The Week in Boise State football: Make NFL preseason tolerable by following Boise State alumni
by Kevan Lee on Aug 17, 2009 7:59 AM PDT
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For most people, watching preseason NFL football is akin to going to a wedding where you don't know anyone. Sure, it's a wedding, and there's the possibility of something entertaining (unintentional comedy of live music) or tragic (being left at the altar) happening, but you really want to be somewhere else.
Thank goodness Boise State players are getting married this preseason.
Nerd alert: I actually followed the Vikings-Colts preseason game using NFL.com's GameCenter on my laptop. Obviously, I wouldn't have done this if Ian Johnson and Vinny Perretta weren't fighting for roster spots. I don't care enough about Jim Sorgi's TD/INT ratio to rearrange my Friday night.
But with Ian and Vinny in the mix, the preseason Minny-Indy showdown was must see TV. The same is true of any Cowboys' game (Julian Hawkins and Orlando Scandrick), Broncos' game (Ryan Clady and Jeb Putzier), Packers' game (Daryn Colledge and Korey Hall), etc., etc. The NFL preseason is infinitely more fun to watch when Boise State players are on the field.
Here's hoping they last long enough to keep September games interesting to Bronco fans, too.
Person of the week
I am in love with J.C. Percy. Now I know how Jason Haberman has felt all summer.
Percy took the field with the first team defense in last week's scrimmage, and he definitely looked the part of a starter. He was fast, he was confident, and I'm pretty sure he made eye contact with me once. He could very well be lining up alongside Derrell Acrey for the first snap of the Oregon game on September 3.
What makes Percy's story even better is his Forsey-like rise from walk-on to stud. The Blackfoot High star received no D-1A scholarships after suffering a broken leg in high school that caused him to miss most of his senior season. Two years later, he is fighting for playing time as a redshirt freshman at one of the most important positions on the football team.
J.C. Percy, I give you four Paul J. Schneiders.
Meme of the week
The OregonLive.com comments
Inspired by reader Mikrino's behind-the-scenes look at OregonLive.com's comments, I spent some time seeing for myself just how bad they really were. And my eyes have only now stopped bleeding.
I knew it was bad in there, but I had no idea that they were setting the entire human race back a couple decades. The OregonLive.com comments have it all - from grammatical affronts to rampant ignorance to hateful all CAPS shouting matches. It makes the Statesman's comments section look like Shakespeare's Twelfth Night..
You've been warned. Don't make the same mistake I did.
A better way to settle the national championship than the BCS
A poetry slam.
This week's non-Boise State game I'm totally going to watch
Boise State's second scrimmage, Friday at 7:00pm, Bronco Stadium
Well, it's not a game, right?
Context-free quote from Nevada's Silver & Blue Sports boards
(Kellen) Moore has a worse statistical year than last year I bet.
Lace Banachek sign-off
According to recent Bronco news Boise State AD Gene Bleymaier is looking to further contract the Oregon Ducks to future games. Bleymaier wants Bronco fans to believe that he attempts yearly to schedule the Broncos with PAC 10 teams and they refuse. Are Bronco fans to believe that USC is afraid to play them on their own field? Not likely!
With one remaining slot open for 2011 the Broncos need that game to be a giant-a one and done deal with a big name university, not the Oregon Ducks.
Kevan Lee, founder of One Bronco Nation Under God, can be reached at kevan@obnug.com.
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Kevan, next you need to spend some time on the ESPN comment area, and do a comparison between that and OregonLive.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
ESPN is just as ridiculous.
I’m on there from time to time.
It’s fairly boring before the season begins. What with the baseless attacks and Graham Watson-esque assertion of facts. One I especially love;
If Boise State played in any other conference they’d be 0-12
It’s the sort of thing where you say to yourself, this guy is either 12 years old, or an Idaho fan.
Boise State - The best in all the land (The "land" being Idaho, and large parts of California, Oregon, and Nevada.)
that would make a lot of sense,
If I lived in Southern Idaho.
But alas, I don’t. So it means nothing to me.
And really, I can’t realistically think of any other conference where Boise State couldn’t win one game.
Boise State - The best in all the land (The "land" being Idaho, and large parts of California, Oregon, and Nevada.)
12 conference games, huh?
That seems a bit excessive. Does “any” other conference include the Sun Belt or Big Sky?
"You know where i'm from, a little suspicion about one's true identity and motives is considered good manners."
-- Nale
That was my thought.
“…because all 12 of Boise State’s wins come against WAC teams every year.”
Or maybe only 6 conferences count. The rest aren’t really conferences, anyway. (Except the WAC, since “any other conference” implies that it is a conference itself.)
Thats exactly why I say;
When someone says;
If Boise State played in any other conference they’d be 0-12
OR,
Or… Just someone who doesn’t live in southern Idaho???
I instantly remove all credibility for any preceding post they might have.
If you can’t even examine the stupidity of your own post…neither should I.
Boise State - The best in all the land (The "land" being Idaho, and large parts of California, Oregon, and Nevada.)
But I like my life
I think it would be fascinating to have a sociologist compare those two comment areas. He or she might have to write off the human race as a complete loss.
"Never let anyone sign your checks!" - Harvey Bushkin
Speaking of preseason performances by BSU alums...
Peter King had a nice blurb about Legedu Naanee schooling Seahawk’s first round pick Aaron Curry here (his 5th thing he “thinks he thinks”).
Nice find
Thanks for sharing that. I like Peter King sometimes, when he’s not tripping over himself to find a new BFF NFLer.
"Never let anyone sign your checks!" - Harvey Bushkin
definitely
The good thing about King’s MMQB column is that it is so long it is bound to contain some good things, as long as you skim/skip the Brett Favre parts.
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@ Michigan State  |
Fri 08/31 | 6:00 p.m. MT |
| Miami (OH) | Sat 09/15 | 2:00 p.m. MT |
| BYU |
Thu 09/20 | TBA |
| @ New Mexico | Sat 09/29 | TBA |
| @ Southern Miss | Sat 10/06 | TBA |
| Fresno State | Sat 10/13 | 1:30 p.m. MT |
| UNLV | Sat 10/20 | 1:30 p.m. MT |
| @ Wyoming |
Sat 10/27 | 1:30 p.m. MT |
| San Diego State | Sat 11/03 | 8:30 p.m. MT |
| @ Hawaii | Sat 11/10 | 5:00 p.m. MT |
| Colorado St. | Sat 11/17 | 1:30 p.m. MT |
| @ Nevada | Sat 12/1 | TBA |
