Three stars and a goat for TCU's win over Boise State
by Kevan Lee on Nov 14, 2011 7:30 AM PST
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PrintYour usual Three Stars presenter is out with a case of the sads, so you're stuck with me for the highlights of the lowlight of the season. The top players from Saturday's game get their due after the jump, along with a goat or two. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
Star No. 1 - Casey Pachall
Versus color commentator Shaun King said on the broadcast that Casey Pachall was the best quarterback on the field on Saturday, and while that's just a big fat lie and everyone knows it, Pachall did finish Saturday with the best numbers of any quarterback on the field. He deserves Star No. 1 status for single-handedly delivering 36 points for the TCU offense, which had no running game and no real threat other than the deep ball. Now I realize that's a little like saying Pakistan is no real threat except for all those atom bombs they're hiding, but still, Boise State knew what was coming and Pachall still found a way to make it happen. Other QBs have tried and failed. I'll give Pachall credit where credit is due.
Star No. 2 - Kellen Moore
I got an email shortly after the game on Saturday from a Bronco fan who just wanted me to know he was sad. Specifically, he was sad for Kellen Moore. What more can this guy do? He played better against a TCU defense than he has ever played before. He made zero critical mistakes. He put the Broncos in position to score the game-winning field goal (helped by a hometown pass interference). Apart from playing against his own secondary, I don't think he could have had a better game.
Star No. 3 - D.J. Harper
I should probably give this star to TCU receiver Josh Boyce who made two easy touchdown grabs and two much more difficult scoring grabs (a touchdown and two-pointer). But I don't want Harper's performance to be forgotten. Harper finished with 125 yards and two scores. His run of 32 yards eclipsed Boise State's entire team total from the last time BSU played TCU. It was incredible to watch a back who was not Doug Martin shred through the TCU defense the way Harper did, which made it all the more cruel that Harper had to watch from the sideline with a last-minute injury when Boise State fumbled away its penultimate drive. Still, Harper's play made me excited for next year when he'll be the featured back and one of the team's biggest stars. Is it too much pressure to hope for 1,500 yards?
The goat
Drew Wright and Dan Goodale
In the strictest sense of the euphemism, Wright and Goodale will always be remembered as the goats of this game, no matter how many team-first quotes were said afterward or how much film study confirms that others deserve just as much blame. Such is football life.
Coach Pete is right when he says that no single player is responsible for losing a game. But I do believe that a game can turn on a single play. We saw that multiple times in Saturday's loss. Unfortunately for Wright and Goodale, their wrong turns came at the end of the trip, and there was no time left for a detour.
Your turn
Who are your Three Stars from Saturday's game? Who or what should be the goat? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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My vote for goat
While I totally understand the reasoning for the goats that you went with, I think that the real goat of the game was the secondary. Maybe it’s the fact that I was a DB in high school, but the age old saying is, “Don’t get Beat Deep” and man did we ever get beat deep again and again and again. Sure, there were other opportunites where the offense overcame the issues, but if the Secondary had not given up three HUGE pass plays, we would not have ever been in that spot.
The Secondary
They get my vote for the Goat. 3 long bombs for touchdowns?! That’s the reason we lost that game. It should have never been on the shoulders of Goodale.
Forgive me for what is about to follow.
This is my first trip back here since the walk of shame on Saturday night, and I have only begun to process the biggest loss in Boise State history. Am I disappointed in Wright? Absolutely. Goodale, not so much, because I kind of expected it. I have to say I am most disappointed in Coach Pete…and so I KNOW it must be because I am ignorant and don’t really understand what happened. But what was he thinking?? Didn’t we have another timeout? Why wasn’t that sketchy TCU “touch the ball after it hit the endzone” challenged? Why wasn’t Dan warming up on the sideline before his FG attempt? Why didn’t we give it to Kellen for a TD pass on 4th? Why didn’t we ever go for 2, or try a fake FG? TCU took the risks, TCU got the reward. I think they played more like we would expect BSU to than our team did. Still sad. One star for me is that it’s got me SUPER pumped for men’s basketball. I need something else to believe in now that my NC/sugar bowl/fiesta bowl hopes are shattered.
haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.
*Chris Petersen For President*
for what its worth
I am pretty sure Goodale was warming up before his kick, he kicked a few into the net from what I saw.
yeah.
we were on the bottom tier right by the final action, just watching and didn’t see him move, so we were getting all excited for an awesome fake FG pass and then he ran out there and shanked it anyways. I just think the final chance should have been given to a dependable Kellen a hundred times before we trust our struggling Goodale
haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.
*Chris Petersen For President*
by mc.hammertime on Nov 14, 2011 8:06 AM PST up reply actions
I was watching on TD
and during every break during the last drive they were cutting away to Goodale warning up. If you saw a #41 on the sidelines not warming up it was probably Kharyee Marshall.
Goodale was warming up on the sidelines
And he was even missing the net! It pains me so that coach Pete put the game in the hands of a freshman kicker who’s been unreliable all year, rather than his Heisman finalist quarterback who’s known for winning games in a last second fashion.
by BroncoKodman on Nov 14, 2011 8:06 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
exactly how I feel.
great bronco fans post alike, I suppose ^
haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.
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by mc.hammertime on Nov 14, 2011 8:09 AM PST up reply actions
Pease has said he is much more conservative of a play caller then Harsin.
On those 3 plays before the PI call of 4th down, were the guys running shorter routes all covered up or were the routes all deep routes. Kellen was forcing deep throws. Not like the TD drive at the end of the VT game when they used the sideline and got little chunks of yards on their way to the end zone.
For some reason I am/was not as
confident about BSU’s two minute drill ability this year. Last year I knew if we got the ball with more than 60 seconds left on the clock that BSU was going to put it in the endzone. This year I have not felt that way as much…. Maybe it is the play calling.
Agree that it looked like Moore was pressing on that last drive
"Never let anyone sign your checks." - Harvey Bushkin
Muscle Hamster
was in the game at this point on all 3 downs prior to the penalty and after. As coach Pete said today he was in for pass blocking only. However, according to my television set, he appeared to be open on every single play because there were no rushers for him to block. Kellen could of short passed his way down the field to martin, and who knows who Martin would’ve bulldozed on his way to the endzone. Hindsight.
I thought good fortune had swung our way when we got the phantom PI.
My only disappointment with the final drive was continuous deep balls when we had plenty of time left to methodically move down the field. Actually, I am also upset last week it was said Doug Martin could play if needed and didn’t come in after Harper went down. If there ever was a time he was needed, wasn’t it then? Here’s to a huge Houston and TCU loss.
by Bring the HAMMER! on Nov 14, 2011 9:04 AM PST up reply actions
The system is the goat
You win some and you lose some, its hard to go undefeated. Ya there were mistakes, ya the injuries and fumble were huge, ya we shouldnt have needed to rely on Goodale. When it all comes down to it though we shouldnt have to go undefeated every year just to get into the BCS. From the rankings we see that were still a top ten team and that should still warrant a BCS game. But the AQ and nonAQ label is what gives it so bad a taste.
by AAFORS on Nov 14, 2011 7:55 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Exactly!!!
Gang if you really want to be depressed work up the cost to the school of missing the Rose Bowl and who knows which BCS game this year divided by 3 (2 Brotz) and you get the “avg cost of BSU missed field goals.” Ouch.
Been thinking more about the end of the game and am changing my opinion. Recall that Dan G made a pressure 32 yarder against AF to ice the game that would have been good from 45 at least as I saw it in the stadium (others mileage may vary). Seeing that and watching him in practice is all the coaches have to go on. He was putting the PAT’s down the middle as well. While I might have run another play to the sideline, going for a very makeable FG from the middle of the field was not a bad call in my opinion. A fake FG from the middle of the field with 10 secs left would have been crazy. Had he made that kick, it would have wiped away the deepest pain ever felt by the Bronco Nation, Kellen would leap to the front of the Heisman and Coach Pete would not be getting some grief right now. He would be the same old (young) genius.
This my friends is why we need to get to the Big East. Enough with millions of $ riding on every late game field goal, unrealistic expectations and intense grief at once a year losses. It can’t come fast enough to get into a normal conference with hard fought games and the best team wins the championship. I hope this team, and especially the seniors can enjoy the last 4 games, wherever #4 is.
I will root for Alabama or Ohio State if they play the Chinese...maybe.
I will root for Auburn if they play Al Qaida, Hamas or the Phillies
by HSridge on Nov 14, 2011 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly right!
I’m glad someone brought that up. Goodale did make that last kick to “Ice” the game against AF. The only kick he missed that day was blocked.
The goat = THE MAN!
Hear!
"Never let anyone sign your checks." - Harvey Bushkin
by Kevan Lee on Nov 14, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
D.J. Harper
Maybe I should not post this here because I don’t want to take anything away from my favorite RB… But I besides being really exited about having Harper as the #1 back next year I am a little nervous.
The last two years DJ Has gone out with ACL tears and now his first full game back he goes out with another injury :-(
The injury on Saturday had nothing to do with his ACL or legs in general.
If you saw the hit he took, you’d be happy he was on the sideline. He tried to get back up and fell over, then got back up and stumbled around, the coaches made him leave the field. Clear signs of a concussion, not his fault and no relevance to his previous injuries.
"Moore took a knee. It was an act of mercy. Boise State didn't need style points. It had proven itself the superior program long before." - Andy Staples, SI.com
yup
He got knocked in the melon pretty good from what I saw. Usually they throw a flag for that kind of helmet to helmet hit.
Should've been flagged twice.
He got hit helmet to helmet by both defenders tackling him. In fact the second one was leading with his helmet, which I believe is the definition of the penalty. Oh well. There were also about 30 more holds they should’ve called on their offense and defense.
It is still not going to stop NFL scouts from questioning his durability.
Luckily he has all of next year to prove it. I do remember the hit and DJ is still my favorite RB (I am not just saying that to try to justify what I said).
I'm with you...
He is electric to watch, Doug runs over people, which is cool in it self, but DJ runs past them… When he takes the ball you just don’t know how far he will go.. Always exciting!
Well, you'll have Jay Ajayi and Malcolm Johnson to back him up next year
So even if he does miss a play or two …
"Never let anyone sign your checks." - Harvey Bushkin
O ya and my goat.
BSU’s play calling during that last drive. BSU looked like they were trying to get into field goal range and once they did they didn’t try to gain any more yards. I think everyone knew that with Kellen on the field the best change that BSU had of winning was a TD. Plus a last drive would have done wonders for Kellen’s Heisman campaign.
Tool doesn't even begin to describe him
BSU at Rutgers or UConn? I am SO there.
by NYBroncosFan on Nov 14, 2011 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
Get well soon, Nate
Looking forward to your column next week, son. Thanks for filling in, Kevan.
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It was a tough game, and I think we all expected it to be one.
The Fumble though, is what cemented our fate. From that point on they drove and scored and put the onus on the Broncos to comeback and win. The Field Goal, didn’t lose the game, it had the opportunity to win it, but they were losing before the kick. We can blame Drew Wright for sticking the ball out I guess, but that doesn’t do any good.
There was plenty opportunity to put this game away earlier and the Broncos just couldn’t do it. Kellen was throwing poorly on that last drive so he could easily take on some of the blame. I just don’t think there is any one play or player who cost the Broncos. They all lost, they all take some of the blame. You can do anything except learn from it and move forward to San Diego State.
"But Boise State is good. Really good. And not just the quarterback, their defense is good. And they deserve to be where they are..." - Vince Dooley, former Georgia Coach and AD
I feel like
if the coaching staff could help a mistake-ridden team led by Zabransky to a clutch win, WTBW were they doing on Saturday?
haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.
*Chris Petersen For President*
by mc.hammertime on Nov 14, 2011 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
That's my point.
I too think the end of the game was poorly orchestrated. But if you’re not biting on every double move a receiver makes they don’t score FOUR times. And if you can get a pass rush going, you’re not leaving freshman DB’s to fend for themselves.
There isn’t any one thing to hang the loss on, there’s several.
"But Boise State is good. Really good. And not just the quarterback, their defense is good. And they deserve to be where they are..." - Vince Dooley, former Georgia Coach and AD
TCU just had a better set of athletes
I recall CSU missing on three wide open bombs before finally hitting on one late and the WR had to lay out for it so it didn’t go for six. The secondary is the goat here. They are the primary reason the game was at the point it was. We came out at half and scored bang bang bang. We were up by two TDs and then…you saw the game. We should have never been in that position. If our CB (they’re just kids) defend just two of those passes for TD, BSU walks away with an easy (via the scoreboard) victory. I was however baffled by the play calling in the last minute. We had one minute and a timeout left, that was more time than we needed and definitely shouldn’t have been trying for the PI calls. I wish Kellen would have just audibled his way down the field. Alas, what might have been had the the secondary been better.
Elway is in, Zimm is in, Little is FINALLY in but don't forget: Randy Gradishar, Steve Atwater & Terrel Davis
by BlueNOrangeNIdaho on Nov 14, 2011 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
boooohisssboooo
sorry. your heading kicked me in the heart.
haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.
*Chris Petersen For President*
by mc.hammertime on Nov 14, 2011 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
I meant compared to CSU...sorry :)
Boynkin is pretty legit.
Elway is in, Zimm is in, Little is FINALLY in but don't forget: Randy Gradishar, Steve Atwater & Terrel Davis
by BlueNOrangeNIdaho on Nov 14, 2011 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
The Goat - the coaches
They obviously did not learn anything from last year… We go recruit a high school All-American kicker but don’t let him play. Instead we use Brotzman 2.0 and look what result we got, AGAIN.
by BornInBoise1980 on Nov 14, 2011 8:20 AM PST reply actions
calling goodale a brozman 2.0
is an insult to brotzman…
haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.
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by mc.hammertime on Nov 14, 2011 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
I agree
And I don’t blame Goodale, I blame the stupid coaches.
by BornInBoise1980 on Nov 14, 2011 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
at some point...
You have to put the kid in there and give him a shot to make or miss the kick, just like we have had to give different WR’s the opportunity to replace Young and Petis. It is heartbreaking, but we have to give the kids their shots, and if you want to show your kicker you have faith in him, you center up the field and give him the shot to win the game… That being said, I was shouting at the tv based on that decision becasue I don’t have faith in the kicker, of course I live thousands of miles from said kicker and have never seen what he was able to accomplish in practice and other situations…
Same with blaming the coaches.
They can only coach so much. At the end of the day players have to go out and perform. Honing in one way specific play is foolish to me.
"But Boise State is good. Really good. And not just the quarterback, their defense is good. And they deserve to be where they are..." - Vince Dooley, former Georgia Coach and AD
Is it not foolish to repeat mistakes?
He consistently missed PAT… but they kept him in there. Last year we did not have a lot of options at kicker, this year we have a high school All-American sitting on the sideline… Why?
by BornInBoise1980 on Nov 14, 2011 8:42 AM PST up reply actions
Last year...
We had a 4 year starter who made nearly all of his kicks, except the two you are thinking of… A kicker who was 2nd team all WAC, who finished his career with the most points scored by a D-1 kicker in NCAA history. This year we have players getting adjusted to the level of fottball we are playing. We are we not playing the All American? Well, lets go to practice and see, run them through the paces and see who is doing what. Oh wait, we can’t because we are not the coaches. Yes, it is foolish to repeat your mistakes, but we didn’t yank Kellen when he made his first incomplete pass. We trusted that Coach pete would play the best player at the position at the time, and we also know that our staff is not afraid to change the depth chart up.
And how many kicks DID WE NEED from Brotzman last year?
Three… and he was 0-3. Fourth quarter at Virgina Tech… missed. Fourth quarter and OT at Nevada, 0-2. He could have missed every other kick last year and we still would have won every game. Could he kick when there was no pressure? Yes, one of the best in the country.
by BornInBoise1980 on Nov 14, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
...
And I don’t blame Brotzman and Goodale… It’s the coaches.
by BornInBoise1980 on Nov 14, 2011 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
I can think of
about 100 other schools right now that would be happy to have our coaching staff wearing their schools ball caps… even if they put too much trust in their walk on kickers.
by AdaminFL on Nov 14, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
buddy
you need to tone it down a bit. You really think you could be a better Coach K, Petersen, Goodale, or brotz? our coaches are not “stupid.”
haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.
*Chris Petersen For President*
by mc.hammertime on Nov 14, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
I would bet you millions in BCS money they are...
when it comes to our kicking game…
by BornInBoise1980 on Nov 14, 2011 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
You're right...
No multi-million dollar BCS coach this season has been burned by his kicking game.
Elway is in, Zimm is in, Little is FINALLY in but don't forget: Randy Gradishar, Steve Atwater & Terrel Davis
by BlueNOrangeNIdaho on Nov 14, 2011 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
So...
what your saying is that it is ok if a kicker misses all the gimmes, where there is “No pressure” (not like having 4-5 250-300 lb men rushing in on you in a non-game changing minute is not pressure) as long as he makes the big ones, but at the same time you say that the fact that goodale had missed PAT’s when the game was not on the line as evidence that he shouldn’t have been in there when the game was on the line. Kicking sucks, it is always better to score a TD because when you kick you have to place all of your trust in one person, someone who sees the field for only a handful of plays a game, putting it though the uprights. At what point would the fans have been comfortable with him kicking it? 25 yards, 15? 10? never?
I disagree.
Take away every FG and PAT brotzman made, and we lose a lot more games than just Nevada during his time at BSU
haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.
*Chris Petersen For President*
by mc.hammertime on Nov 14, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
Check the stats for his senior year...
His freshman year he was great, then he consistently got worse (look at his field goal percentage) every year. His senior year he could have missed every other kick in every other game and we still would have won.
And as I said earlier, last year we did not have any other good option, but this year we certainly do. We is a highly recruited true freshman sitting while a walk-on redshirt freshman is missing extra points?
by BornInBoise1980 on Nov 14, 2011 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
i think it's very shortsighted
to look only at his senior year. It makes me sad and frustrated to hear slights on players like that, I thought we were a cut above the post-september 3 dawg fans who throw their whole team under the bus when it’s undeserved. Leave brotz out of it, he was a great kicker and I would love to have him back any day
haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.
*Chris Petersen For President*
by mc.hammertime on Nov 14, 2011 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
Were the "slights" correct though?
We said for three years that we was going to cost us a game and we always heard back “he’ll come through when we need him”. Did he? Once again we NEEDED a total of three kicks last year, 0-3.
And Goodale this year… kept missing PATs… “Don’t worry he’ll come through for us when we need him”. Did he?
We did not have a good alternative last year, this year we did. Why did we not learn from our mistakes?
by BornInBoise1980 on Nov 14, 2011 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
this is the part where you lose all your credibility.
Have you witnessed with your own eyes that there is kicking talent currently on the team that exceeds Dan’s ability? Are you a coach? Do you honestly believe that there is a player that exists anywhere in the NCAA that is incapable of making a mistake?
haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.
*Chris Petersen For President*
by mc.hammertime on Nov 14, 2011 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
How many scholarships?
How many scholarship offers did Goodale have? How many did Van Ginkel have? So some coaches would disagree with you. In fact the BSU coaches would disagree, did they recruit Goodale? No, he is a walk on. Did they recruit Van Ginkel? Yes they did.
Has Van Ginkel even been given an opportunity to prove himself? No. I don’t care how many kicks Goodale can make in practice, I want the one at the end of the game…
by BornInBoise1980 on Nov 14, 2011 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
He made all 5 PAT's in this game.
Coach Pete also said he looked really good in practice all week and they were confident he could make the kick.
If you truly think that the coaches don’t put the best players on the field, I don’t know what to tell you. I don’t understand why Doug Martin didn’t enter the game when he looked fin on the sideline and Harper went out late, but I’m not there evaluating all the players either.
I don’t understand why kellen went 0-4 on the last four passes and they called routes you rarely see in other situations and they all looked confused, but I don’t develop the strategy or call the plays either.
I don’t understand don’t understand why Drew Wright would be reaching for more yards when all he ad to do was fall down. But I don’t run the ball and make those decisions.
We can sit here all day and argue about who did what and how is cost us all. When we’re done we’ll still have lost, and still be playing San Diego State in five days. So whether it’s foolish or not to continue bemoaning a one-point loss to good team, I guess I’ll let you decide. Since you’re clearly the voice of reason here.
"But Boise State is good. Really good. And not just the quarterback, their defense is good. And they deserve to be where they are..." - Vince Dooley, former Georgia Coach and AD
by Mikrino on Nov 14, 2011 8:53 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I hear you
but for the fact that I have too much actual work to do between now and then…
Yep
Trust the coaches to know the players and make the calls they deem correct… Like I said, I sit on a couch, (or kneel on the floor in front of the couch during these tense parts of the games) thosands of miles from Boise, I don’t have all the facts or a feel for the people in those spots.
this makes sense
IF you take your faith in your heisman caliber QB out of the equation. That’s what my big issue has been. Kellen was the kid who should have been given the final shot
haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.
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by mc.hammertime on Nov 14, 2011 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
I totally agree...
I didn’t see why we ran the clock down.
by BornInBoise1980 on Nov 14, 2011 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
Where was Shoemaker on the post route that has burnt every other team this year?
There’s all kinds of questions we can pose. In the end we still got the “L”
Move forward, win the next one.
"But Boise State is good. Really good. And not just the quarterback, their defense is good. And they deserve to be where they are..." - Vince Dooley, former Georgia Coach and AD
Splitting Hairs
What were talking about here is talking about the difference from a great team and an excellent team. Were still a great team, but it always hard to be perfect.
I think a lot of us are conditioned into believing we'll never lose, especially at home.
That’s what being 69-6 over 5 years gets you I suppose. We can look forward to winning the next several games now.
"But Boise State is good. Really good. And not just the quarterback, their defense is good. And they deserve to be where they are..." - Vince Dooley, former Georgia Coach and AD
Should be "37 goats and and 3 more goats that made TCU look like stars, but really, no stars here folks, move along."
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Well I'm excited about watching Dallas Burroughs outrun cornerbacks for the next three years
That was awesome. I just hope someone can get the ball to him.
by nerdglasses on Nov 14, 2011 8:44 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Shoulda tried that a few more times. That was beautiful.
We’re not losing to Boise freaking State. The rest of the country will thank us on Sunday for eliminating this perennial pretender from the outset. - Jman781
by Boise State of Mind on Nov 14, 2011 8:50 AM PST up reply actions
i bet if we were allowed to wear blue uniforms that
we would have won this game.
Blue helmets would have been nice
The white one’s with the old decal were kinda…afterthoughtish.
I will root for Alabama or Ohio State if they play the Chinese...maybe.
I will root for Auburn if they play Al Qaida, Hamas or the Phillies
We need to BWcan the white helmets.
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by Boise State of Mind on Nov 14, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Nah
Blue uniforms wouldn’t prevent WRs five yards behind the corners. Or make kicks.
by nerdglasses on Nov 14, 2011 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Took one for the team
Moore was struggling a bit after that hit from Tank. The final drive stalled. If you didn’t pull your face out of your hands, when they mentioned flag on the play, then you weren’t watching the same game I was. Coach weighed it out and made the call. What if Moore would have over thrown in the end zone on the final play. let the kicker take the loss. We were lucky to have been there, with a shot. I say they should have kicked before they lost a couple yards, to center it. Wide right would have been right threw the post.
by astrosmurf on Nov 14, 2011 10:49 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Hindsight is 20-20
We really can look back at the coaching decisions that were made at the end of the game and “shoulda coulda woulda” them away til the end of the season. Yeah, I think they should have tried one or two more plays to get the ball into the endzone there with that timeout and 21 seconds left on the clock. I don’t think sending in Goodale was a good idea, it seemed like once he walked in, everyone in the stadium was expecting him to miss it. I feel bad for the kid as a person, not so much as a player though. You come in, and you have one job: make field goals. This year, Coach Pete has shown that he has little faith in the kicking game, with going for it on fourth downs, going for two points every once in awhile…it almost seems like the Goodale situation became a self fulfilling prophecy.
Now. With that being said. I love my Broncos. The coaches are still the best coaches in the country. They’re allowed mistakes. I will support them til the end of forever, whether they win or lose. For those who won’t, I say good riddance. We don’t need your type of fan among the ranks of Bronco Nation. Go Broncos!
by The Beautiful Day Monster on Nov 14, 2011 11:22 AM PST reply actions
Game of inches
As coach pete says, its a game of inches… If the ball is turned 3 more inches left, chances are the FG goes differently. I doubt its easy to kick the laces and kick it straight.
Instead of calling the Secondary the goat...
…I would say the lack of depth in the secondary is the true goat. Our starting (injured) corners are much better than who we had on the field.
BSU at Rutgers or UConn? I am SO there.
Not sure there are many teams that can lose their 1st and 2nd CB without a major drop off
The drop off might not be as big at the OUs and Alabamas of the world, but that’s going to hurt any team.
COTG smote us good this year.
I don't believe in dibs, or love at first sight, or love, or best friends, or doing things.
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2012 Boise State Football Schedule
@ 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 |
