Boise State blows by Bowling Green, 49-14
by Kevan Lee on Sep 26, 2009 7:11 PM PDT
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PrintOne quarter was all the Broncos needed to put away the Falcons Saturday night, as Boise State rolled to a 49-14 victory over Bowling Green, thanks to a 29-point second quarter and plenty of fireworks from the offense and the defense.
Tyler Shoemaker had 105 yards receiving, Kellen Moore had 241 yards passing and two TDs, and both Jeremy Avery and Doug Martin scored on the ground. Check out after the jump for some quick-hit analysis, and share your thoughts in the comments.
Boise State's offense could do no wrong for about 15 minutes
This was the offense that Bronco fans know the team is capable of. Kellen Moore was winging it with authority. The running backs were busting through holes. The receivers were wide open, and the offensive line was largely unobtrusive.
And they did it so fast.
Here is the Broncos' drive chart in the second quarter and the first few minutes of the third:
- 4 plays, 59 yards, 1:36, Titus Young TD run
- 3 plays, 78 yards, 0:55, Doug Martin TD run
- 1 play, 25 yards, 0:10, Titus Young TD run
- 3 plays, 55 yards, 1:03, Austin Pettis TD catch
- 2 plays, 74 yards, 0:33, Titus Young TD run
- 2 plays, 11 yards, 0:30, Richie Brockel TD catch
It will take New Mexico State about three years to do that.
Doug Martin is the future, and the future is now
I have waited a year and a half to write those words. And I could not have imaged it feeling any better than it just did.
Did Martin look good or what? He blew past a tackler on his TD run like the guy wasn't even there. He rolled his way to 111 yards on 12 carries. And that was only Doug Martin Lite. Just wait until he gets the chance to wear a team down by the fourth quarter. Oh wait. We're headed to WAC play. So never mind about that.
Even better, I hear this Doug Harper guy had a good game, so that's very encouraging.
Kellen Moore is a pocket passer if ever there was one
Perhaps the biggest difference between the Bronco offense against Fresno State and the Bronco offense against Bowling Green was that Kellen Moore had a passing pocket against the Falcons. And what a difference it made.
Moore looks so much more comfortable from inside the pocket, where he has time to make his progressions, space to step up into his throws, opportunity to read the defense. He is virtually unbeatable when he has the chance to do his thing.
Give credit to the offensive line, which turned in a stellar performance tonight. Garrett Pendergast, Kevin Sapien, Thomas Byrd, Will Lawrence, and Matt Slater looked ten times better against the Falcons than they did against the Bulldogs. Well done, giant people.
Ryan Winterswyk exhibits Ryan Winterswyk-ness
The Broncos' senior (in age, not class, that is probably pretty confusing, I'm sorry) defensive lineman had a rather incredible sack of Tyler Sheehan early in the game, and he wreaked havoc in the backfield on multiple occasions against the Falcons.
On his sack, Winterswyk took an outside rush against the left tackle, was being pushed past Sheehan, stuck out his giant paw and corraled the BG quarterback for the sack. Either Winterswyk's one hand is stronger than the entire mass of Sheehan or ... well ... I actually think that is pretty plausible, so I'm going to just leave it at that.
Welcome back, Tyler Shoemaker
Absent in the stat sheet last week at Fresno, Shoemaker racked up over 100 yards on four catches against the Falcons and looked like the dangerous slot receiver he has been purported to be. He is a wide target running over the middle, and he gets upfield after the catch. There is nothing not to love - unless you're an NFL scout, in which case you'll probably find plenty.
Unsolved mysteries: Tackling
Get Angela Lansbury on the ringer. We need help.
Bowling Green RB Willie Geter - he of the never being heard of - was breaking tackles left and right during the Falcons' long forgotten first quarter sister kisser. As such, I do not feel comfortable giving the defense the Kevan Lee seal of approval.
Jeron Johnson whiffed a couple more times, the linebackers were a little sloppy, and defensive linemen had opportunities to bring down runners in the backfield and failed to do so. Then again, the final score was 49-14, so this doesn't matter nearly that much.
Was 49-14 enough?
Coach Pete went all benevolent on the Falcons around midway through the third quarter with his team leading 49-0. Was it the right decision? Will a 49-14 win play well enough with the poll voters?
I have a theory that voters have some sort of Pavlovian response to teams that put 50 points on the board. "What's that? They scored 50 points? I should probably vote them higher because they obviously have a good offense and I seem to remember that being important. And if they scored 50, then I guess Ian Johnson must have had a good game, which makes me happy."
If 50 points was the problem, then I guess I'll have to blame snapper Chris Roberson (bad snap on field goal), Kyle Brotzman (missed field goal), Jimmy Pavel (missed extra point), and Kellen Moore (four incompletions).
Kyle Brotzman does not have a problem making kicks in big-game situations
He apparently has problems making kicks in any game situation. His wide left from the left has (where else?) was inexcusable, inasmuch as he couldn't blame anyone else. The snap was good, the hold was good, everyone streaming out of BG stadium was respectfully quiet. And ... whammy.
Mark Johnson took a dramatic step backwards ... as did Bowling Green
The KTVB play-by-play man was off his game ... or was he so far off his game that he was actually very much on his game? Either way, he was a good two or three yards off on the majority of his ball spotting, his hyperbole was at an all time high, he made no sense throwing it to commercial break, and he attacked both teams' rosters with a complete disregard for accuracy and a complete homage to D.J. Harper. By the way, did everyone hear that Harper is out for the year with a torn ACL?
In essence, Mark Johnson's announcing was analogous to the way Bowling Green played. The Falcons were noticeably worse than they were last year in Boise. Shoot, they were noticeably worse than they were two weeks ago.
Fortunately, the new Boise State commercial theme song was worse than both of them, so I think it will deflect some attention this week.
Other random notes
- Jarvis Hodge put his imprint on the game. But did you all see Jarvis Harper? That kid is something.
- That Bowling Green game went from sellout to Mikrino and a bunch of Bronco fans pretty quickly, didn't it?
- I'm still awaiting word from Tom Scott on whether or not he would like Richie Brockel to "crunch his numbers."
- What was up with Titus Young's star turn on the KTVB camera? Who was saying last week that Titus Young was mature? Oh, right; that was me.
- No fumbled snaps today. I think that's the real victory here.
- Tommy Gallarda looked like a mama bear running with that football. He's large.
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domination
After the first quarter, the Broncos played outstanding ball on both sides of the line. Complete domination by both the O and the D. Very sharp, very agressive. It was great to see the D get back to how they played for the first two games. Awesome!!
trying to find something to worry about
I’m still a little concerned about BSU’s ability to put together a sustained drive. While the AYPC is high for both martin and avery, the median ypc isn’t (I don’t think). If and when we play another high quality team in a bowl, I’m worried about our ability to put together sustained drives, because I doubt we’ll be able to put together 40+or 60+ yard plays all that often against teams with faster defensive players. To beat them we need to consistently gain 3-4 yards per play, and I’m not sure I saw that this game. Of course, one reason I didn’t see that is we had so many super awesome plays. But still.
Don't forget we we have 9 games to go before we get to a bowl game
Don’t panic yet, there’s plenty of time to work out the kinks and win games at the same time.
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish.
oh very true
I’m only worried in the sense that I haven’t really seen that yet. But the main reason we haven’t seen it is because we have pulled off so many big plays, so thats cool. But I’m still a little worried, because I don’t think we’ll be able to rely on those plays against another quality opponent
Offense is starting to click...
As amazing as the 2nd quarter was, they left 7 to 10 points on the board in the first half.
Kellen seemed a little out of sorts last week, he was back on track tonight. Amazing precision.
Coughlin is the new Bissel. I expect some spread option packages from him in the coming weeks.
The long snapping/field goal unit is the only concern at this point.
"...east and west is the problem, north and south the solution."
WOW Kevan
you can type really fast. Either that or you started typing this out at half time.
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minor correction
“Coach Pete went all benevolent on the Falcons around midway through the third quarter with his team leading 49-0. "
They were actually up 43-0 when Coach Pete went all benevolent.
I’m glad he didn’t kick that field goal when they had us at 4th and goal on the 1. It was nice to see Jarvis get a TD.
"Well, we'll just have to get to know each other a little better then. I like Ferris wheels, college football, and anything that goes more than 200 miles an hour."
by orangecircus on Sep 26, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
In true Boise State fan fashion, I have to find something to worry about. I’m not quite sure that our D has developed a real ‘killer instinct’ yet. I would have really liked to see them tighten up in the third quarter, and not go into soft prevent D. Most of our first stringers were still in there! If BG hadn’t sat down their QB, they might have laid another TD down, unless our D had stepped up.
Other than that, there wasn’t much to complain about. After the first quarter our offense looked AWESOME, and they left the field without showing signs of slowing. KM1 returned to his usual super-human self, and balance was returned to nature.
Oh, one more complaint. Coughlin is the first one to complete to Kirby? What’s up with that? Couldn’t Kellen have come back in, just for that play? Are they trying to drive me crazy on purpose?
"Well, we'll just have to get to know each other a little better then. I like Ferris wheels, college football, and anything that goes more than 200 miles an hour."
it will be boise state's 13-0 resume vs tcu's 12-0 resume.
i really think both teams will get invites to bcs bowls. the other bcs conferences are beating up on each other and i think the only two teams that will come out undefeated are boise state and tcu. they better not play them against each other too. we saw that last year. i want a big 12 team and a sec team for either squad in their respective bcs bowls. here is to the bcs revolution. 2 teams this year for the first time. ramble on!
by wolfmanshowlforever on Sep 26, 2009 8:13 PM PDT reply actions
Last year a 2-loss Ohio State team was picked over an undefeated Boise State team.
I have no reason to believe that even though these teams are beating each other up, the same sort of thing won’t happen. The runner-up in the Big 10 will probably have no more than 1 or 2 losses, even if Michigan or Iowa runs the table and wins the Big 10 (That would give Ohio State and/or Penn State—not sure who’s on whose schedule—another loss. Well, if Iowa runs the table, then Penn State might not get another loss.)
The #2 team from the SEC might have 2 losses or fewer (including the SEC title game match). Same thing in the PAC 10. The #1 team will probably have one loss, and the #2 team will have 2 losses. Big 12, too, if Texas wins. And if somebody else wins, then probably the #2 team will be Texas, with just the loss to the winner.
I’d believe that any of these teams—the #2 SEC, Big 10, PAC 10 or Big 12 team—would be selected over Boise State/TCU, even with an undefeated Boise State/TCU and a 2-loss #2 team. Not fair, but I have no reason to doubt that anything has changed since last year.
One difference this year
We weren’t ranked this high this early last year. I think it will be awfully difficult to see a 2 loss team jump us this year.
I do still think that if Oklahoma beats Texas, Oklahoma would jump us and Texas would fall below us. Other than situations like that, I don’t see many teams jumping us.
A lot of crazy things have already happened this year. I have to believe they’ll continue, just not involving Boise State /knock on wood
Although it’s likely that that we’d get the auto bid, and the 2-loss team would be picked over TCU.
Bowls aren’t obligated to take the higher-ranked team. Ohio State, if I recall correctly, was ranked below us.
Yeah when it comes to picking qualifying teams
the bowl execs don’t see anything but dollar signs. If we’re up against Ohio State, Oklahoma, or any of those other teams those bowl execs are going to pick them over us almost every time. It’s all about the $$$
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish.
don't forget about UH
they are playing TT close right now. If they get the win and go undefeated, they arguably have a better record than either TCU or us.
Penn State has lost to unranked Iowa
Where will BSU be ranked tomorrow? How high can they go?
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I'm eager to see
I’m going to guess we’ll be either 6th or 7th. We have to move up at least one spot by default alone. #5 Penn State lost and #4 Ole Miss lost so that will automatically move us. With Va Tech’s big win they could move ahead of us.
I want to know right now!
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish.
#4, #5, #6 all fell. Plus #7 LSU looked terrible against Miss State.
I don’t think Va Tech will jump us. Cincinnati either after their much closer win over Fresno State than our win.
It will be interesting tomorrow. Plus first Harris poll will be out.
That begs the issue
there needs to be a Poll Watch open thread tomorrow!
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by OBNUG Intern on Sep 26, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
If someone can get a Fanshot up with the new rankings tomorrow quickly
we’ll promote it to the front page. Got to keep it updated with each poll as they come out though.
Harris Poll
Plus first Harris poll will be out
And it will be our first chance this year to ridicule Prater.
"...east and west is the problem, north and south the solution."
i'm glad houston won.
by october 18th if everything goes as planned it will be boise state,tcu and houston 4,5 and 6 in first bcs bowl. if three non bcs teams go undefeated that just creates more pressure on the powers that be. every week will get more airtime as why two of these teams should get bids. tcu and houston have large metro populations and boise state played one of the greatest games ever vs okie. i like our chances for two bids. screw tradition this is what is right and espn and the rest of the media have come to our side. ramble on! the only poll that will mess with us is the coaches poll. ramble on!
by wolfmanshowlforever on Sep 27, 2009 7:25 AM PDT up reply actions
mark may and lou holtz were already debating it out with chris fowler as judge
it’s only week three. 11 more weeks of this. the coaches are the one’s that will be pressured. mr swofford why does your acc deserve to bids. well we did soo well vs fcs teams. we only lost three times. we went 1-2 vs the mtn west. we did pull out one or two wins vs the big east. are confernce leader almost beat alabama (just two more td’s would have done that) duke did beat army etc. etc. the emperor has no clothes. peace out!
by wolfmanshowlforever on Sep 27, 2009 7:49 AM PDT up reply actions
My two favorite quotes from this post
Here’s the first.
Fortunately, the new Boise State commercial theme song was worse than both of them, so I think it will deflect some attention this week.
When I heard that song I thew up in my mouth a little.
Two.
Tommy Gallarda looked like a mama bear running with that football. He’s large.
Couldn’t agree more!
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish.
As bad as the "On the banks of a river" song is...
the CWI “Shine like a diamond on me” commercial is far cheesier and cringeworthy
by Drew Roberts on Sep 26, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Crap
That’s the truth. The worst part is that song gets in my head for hours every time I hear it. I need to stop thinking about it already!
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish.
I'm excited to see Idaho's
I hope it’s a cover of the the D&B commercial.
"I eat success for breakfast - with skim milk!" - Tony Perkis
Ranking...
I’d like to think we’ll jump to #5 as I dont think VT should jump us, although I see us at #6 more realistically. Im not complaining.
Dumb KTVB.
They never got the fans attentions very well, hence, we were not treated to a Mikrino poster D:
"You know where i'm from, a little suspicion about one's true identity and motives is considered good manners."
-- Nale
I tried, trust me I tried. I'll take a picture of it and post it.
Boise State - The best in all the land (The "land" being Idaho, and large parts of California, Oregon, and Nevada.)
Well Houston won
See now we have to hear this shit about Houston being a better BCS pick than Boise State.
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish.
honestly
they probably are. To this point, Oklahoma St. is probably better than Oregon, and Texas Tech is easily better than anyone else on our schedule.
by killtacular on Sep 26, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
doesn't mean
I think UH would beat BSU. Just means UH (if both go undefeated) will have a better resume than us.
by killtacular on Sep 26, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
except they beat...
Oklahoma State who hasn’t beat anyone of note
Texas Tech, who’s only notable game was a loss to Texas
Whereas we beat…
the team (Oregon) that slaughtered the #6 ranked team in the country
Fresno…who played Wisconsin to double OT and a ranked Cincinnati to withing 1 score.
And we have Idaho left on our schedule…look at them (puke) roll! (even that exclamation mark was hard to include)
If playing in blue uniforms on a blue field is an unfair advantage, then isn't wearing green uniforms on a green field also an unfair advantage?
by TheShrewdOne on Sep 26, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
what?
Georgia is a “team of note”
Texas Tech played well with Texas. Fresno State played well with Wisconsin and Cincinati. Umm, win goes to Texas Tech.
by killtacular on Sep 26, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Georgia is not good this year. They have squeaked by a bunch of average teams. Their defense is non existent.
as is the defense of all Big 12 teams...and Houston, for that matter
If playing in blue uniforms on a blue field is an unfair advantage, then isn't wearing green uniforms on a green field also an unfair advantage?
by TheShrewdOne on Sep 26, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
minus Nebraska...for now...verdict is still out on them.
If playing in blue uniforms on a blue field is an unfair advantage, then isn't wearing green uniforms on a green field also an unfair advantage?
by TheShrewdOne on Sep 26, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
nebraska crushed three sunbelt teams.lol!
i guess they figured they could be like the sec doesevery year except the sec is in a class by itself. the big 12 will be proven to be a lagging #2 conference in the nation. only team i think that can beat texas is kansas in their championship game. look at missouri. bowling green almost beat them at their place and only beat nevada by 10. 10 bids. florida, probably alabama. texas, probably kansas. va tech, cincinnati. ohio state. usc. then 2 out of the three unbeaten(if it comes down to that) boise state will definitely go 13-0 unless massive injuries which i don’t see happening. tcu would be my next choice. only so called tough games left is utah at thier place. revenge game and utah is not even close to what they were last year and then byu which was exposed by a 2-2 fsu team full of speedy athletes. tcu has the same kind of athletes but better coaching and their on a mission and will be focused) notre dame will lose to usc and with their mounting injuries another team on their schedule. i think they have stanford coming up. 3 losses out of the bcs picture. only team i could see beating houston is southern miss. not sure if they play in regular season or would play in championship game. houston gets the cotton ball nod. lol! ramble on!
by wolfmanshowlforever on Sep 27, 2009 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions
georgia
is not an amazing team. They are a quality win for OkSt.
by killtacular on Sep 26, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
A few pictures from the game..
Unofortunately I didn’t get a chance to take a picture of the poster, even though I think I was right near him. Just didn’t have a chance really… But I did get a few pictures.
by Ihavenofriendzz on Sep 26, 2009 10:58 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Those are some sweet seats
Thanks for the pics. Rec’d.
"I eat success for breakfast - with skim milk!" - Tony Perkis
ole miss, penn state, cal
with all three of them out of the top 10, are we likely to take a #5 seat?
BroncoJoe
I wish
I think we will be 6th. Va tech will almost for sure pass us with their win over #9 Miami…
Someday I hope to look in a mirror and see something special... something like a coach pete protoge'.
Because beating the #9 team apparently also means you’re better than the #8 team… I love our ranking system!
Someday I hope to look in a mirror and see something special... something like a coach pete protoge'.
Human polls will not be the problem in the end...
The fallacy and unfairness of the human polls will probably turn out to help BSU this year. The human polls favor teams with a good preseason ranking and there are enough voters that believe in the “if you don’t lose you don’t move” method that BSU should not have too many teams leapfrog them throughout the year. I don’t see where they will be lower than 7th at any point as long as they keep winning.
In the computer polls however, TCU and Houston will have a chance to jump over BSU if they keep winning as well.
"...east and west is the problem, north and south the solution."
Did anyone else find is odd...
…that garbage time began at about 9 mins left in the 3rd quarter?
"You know where i'm from, a little suspicion about one's true identity and motives is considered good manners."
-- Nale
Player of the Game poll.
Interesting to see Doug martin neck and neck with Kellen Moore. Both of them were solid, but neither one of them were game-changers, momentum swingers. I would have to give that to Titus Young, even though the bobble-head to the camera was a little annoying.
Even though Doug Martin was great… GREAT to see, I don’t think he was the PotG. I think a lot of us were just excited to see the DM (District Manager?) machine get going and have his day. Whereas Kellen Moore probably lost some votes simply because he was himself: Super Moore. So, I voted for him. All in all, it probably should have went to George Iloka’s Helmet.
"You know where i'm from, a little suspicion about one's true identity and motives is considered good manners."
-- Nale
I understand your arguement
However, I did vote for Doug Martin. But there was a good chance I was going to vote for Martin before the game even started.
I could have easily given it to Titus Young. He’s big time playmaker.
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish.
TY Was Good
But my vote goes to Doug Harper.
by marktgarten on Sep 27, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
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