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Boise State football scholarships are the new golden ticket

"This ticket entitles you to one free permanent retainer." (via www.alicia-logic.com)

"This ticket entitles you to one free permanent retainer." (via www.alicia-logic.com)

As we've surmised and the Idaho Statesman has concurred, Boise State football scholarships for the 2010 class are hard to come by. But to hear Bronco prospects talk about them, these rare scholarships sound downright Wonka-esque.

"I was so honored to get one of their five scholarships," said CB Bryan Douglas, who said he had an offer from San Diego State. "I was one of the few kids to get a scholarship from them. It meant they really wanted me."

Somewhere, Coach Pete smiles, then returns to creating a digestible playbook pill.

Star-divide

The Broncos' first four honorees - DE Tyrone Crawford, QB Grant Hedrick, ATH Kyle Sosnowski, and Douglas - are the, pardon my Tom Scott, proverbial Augustus Gloops and Violet Beauregards of the college scene, players lucky enough to earn the attention and admiration of the Bronco coaching staff. And with one more ticket scholarship to go, the Boise State recruiting trail is nearly a point-for-point remake of the movie classic. Oh, if only David Augusto were still around to play the oompa loompa!

So who will be the Broncos' Charlie? Here are the players, according to Scout.com, with scholarship offers waiting:

  • CB Jourdan Grandon
  • WR Davon Dunn
  • WR Matt Miller
  • OT Timothy Gifford

Let's just hope that whichever one it is, he doesn't bring along any senile grandparents.

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I don’t have a Rivals subscription, but saw this headline today. Looks like Oregon is also going after Dunn.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Jul 16, 2009 9:20 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Gifford Timothy would be the proverbial huge pickup for the Broncos.

Matt Miller looks like he could be a dangerous, dangerous WR.

My bets (and hopes) are on one of those two…maybe both…they’ll find a scholly.

by Drew Roberts on Jul 16, 2009 10:01 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Might offer more than five.

My understanding is that even though the outgoing senior class has five members, there are a few other scholarships in reserve. I would expect them to sign at least 8 to 10 scholarship players and have the usual slew of coachable walk-ons.

"...he could have run for 500 yards if only the end zone hadn't kept getting in the way"

by MKingery on Jul 16, 2009 10:07 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Gifford, Leave Grampa Home And Come On Down!

 Jourdan Grandon lists Boise State as the only team he is NOT interested in, on Scout.com. I know, wierd, huh?
 Last I heard, Matt Miller is leaning toward Stanford. He likes Harbaugh, and values a quality education. Yeh, like Stanford has any educational facilities we don’t!
 With the Ducks and others trying to lead Davon Dunn off the path of light leading to Boise State’s campus, it looks like Gifford has the obligation to accept a BSU scholarship.
 I would love to see Gifford come to BSU. He would dominate in the WAC. And, if he was a Bronco, maybe then we could figure out if Gifford is his first, or last name.

by TitoRay on Jul 16, 2009 3:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Fantastic

I’ll take Gifford in a heartbeat, and if MKingery’s right, I’ll take Dunn and others, too. A five-player class seems way too small, so hopefully, BSU can squeeze a few more players in.

"Body!" - Lars

by Kevan Lee on Jul 19, 2009 11:47 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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