  |  Discuss

Boise State Will Remain In The Mountain West, No Longer Joining Big East

Brett McMurphy of ESPN.com is reporting that Boise State will remain in the Mountain West Conference. The Broncos were set to join the Big East in football only in 2013. Louisville was scheduled to travel to Boise State next season to face the Broncos. I’m assuming the Big East will now be forced to add a future member one year early. Although Boise State never spent a day in the...
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December 31, 2012  |  Discuss

Boise State to stay in Mountain West

Boise State has backed out on a commitment to join the Big East and will remain a member of the Mountain West. The school and the conference announced they had come to an agreement to keep the Broncos playing in the league they have been a part of for the past two seasons. Boise State was scheduled to join the Big East next year for football only. It was going to put its other...
Via AP on Fox
December 31, 2012  |  Discuss

Boise State Not Joining the Big East

Time to beat the dead horse of the Big East yet again.  The biggest story around Cincinnati sports this year has been conference realignment. The Bearcats weren't able to get an ACC bid. They watched the Big East basketball schools formulate a plan to leave the league. Now they are watching Boise State pull a TCU and not even join the league.  There goes a...
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December 31, 2012  |  Discuss

Aresco: Big East 'unwilling' to accommodate Boise

Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco says the conference was ''unwilling'' to cut Boise State the deal the Mountain West did to lure the Broncos back. Aresco told The Associated Press the Big East worked hard to keep Boise State from breaking its commitment to join the league as a football-only member in 2013, but could not find a way. Aresco says he will be speaking...
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January 01, 2013  |  Discuss

Big East refused to match Boise deal

Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco says the conference was ''unwilling'' to cut Boise State the deal the Mountain West did to lure the Broncos back. Aresco told The Associated Press the Big East worked hard to keep Boise State from breaking its commitment to join the league as a football-only member in 2013, but could not find a way. Aresco says he will be speaking...
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January 01, 2013  |  Discuss

Boise St sees stability, money key to MWC deal

Boise State President Bob Kustra says the decision to rejoin the Mountain West Conference came down to money, stability and flexibility. Kustra announced Monday that Boise State was pulling its football team out of the Big East Conference. The Broncos were scheduled to begin playing in the Big East next season and had already scheduled games against those teams. But Kustra says...
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January 02, 2013  |  Discuss

Boise State routs Walla Walla 106-39

Ryan Watkins had a career-high 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Boise State rolled to a 106-39 victory over Walla Walla on Saturday night for its sixth consecutive victory. Anthony Drmic scored 22 points, and Jeff Elorriaga and Thomas Bropleh added 14 apiece as the Broncos (12-2) set a school record with a 67-point margin of victory. Tristan Greenidge scored 13 points for NAIA...
Via AP on Fox
January 05, 2013  |  Discuss

Avoiding The Big Least – Boise State Will Remain In MWC

There was an announcement before last season that Boise State had decided to depart the Mountain West Conference for the Big East.  Recently the Broncos reconsidered their options and decided remaining in the MWC with San Diego State, who is also rumored to remain, and would help to create a more competitive conference than then what the Big East stands to offer in 2014. The move...
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January 11, 2013  |  Discuss

Boise State suspends safety, tight end

Boise State officials say two players have been suspended from the school for violating university rules. The discipline creates uncertainty for the futures of safety Lee Hightower, who started the first seven games last season, and Hayden Plinke, a tight end who played in six games last year. Officials did not specify the rules violated or if either player would be allowed to...
Via AP on Fox
February 04, 2013  |  Discuss

Boise State suspends pair of players

Boise State officials say two players have been suspended from the school for violating university rules. The discipline creates uncertainty for the futures of safety Lee Hightower, who started the first seven games last season, and Hayden Plinke, a tight end who played in six games last year. Officials did not specify the rules violated or if either player would be allowed to...
Via AP on Fox
February 04, 2013  |  Discuss

Defense focus of Boise State recruiting efforts

For the second straight year, Boise State coach Chris Petersen has focused recruiting efforts on defense. Defensive players account for 16 of the 21 new recruits who signed letters of intent Wednesday to play for the Broncos this fall. The Broncos are coming off an 11-2 season and were supposed to join the Big East this year. But the school backed out of those plans, opting instead...
Via AP on Fox
February 06, 2013  |  Discuss

Boise State Broncos’ all-blue uniforms may be banned by NCAA Rules Committee

The NCAA has proposed a rule banning jerseys and pants the match a team's home playing surface. The rule was basically just affect Boise State, a program that simply cannot catch a break.
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February 14, 2013  |  Discuss

2013 TSHQ CFB Preseason Top 25: #20 Boise State Broncos

As another off season of College Football material kicks off, this year marks the third year I’ll throw my hat in the ring and look at a number of topics and categories. In the process I’ll look to do everything from predicting next year’s 25 best teams, identify the games of the year, narrow down the Heisman field, identify those replacing 2012′s stars and ultimately make...
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February 20, 2013  |  Discuss

The Fallout: Johnny Manziel, UGA, Boise State, and more.

Welcome to the Fallout - Saturday news and notes. Obligatory Johnny Manziel item of the day. D.J. Gallo looks at the controversy involving Texas A&M Heisman Trophy winning starting quarterback Johnny Manziel only taking online classes this semester, and the "real life education" he's gaining doing things like meeting the stars of Duck Dynasty ("Zoology...
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February 23, 2013  |  Discuss

FSU, Boise State to square off in 2019, 2020

Florida State and Boise State announced Monday a home-and-home football series that will take place during the 2019 and 2020 seasons. The first meeting is scheduled for Sept. 7, 2019 in Tallhassee. The Seminoles will then pay a visit to Boise on Sept. 12, 2020. "We are very excited to add Boise State to our future football schedule," said Florida State Director of Athletics...
Via Fox Sports Florida
March 04, 2013  |  Discuss

FSU to play Boise State in home-at-home series in 2019 & 2020.

Time to adjust those long-term college football schedules. Florida State and Boise State have agreed to a home-at-home series in 2019 & 2020. The Broncos will make the trip to Tuscaloosa in 2019, then the Seminoles will come to the blue turf of Bronco Stadium in Boise in 2020. The first game between the two schools is six years away. To put that into perspective, here are...
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March 04, 2013  |  Discuss

FSU And Boise State Schedule Home And Home

(Otto Kitsinger III/Getty Images North America)ESPN: Florida State and Boise State will play a home-and-home series in 2019 and 2020, the schools announced Monday.Under the weight of heavy criticism for a weak nonconference slate in each of the past two seasons, Florida State was looking for a marquee opponent for a home-and-home series, and athletics director Randy Spetman said...
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March 04, 2013  |  Discuss

A Perfect storm tonight in Las Vegas

With a game so big as tonight’s game I had decided to forgo medication and pull my right arm out of it’s sling. The clash of Boise State and UNLV is a pre-tourney game none of us would have for seen at the start of this season.   Over the last 5 -6 years I will admit I haven’t been that much of a Basketball fan. When I had the opportunity to see this young group of...
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March 05, 2013  |  Discuss

Broncos Land Foss High Star

Dezmyn Trent gave Boise State a verbal commitment on Tuesday. The 6'4 guard lit up the State of Washington, averaging 27 points a game this past year, en route to being named the News Tribune All-Area boys Player of the Year. He will visit Boise State this weekend.
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March 06, 2013  |  Discuss

Boise State 65 UNLV 68 It only hurts because we LOVE.

  It’s hard to ***** and moan over a game you could only listen to and not see, you have to put a lot of trust into what the guys calling the game were saying as well as go with your gut feeling. So when he commentator said in the final seconds when it was 60-64 the foul on a 3 point shooter before the shot just when you were hoping it was going to be 3 at the line you...
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March 06, 2013  |  Discuss

Boise State will be able to wear all blue uniforms on their “Smurf Turf”

Breath easy Boise State Bronco fans. The NCAA has gotten rid of the rule that says a uniform cannot match the color of the field that it plays on. The MWC, after hearing that BSU would remain a member, lobbied for Boise to be able to wear all blue uniforms and it apparently worked. The term Smurf Turf refers to the color of the field on which Boise plays that happens to be blue grass...
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March 07, 2013  |  Discuss

Jamar Taylor CB, Boise State Scouting Report

JAMAR TAYLOR CB, BOISE STATE 5-11, 192 Starts TCK INT PBU SCK 2012 13 51 4 9 2.5 2011 9 27 2 6 0.5 2010 12 35 0 2 1 2008 0 24 1 1 0 2011 missed 4 games due to injury I see a physical corner. Good at breaking on passes to break them up. Quick reaction to route cuts. Quick feet. I can see the confidence and the swagger...
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March 09, 2013  |  Discuss
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