Good morning, Bronco fans. Things will be back to relative normalcy on the blog now that we've used up all of our vacation days at work and now that we've taken an appropriate amount of time for mourning.

Also, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention Brian Murphy's new beard, as seen in yesterday's print version of the Statesman. he must be taking this whole final season of Battlestar Galactica thing a little more seriously than anyone anticipated.

Nevada will be Broncos' main rival for the future [Statesman]
Until Boise State leaves for the Mountain West Conference in two years.

Ian Johnson hyperbole alert [BroncoSports.com]
No one does Boise State fluff pieces quite like BroncoSports.com.

Bronco season's 10 best moments [BroncoSports.com]
Bush Hamdan pick-six did not make the list.

The Humanitarian Bowl is so cute when it's unrealistic [Statesman]
Bowl president Kevin McDonald has high aspirations ... for some reason.

Kellen Moore will not make the same mistake twice [Statesman]
Hopefully this means that the Broncos will never be behind in the final two minutes of a game ever again.

Statesman readers not too happy with the headline writing [Statesman]
To say nothing of the meager comics page. And would it kill them to get a NY Times crossword once in awhile?