Boise State dominates on defense, Kellen Moore does the rest as Broncos down Warriors, 42-7
by Kevan Lee on Nov 6, 2010 3:48 PM PDT
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PrintThe Broncos shut down the high-powered Hawaii offense and the Hawaii defense most definitely did not do the same to the Broncos. In a game that was more lopsided than the final score, Boise State came away with a 42-7 win and the lead in the WAC. As it should be!
Join me after the jump for a recap of the game, and share your thoughts on the Broncos win in the comments. How did Boise State look to you? What were your favorite parts from the win? Let's discuss.
Top Five plays
- Tyler Shoemaker TD catch from Kellen Moore. Quadruple coverage with a man in his face? Sure, why not?
- J.P. Nisby sack on 4th down. Hawaii didn't do much in the first half, to say the least. The one time they did have an opportunity to do something was on the drive that ended with a fourth down try - a fourth down try that Old Man Nisby ate alive.
- Titus Young TD catch from Kellen Moore. /hyperventilating from awesomeness
- Austin Pettis TD catch from Kellen Moore. Hawaii might want to defend the middle of the field on 3rd and long. Just saying.
- Kellen Moore deep ball to Geraldo Hiwat. It wasn't the most perfect deep ball, but it was great seeing Hiwat make a deep play if for nothing else than to make me feel a little more comfortable about Boise State's receiving corps next year. Also, I liked that Boise State was going for the jugular there.
It was over when ...
Kellen Moore hit a wide open Titus Young for an 83-yard TD to make it 35-0. It was probably over a lot earlier than this. But Moore's pass was the backbreaker in an afternoon of backbreakers. As good as Hawaii's offense can look at times, a 35-point deficit was definitely too much (a 14-point deficit would have been too much today).
Recap
That was not so much a WAC championship as it was a typical WAC game.
The Broncos easily dispatched of Hawaii in what was billed as one of the Broncos' toughest games left, winning 42-7 behind the strength of a dominant defense and a record-setting Kellen Moore.
Moore threw for 507 yards, which was a career high and third-most in team history. Three Bronco wide receivers had at least 99 yards. Jeremy Avery scored three times.
And that was only half the story.
The other half was the Boise State defense, which hopefully doesn't get lost when this game gets wrapped. Hawaii came in with the No. 1 offense in the country and left the third quarter with barely over 100 total yards. Bryant Moniz had zero time to throw (and all it typically takes is two seconds in the quick run-n-shoot). I could count missed tackles on one hand. The Bronco defense came to play, and the Hawaii offense didn't.
Statistics
Passing
Kellen Moore 30-for-37, 507 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs
Rushing
Doug Martin 17 carries, 55 yards
Jeremy Avery 10 carries, 92 yards, 3 TDs
Receiving
Austin Pettis 8 catches, 122 yards, 1 TD
Titus Young 5 catches, 117 yards, 1 TD
Tyler Shoemaker 5 catches, 99 yards, 1 TD
Knee-jerk reactions
I could watch Boise State run the hurry up offense all day for the rest of eternity, it was that awesome ... Complete 19 straight passes: Achievement unlocked ... Would this game have been 35-0 at halftime without those two turnovers? ... Strange that Hawaii has been the team to slow down Boise State's run game the most this year (in the first half at least) ... I guess it's easy to look good against the run when you look so terrible against the pass ...
I take back any worries I ever had about Boise State's pass defense ... Seriously, great pass defense ... Kealoha Pilares not playing much probably helped, but still - Iloka on the slot and Thompson and Taylor on the corners were excellent ... In the first five minutes of the game, you could tell that Hawaii was in for a long day with how the Boise State defensive line was owning the Hawaii offensive line ... Well done on the 2-point option by Pettis, which I guess makes up for the poor job on the missed 2-point pass (presumably by Pettis
Kellen Moore throws for 500 yards in three quarters, so all interceptions are forgiven ... I'd rather not talk about TCU right now ... Faraji Wright did well subbing for Joe Kellogg, same with Gabe Linehan making the most of his opportunity with Tommy Gallarda out of the lineup ... Bryant Moniz: Overrated? ... I'm not entirely sure WAC officials know how instant replay works ...
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DOMINATE is right!
we looked good. I mean, really good.
I don’t care what TCU did on a stupidly overrated Utah, there’s no way we should be discounted for today’s game. At all. Whatsoever. Our defense murdered every one of Hawaii’s dreams, and our offense (see Moore, Kellen) was outstanding.
If we don’t at least make a BCS bowl, I’m gonna be so pissed.
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
and Utah, too!
Utah was vastly overrated! They haven’t played anybody, just a lowly Pitt from the Big East… now TCU gets the benefit of it…
by Arlen Hunsaker on Nov 6, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree.
Let’s not talk about TCU and how ridiculously overrated Utah was. What really matters, IMO, is that as I’m writing this, LSU is leading Alabama with under 30 seconds to play! That win would help us TREMENDOUSLY if Alabama can come back and beat Auburn on Nov 26th!
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yea Bama lost
shoot they will probably have to drop they down to #6 or 7……LSU will probably pass BSU….just being sarcastic and venting……………………………..
I watched this on ESPN3 on my Xbox
my god, I have never seen anything that looks more beautiful than that field ever.
or on Xbox...
ill be honest.. i was super stoaked about this add on on my live account
even chuck norris has kellen moore themed nightmares
There were some mistakes...
2 INT
7 Penalties for 65 yards
Other than that, though, a well oiled machine. That seemingly couldn’t be stopped by anyone other than themselves.
The defense was amazingly proficient. I was very happy with the pass defense. I was worried about that, before game time.
This is the first Boise State game I have actually enjoyed since Labor Day
I mean, we blew out Hawaii in all phases of the game even though the final score didn’t show it. Two interceptions, how dare you Kellen Moore. He did throw for 500 yards though. TCU going to be crying when we pass them in the BCS standings tomorrow. The only thing that was keeping them above us was an overrated Baylor team that got completely exposed today by Oklahoma State.
I am the BSU Guru. I know everything and anything about BSU, just ask me. Although I may need a minute…and an internet connection.
I dunno man.
I’m as big of a Boise fan as there is, but I don’t think that there is any way we can jump TCU. I hope that I’m wrong though.
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I guess
we have to hope that Utah will suck and drop another game or two.
Baylor as well
TCU’s schedule is inflated because of Utah and Baylor… I bet (hope) Baylor loses the rest of their games and deflates TCU’s schedule
by Arlen Hunsaker on Nov 6, 2010 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
plus you have to look at we have 2 more games to play after TCU’s sched. ends.. so if NV owns.. and baylor and Utah continue to blow..(as they should because they are completley OvRtd) then we have a slight chance…
even chuck norris has kellen moore themed nightmares
You think Boise is passing TCU tomorrow? No. Boise may pass TCU by the end of the season, but certainly not tomorrow. Overrated or not, beating a good Utah team on the road by 40 trumps beating a pretty good Hawaii team at home by 35. TCU was ahead last week, and there’s no reason why they won’t be ahead this week as well.
It sucks, because I have no idea whether TCU or Boise is the better team, but TCU will stay ahead for at least another week.
by HawkeyedFrog on Nov 6, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not expecting BSU to jump you guys
Major props for handling Utah.
I agree.
Glad coach K. let the defense shut that haka garbage down. Not sad to see them go. You would think teams would learn their lesson about trash talk before playing in Bronco Stadium.
"Boise State football is now a Fargo winter. You know what's coming, and that information does you no good whatsoever". Matt James / The Fresno Bee
by blue4areason on Nov 7, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Well then
Guess they got that whole ‘tackling’ thing worked out.
We want to build a university our football team can be proud of. -- Dr. George Lynn Cross
by marktgarten on Nov 6, 2010 4:30 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
impressive
with a big turnover advantage going to Hawaii when we were near the endzone I’m very impressed that we blew them away so easily. The game was not as close as the score would indicate.
Friday I heard Todd McShay say that he has seen Hawaii play a few games this year and it could be tricky for the Broncos. Today he is saying both TCU and Boise State are excellent teams and if they are both undefeated and one of them left out of a BCS game it will be a travesty.
Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can't Lose!
Kellen Moore is a FREAK!
Even though he threw 2 picks he still raised his passer rating again today. He is creeping closer to the magical 200.0 mark…that has never been reached in a single season before!
No huddle offense? YES PLEASE!
That was something else to watch. I picked the perfect game to go to for my first this season. Did Hawaii look as lost on TV as they did at the stadium? And did they think they had a 12th defender for the middle of the field?
Kellen ran the offense to near perfection (I say near cause he threw 2 picks) and he understands it so well. There were times Kellen was frustrated the plays weren’t being signaled quicker to the offense. All he wanted to do was go and go and go. It was awesome!
I could go on forever how awesome the defense was tonight too, but I won’t. What a game!
"All we can do is win the games on our schedule" - Coach Pete
Why did I worry about the game all week!!!
OK So I knew we would win but at times I really thought they may put up a real fight and score some points. What was I thinking. The “D” was GREAT, plus almost 800 in total offense. WOW. It was a school record. With out the turnovers we would have had well over 800. This was my first game to go to this year, because of the 5 hour trip to get to Boise, but I am very happy to say that in all of the years I have been going to BSU games they have never lost a game I have gone to.
awesome game...
The secondary played lights out, I say Gavins for the hammer, he crushed a hawaii “football player”. My only wish is that Robinson had gotten some more time on defense this year cause his missed tackle nixed the goose egg. Totally dominate game as we all should have known…ho hum broncos roll…
"As soon as they're in the open field, nobody is going to catch them. Doug, even if somebody is right in front of him, he might run him over."
- Travis Stanaway
by TooMuchYoung on Nov 6, 2010 5:49 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
awesome game...
The secondary played lights out, I say Gavins for the hammer, he crushed a hawaii “football player”. My only wish is that Robinson had gotten some more time on defense this year cause his missed tackle nixed the goose egg. Totally dominate game as we all should have known…ho hum broncos roll…I am gellin like Shea McMellon!
"As soon as they're in the open field, nobody is going to catch them. Doug, even if somebody is right in front of him, he might run him over."
- Travis Stanaway
by TooMuchYoung on Nov 6, 2010 5:50 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Awsome!
I was pretty nervous before the game started, but that went away quickly. The defense played great. Love those sacks!! The offense, what else can you say. Kellen to Titus, WOW. The crowd was great too. Hope my voice comes back tomorrow.
PLEASE!!!!!
I really hope Nevada is ranked higher than Utah when we play them
by BoyCeeState on Nov 6, 2010 5:52 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I would hope Nevada goes up a little
800+ total yards oughta count for something, even against the Vandals.
They won't be a top ten team - sorry to say
It will be good if they are a top 20 team, that’s the best you can hope for. If they had not lost to Hawaii and were undefeated — then….
I'd rather be surfing.
by Pac 10 Alum on Nov 6, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
well yeah, let's not go nuts :)
We are talking about Nevada. Just a spot or three up would be cool with me.
gosh
The new BCS scores aren’t up yet, but look at the coaches’ poll. Utah 15, Nevada 21. If Utah takes a massive dump against Notre Dame, who knows?
Also, ahem, VT at 17. (Though I know the loss to JMU obliterates them in the BCS.)
by hummerofdoom on Nov 7, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
not so about VT being out of the BCS
the 3 stooges show tonight had them in the orange bowl. How messed up is that. Lose to a FCS school and still get a BCS berth. Also, three of the teams we have beaten in the last two seasons get to go, and they project us to be left out. I will not watch any bowl games but ours if that happens.
there is no 'Z' in 'Boise'
there is no 'O' in 'Petersen'
there is no edit button on SBNation
by Boise State of Mind on Nov 7, 2010 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
I will will not turn it on my tv.. maybe watch on a Tv that is already on
like at a bar or somthing.. maybe bestbuy.. no need to punish yourself for the BCS’s shortcomings
even chuck norris has kellen moore themed nightmares
I'll watch nothing but the Bronco bowl game anyway
Maybe I’ll turn on Oregon if I hear they’re getting stomped. :)
by hummerofdoom on Nov 7, 2010 8:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
VT Gets The Orange Bowl
Because each AQ conference has a contract with one of the four major bowls. The ACC champion gets the Orange Bowl bid. Does not matter if they are 6-6 or 12-0, who they have lots to, or who they have beaten; as long as they win the ACC, they get the Orange Bowl.
YES, IT STINKS!!!!
I know that ACC champ gets the orange bowl, and it most certainly stinks
The three stooges, if they were smart enough to actually think through the things they say, are really using everything that is wrong with the BCS and contradicts common sense as their case to try to prove it should exist and justify the rankings of the teams. I wonder if they go home and replay their show to see if what they said actually makes much sense to them. Or do the people that hire them actually watch? If it wasn’t so serious (because of the money involved, nothing else), it would be comical. These guys can’t see the forest for the trees.
there is no 'Z' in 'Boise'
there is no 'O' in 'Petersen'
there is no edit button on SBNation
by Boise State of Mind on Nov 8, 2010 6:58 AM PST up reply actions
Just watched the Hiwat 48-yard grab again
that dude can FLY! He may not have the acceleration speed that Titus has, but once he takes a couple strides, he hits full speed pretty quickly, and his full speed is FAST. He had his defender beat by a couple steps, too… had Moore not underthrown him a little bit, that would’ve been a TD easily!
I wonder if we’ll see him running a few more deep routes in the upcoming games…
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
Boise State had 3 fruitless trips to the endzone and still came away with a 35-point win over a streaking Hawaii squad.
Boo and yah.
by Drew Roberts on Nov 6, 2010 6:24 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Great Game
Was at the game and ran into Pat Forde from ESPN. Had two things to say to him:
1. Bus
2. Check out the pizza and beer at Flying Pie.
Glad to see the Broncos come up big. Wow did their D look fantastic. And this whole season I have been worried about the secondary. They stepped up big time, but the real player(s) of the game was the D line and Linebackers. Didn’t give Hawaii much time to throw at all, plus 7 sacks (many of them on big 3rd downs).
Top it off with Boise breaking the yardage record and Moore going for over 500 yards?!!
same as what everyone else said.
i was honestly flabbergast when moore threw those INTs. but, eh, what can you do?
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No surprise.
Poor Hawaii. Well, got to give them credit. They travel more miles than a NFL team (+35,000 miles) and cross a heck of a lot of time zones. Good sportmanship on the field unlike the June Jones days.
Didn't I say earlier
Didn’t I say earlier in the week in a post that BSU offense should run the no huddle and run the Hawaii defense sideline to sideline. I was close!
The next 4 games will not even be close. Let’s just hope the other teams don’t take a cheap shot at any of our players.
Awsome.
BUT, we can’t say the same for EVERY one of our opponents that we have played so far.(except VA Tech)
Va Tech-W
Wyoming- L
Oregon State- L
NMSU- L
Toledo- bye (plays NIU on the 9th)
SJSU- bye
La Tech- L
I am glad that Fresno won, but it won’t help us any this week.
PS. I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned this so forgive me if I’m second…
Missed a lot of the game
Don’t get ESPN U in my bedroom, just on the HD DVR in the living room, and they were watching something so missed some of this. How did the crowd look on TV? Did your student section get filled out?
I'd rather be surfing.
by Pac 10 Alum on Nov 6, 2010 10:12 PM PDT reply actions
It was full
and electric! Great crowd.
"As soon as they're in the open field, nobody is going to catch them. Doug, even if somebody is right in front of him, he might run him over."
- Travis Stanaway
by TooMuchYoung on Nov 6, 2010 10:35 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
You know I am spoiled when I see that preference from Kellen and just dwell on the 2 interceptions that was thrown.
/signed
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In my drunken rage
I just want a bwing playoff….college football….so much better than NFL until the “postseason.” Go Orange, Go Big Blue, FIGHT FIGHT B S U
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
The first rule of Lookout Landing is...
Pam Ward was great
maybe so-so on the actual play-by-play, but she ended the game by explicitly calling for Boise State to play in the “championship game. The National championship game” and at one point was openly making fun of the other announcer for his lame attempt to downplay Kellen Moore’s Heisman candidacy in favor of Cam Newton. She is on the Bus.
For the rest of the game, just dominance. I’m convinced Moore’s first interception was the result of an invisible mini-tornado that blew the ball 5 yards behind the receiver to the hawai’i defensive player. The second int was the result of … the football gods feeling sorry for the Warriors.
Actually...
The second pick was a result of Pettis being held. That one should have been called back.
Agreed on the Pam Ward thing, I was laughing when she was saying “…Some people don’t think Boise deserves credit, including one in this booth…” Way to call out a hater.
ehh
he was definitely bumped at the line, but it may well not have actually been a penalty. Plus, blaming the refs is always tacky, so I prefer blaming supernatural events.
Great Game
Boise has found it’s hot button late in the season. I’m sorry guys, that game against LA Tech was horrible for Bronco defense, and to see Boise handle Hawaii defensively, make me jitter. That was awesome. Iloka was all over the place, the D Line was as they always are…WONDERFUL!!! Taylor, Johnson, Venable and Thompson were my favs and how about J.P. and his sack. Offense, well guys, i can only tell you how awesome you are by the end result. Let’s just say, AWESOME
Did anyone else see this?
Boise was penalized a holding call just before a strike to the endzone was made by Moore. On that holding play, look at who was in the offensive package. I need more details on this.
Link
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"Everyone counted us out. I don't know why they keep doing that." -- Kyle Wilson
"It takes no talent to give great effort."
"We’re not going to play to the outside noise." -- Chris Petersen
"[Kellen] Moore is a walking Staples® button." -- Ivan Maisel
"I’ve been around football a long time and I’ve never seen a better prepared team than the Boise State Broncos and it was a privilege to watch them play." -- Lou Holtz
swyk???
Go, Orange! Go Big Blue!
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supposed to be a reply to loque
Go, Orange! Go Big Blue!
Follow me for BSU football game chants @BSUChants.
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Exactly.
~ :: ~
"Everyone counted us out. I don't know why they keep doing that." -- Kyle Wilson
"It takes no talent to give great effort."
"We’re not going to play to the outside noise." -- Chris Petersen
"[Kellen] Moore is a walking Staples® button." -- Ivan Maisel
"I’ve been around football a long time and I’ve never seen a better prepared team than the Boise State Broncos and it was a privilege to watch them play." -- Lou Holtz
All I know is,
I had better make the gameballs this week, after completely laying out how this game would go in the Mikrino Poll.
From the 4-2-5 dominating, to Kellen and company distributing a clinic in pwnage, I knew in my blue and orange heart Hawaii would get exposed. You’re welcome.
Championships should be earned on the field, not in newspapers or computers.
by Mikrino on Nov 7, 2010 1:46 PM PST via mobile reply actions
hey man.
you can’t campaign your own gameball…campaign?!
who do you think you are? Saban? (Mack Brown, Bob Stoops, etc…)
Go, Orange! Go Big Blue!
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Or you can harass me on my normal twitter @damiensports
Apparently you don't know me that well.
I’m awesome.
Championships should be earned on the field, not in newspapers or computers.
by Mikrino on Nov 7, 2010 4:18 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I'm awesome.
I once meet Coach Pete and shook his hand. I knew at that very moment, I had touched God.
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