Boise State to the Big East: An introductory guide
by Kevan Lee on Dec 7, 2011 12:00 PM PST
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The Boise State Broncos are expected to announce their move to the Big East today, along with San Diego State, Houston, SMU, and Central Florida. (Press conference is at 3:00 p.m. MT.) This is great news if you love shaking things up or were holding off on that Mountain West TV channel purchase. For the rest of us, there may be mixed feelings.
To mitigate mixed feelings, I thought it would be a good idea to give Bronco fans an introduction to their new conference. From future rivalries to past history, find out all you need to know and more about the Big East after the jump.
Meet your new conference commissioner
The man pictured above is John Marinatto, Big East commissioner and Olive Garden aficionado. He has been with the Big East since 2002 and has served as athletic director since 2009. Prior to joining the Big East, Marinatto was the athletic director at his alma mater Providence. On a scale of past Boise State conference commissioners, Marinatto could beat up Craig Thompson who could beat up Karl Benson.
Meet your new conference rivals
Connecticut Huskies - This team played in the Fiesta Bowl last season, and after finishing 5-7 this year, it looks like the football gods want to make sure that never happens again. Fun fact: Storrs, Connecticut, is 2,600 miles from Boise, Idaho. Google Maps says it will take you 33 days and four hours to walk there, plus a ferry ride.
Cincinnati Bearcats - It seems like just yesterday that Cincinnati was storming the top of the Top 25 rankings with its Brian Kelly-coached aerial attack. Or maybe that was just the last Orange Bowl I bothered watching. Either way, no more Brian Kelly and no more high-flying aerial attack. Cincinnati wins its games with defense and crippling apathy.
Louisville Cardinals - Louisville ended BSU's perfect 2003 season with a four-point win in the Liberty Bowl almost 7 years ago. Sweet revenge is finally here! Now if only John L. Smith were still coaching here.
Rutgers Scarlet Knights - The Knights have one of the conference's best coaches in Greg Schiano who, until recently, was one of the hottest coaching commodities around until people realized that, oh, he was serious about staying at Rutgers for a long time. Weird.
South Florida - The Bulls have enjoyed glimpses of the spotlight during their tenure in the Big East but nothing too remarkable. They are the Louisiana Tech of the Big East, nearest I can tell.
Houston Cougars - As the latest non-BCS flavor of the month, Houston is expected by many to be more "Hawaii 2007" than "Boise State eternity." The Cougars will lose quarterback Case Keenum and probably head coach Kevin Sumlin before next season. But as long as the team remains in the TV mecca of Houston, the Big East don't care.
SMU Mustangs - There is a lot of history with the SMU football team, dating back to Craig James and the Pony Express and the famed Death Penalty. But what I'm most excited about with having the Mustangs on the schedule is this: The return of pure June Jones hate. Yippee!
Update: My June Jones hate party may be premature. He might take the Arizona State job.
San Diego State Aztecs - The Aztecs may have been a last-minute fill-in when better football options fell through, but that's not to say SDSU was a bad choice. The team has been improving slowly but surely for years now, and Rocky Long will welcome the opportunity to rustle feathers nationwide. People do have feathers on the East Coast, right?
Central Florida Knights - This UCF team was expected to be a non-BCS darling this season, but that just plain didn't happen. Still, the fact that they even had preseason pub speaks to how talented this team is/was. Or they could just be Fresno East.
Say good-bye to conference rivals who would have been better at football
West Virginia is leaving the Big East for the Big 12. This is exciting news for everyone who is not the Big East.
Pittsburgh and Syracuse are leaving the Big East for the ACC. No one bothered asking why.
Enjoy some Big East history, most of which is true but some of which I made up
- 1979 - The Big East is founded by a group of schools with a primary focus on basketball. Oh if the founding fathers could see the conference now!
- 1982 - Penn State applies for membership and is rejected. The Big East would probably like to have that one back.
- 1991 - The inaugural Big East football season launches with teams like Rutgers, Miami, Temple, Virginia Tech, and West Virginia.
- 1998 - The BCS begins. End times literature on the rise.
- 1999 - Big East champion Syracuse plays in the January 1999 Orange Bowl. Syracuse is the first Big East BCS representative. They are 8-3 on the season and lose by three touchdowns to Florida.
- 2001 - Miami (FL) wins the BCS national championship over Nebraska. The Big East begins printing money.
- 2002 - Miami (FL) loses the BCS national championship to Ohio State. The Big East takes a bath on "Miami Repeat" t-shirts.
- 2004 - Temple gets kicked out of the Big East for lack of fan support.
- 2004 - Miami, Virginia Tech, and Boston College leave for the ACC in one of the biggest conference realignment moves of the decade, foreshadowing the future of college football when everyone moves conferences just for the fun of it.
- 2005 - C-USA schools Louisville, Cincinnati, and South Florida join the Big East. Hope springs eternal.
- 2009 - Cincinnati finishes the regular season ranked No. 3 in the country with a perfect 12-0 record. The Bearcats give up 51 to Florida and lose the Sugar Bowl.
- 2010 - TCU accepts an invitation to join the Big East, provided no better offers come along. A better offer comes along within a year.
- 2011 - West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Syracuse plan to leave. Boise State, San Diego State, Houston, UCF, and SMU plan to arrive. Shift change!
Check out your new conference map
One of the hilarious qualities of the new Big East is that it is not so much "east" as it is "ubiquitous." From San Diego to Connecticut, the Broncos' new conference covers most of the country and, though the Big East plans an East-West split, Boise State can expect to log some pretty hefty frequent flyer miles over the next however long they stay in the Big East.
A guide to things that are not yet determined
The Big East has an automatic berth in the BCS for the next couple years, at which time the BCS will reevalute itself and maybe take away the Big East's automatic berth. Nobody knows.
A new television contract is in the works for the Big East. Bronco fans are hoping it is lucrative as all get out, but it's hard to tell at this point how things might end up, considering the fluctuating Big East membership. ESPN may bite. Leonard's Pizza Review YouTube channel may bite. We'll see.
The Big East hopes to add additional members in order to hold a conference championship game, which would help with the aforementioned TV contract. As it stands, the conference is at 10 future teams. It needs a couple more to get into championship game land.
Teams that the Big East is interested in include Navy, Air Force, and BYU. The Cougars supposedly turned down their Big East invitation due to a hangup with television rights and money. Air Force and Navy may be waiting to see if Boise State holds strong on its stance that no Big East members run the triple option.
Boise State is expected to join the Big East for the 2013 season, which would mean the Broncos will still be playing in the Mountain West next fall and still feature the world's largest, ugliest conference logo on the blue turf. No word yet on where Boise State's other sports will go.
Update: Sounds like Boise State's other sports are going back to the WAC.
A guide to Big East blogs
SB Nation has a blog for pretty much every team in every sport that has ever been played, so yeah, there are blogs for our new Big East rivals. Here are the links:
- General Big East stuff and junk - Big East Coast Bias
- Cincinnati Bearcats - Down the Drive
- UCONN Huskies - The UConn Blog
- Louisville Cardinals - Card Chronicle
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights - On the Banks
- South Florida Bulls - Voodoo Five
Your turn
What do you know about the Big East? What has you excited? What has you worried? See any fun, new rivalries that might develop? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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Grain of Salt
Joe Schad reporting June Jones to Arizona State.
by idaho_techsan on Dec 7, 2011 12:06 PM PST via mobile reply actions
and also
WVU is leaving for the Big12, not the SEC
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
Also, I believe Louisville beat us to conclude the 2004 season, not 2003.
Great read though! Well done.
"Every game matters..... unless you play in the SEC and sometimes Big 12, Big 10 or Pac 12."
by Bring the HAMMER! on Dec 7, 2011 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Yes.
in the Liberty Bowl by 4 points.
"Shiloh Keo got a MOUTHFUL of Doug Martin!" - Joe Tessitore
Follow @D_Summit
by D_Summit on Dec 7, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I tend to remember things how I want
Thanks, fixed.
"Never let anyone sign your checks." - Harvey Bushkin
+10000000000000000 internets
for the Community reference.
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
Arizona just announced June Jones will be the new coach :-P
"you miss 100% of the shots you don't take"- WG#99
by BustersBroncosBustsBCS on Dec 7, 2011 12:10 PM PST reply actions
Another great thing about this move
is that Boise State now has the opportunity to beat the crap out of Craig James’ beloved SMU Mustangs (I bet half their players are still on the take, just like he was).
Soo...
I wonder what the odds will be like on us wining the BE in the first season? Well, I guess much hinges on how we replace #11 and all the other seniors but CP has done an excellent job recruiting, coaching them up and getting the depth chart some game experience. I don’t expect even as much dropoff in 2012 as there was in 2007 and by 2013, this team will be ready to win the BE!
Down the middle, James...the lateral...to the corner of the endzone! Can you believe that!?!
"The UConn Blog"?
Geez, how long did they have to agonize over other optional names before coming to rest on that one?
The battle for hierarchy is more intense the lower the class.
I don't care what they call it...
I see all those blogs and think..“more blog bets.” For this fact alone, the move to the Big East is worth it.
"It's hardly a groundbreaking thought, but defeat is when you know you're a fan. It's easy to clap and cheer when a team wins, but when they lose, that's when you know if you care or not." - Craig Robinson
by MKingery on Dec 7, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Teleportation is the solution for the new "FAR East of the Orient" League, or FEO
Travel arrangements are made somewhere on the Blue, at Scotty’s Teleportation Travel Services now serving Jim Beam.
Beam-ME-UP -Scotty I’m waking up in Florida.
The only thing the BCS has to fear is fear itself and Blue is the color of fear.
Craig Thompson DID beat up Benson...
…a coupla times.
--To my brothers of FOOL (Fraternal Order of Offensive Lineman - Medio, turpis et arcu agro usque)
And...
…if craigjames (ptui) were one of my grads I’d want the death penalty too.
--To my brothers of FOOL (Fraternal Order of Offensive Lineman - Medio, turpis et arcu agro usque)
this is kind of funny.
a transition/move that, in all reality, no one really wanted. but out of necessity. has there been a poll up, recently, about what the “popular” decision is? as in, do the majority of Boise State fans really like the decision.
put me down for: don’t like the move, but like the dollar bills.
BUT WAIT. The detailed benefits are not just your average dollars-under-the-table, or some lameass "we let some players sleep at an apartment on the floor with a coach's help" allegations. No, you get the hell out of here, Boise.
--EDSBS
Twitter: @damienbsu
It's not the best fit
But is our best option currently. I think everyone is hoping it is a stepping stone into the Big 12 or Pac 12. I know I am.
by 4EverBleedBlue on Dec 7, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Best option? Really?
Wasn’t our move to the MW supposed to be a good move? Then three of the better teams split, and we discovered just how good a TV deal we really got with our new conference.
Invitation to join a conference that’s desperate to remain in existence, let alone keep its AQ-status, no guarantee of twelve teams, no guarantee of RoyalElite status after 2013, no guarantee of a decent TV contract after next year, most of our in-confernce opponents at least 1,000 miles away.
What’s not to like about this move?
So you're saying that we'd be better off staying in the conference that
lost 3 of the better teams and has a terrible TV deal? OR do you know of another option like going to the Big 12 or Pac12 that Bob Kustra just isn’t telling us?? I really would like to hear about this option that you feel is best for Boise.
by 4EverBleedBlue on Dec 8, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
BSU's other sports headed back to the WAC...
Benson holding a presser at 4:30 (MT) today to announce something about something.
Great ESPN article on Coach Rice's reaction
I hope Utah State stays in the WAC, I’d be glad to be back
by BSUbluNorange on Dec 7, 2011 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
What is the WAC going to look like?
If Nevada, Fresno, and Hawaii are leaving for sure, and one can only imagine that Utah St. will go Mtn West and LA Tech and New Mex St. will most likely go Conf. USA….Who will we be playing and what will happen to the WAC as we know it?
As of now (with no other movement between now and 2013)… WAC looks like this: USU, SJSU, NMSU, Seattle, LA Tech, UT-Arlington, UT-San Antonio, Texas State, Idaho, Denver and Boise State… but of course, between now and then, USU and SJSU could end up in the MWC, LA Tech could end up in CUSA…
i saw a tweet that
they were going to stand pat at 8. but that means nothing.
BUT WAIT. The detailed benefits are not just your average dollars-under-the-table, or some lameass "we let some players sleep at an apartment on the floor with a coach's help" allegations. No, you get the hell out of here, Boise.
--EDSBS
Twitter: @damienbsu
In an ideal world
We would be there in all sports, but according to the presser we’re going to have at least 2 home and home bball games with the BE annually…..sweet
the dregs of the WAC should just relegate
themselves to I-AA or FCS or whatever.
Californian in Exile: I used to bridge and tunnel it to San Francisco. Now I bridge and tunnel it to NYC.
by secret ASian man on Dec 7, 2011 8:43 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Never Liked the Move to the MWC
Not because I liked the WAC, just because I can’t stand Craig Thompson and this conference. They didn’t want Boise State until they really had no choice but to take us. They can take their smug, biased rules and horrible tv deal and shove it where the sun don’t shine. Can’t wait to get out.
"#WINNING, Duh."
by PrfctSpcmn on Dec 7, 2011 1:48 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
SO TRUE, the MW should have taken us several years ago
They didn’t want Boise State until they really had no choice but to take us.
by BSUbluNorange on Dec 7, 2011 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
Er...
Isn’t that the same reason the Big East took us?
If it weren’t for that problem called UT, the Big 12 would be ok their knees before us .. Well, maybe not
"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
by Loque on Dec 7, 2011 4:38 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Although the Big East football conference was created in 1991
It didn’t actually start play until 1993. And in 1979, the only sport the Big East sponsored was basketball; it didn’t become an all-sports (except football) conference until later.
I Have No Hair Left To Pull Out
I think Boise State should leave planet Earth and join the Apollo 11 Conference and play their games in a meteor crater stadium on the Moon. Paint it blue. Venius and Martian fans love the Broncos = regular sellouts.
And that's another Bronco... FIRST DOWN!!
up all the
Others Uranus
by Mr.BombDonkey on Dec 7, 2011 4:53 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Inquiring minds want to know ...
1 – Can they go back to blue on blue for conference home games?
2 – Will the noisemaker ban still be in effect?
"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
Unless the Big East chooses to implement those no-fun rules...
we’ll get our noisemakers and blue-on-blue back.
Clippers // Chargers // Rays // Boise State
"The Lakers do win games. But things can change." - Blake Griffin
You're forgetting one thing.
Rocky Long and SDSU are coming. And we all know how Rocky feels about the Blue.
"Nobody likes it"
"I'm tired of even the BCS name"
"The whole thing needs to be changed."
-Coach Pete on the BCS.
Well, since we're going to be the cash cow of the Big East, and Marinatto doesn't hate our guts...
Long will hopefully be told to GTFO the minute he starts up with that nonsense.
Clippers // Chargers // Rays // Boise State
"The Lakers do win games. But things can change." - Blake Griffin
by 82-0 on Dec 7, 2011 7:10 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
while the blue on blue pissed me off
the noisemaker didn’t bother me so much because it was an all-conference ban. not just bsu.
gosh, who knew that at this point bsu would be joining the big freaking east?!
oy.
BUT WAIT. The detailed benefits are not just your average dollars-under-the-table, or some lameass "we let some players sleep at an apartment on the floor with a coach's help" allegations. No, you get the hell out of here, Boise.
--EDSBS
Twitter: @damienbsu
Answers from the Big East (Coast Bias)
1: You can wear whatever uniform color on whatever color field you please, conference, non-conference…go for it.
2: I believe noisemakers are ok for non-conference games. I could call the BE office tomorrow and get an official policy on this. For whatever reason they post the policy manual for every sport except football on their site.
by Patrick_the_Ruminator on Dec 7, 2011 6:32 PM PST up reply actions
I actually like the no noise maker rule
I like the idea that fans have to leave a game hoarse for cheering on our team. I also dislike the noise of noisemakers its not so much like cheering your team on as it is just blowing a horn and a lot of kids just blow them for the sake of blowing them instead of strategically making noise to help the team.
So this Irishman walks out of the bar....No really, he walked out...
Update: blue unis on the blue is ok, noisemakers...
they are not allowed, unless you can get away with it. I just posted the story over at Big East Coast Bias.
by Patrick_the_Ruminator on Dec 8, 2011 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
good. and thanks.
"Grateful to the friends and the circumstances that enabled me to be a Bronco. I'm just glad I lived to see these days." SeniorChief
so...
does anybody want to Photoshop the BE logo onto the Blue so we know how it’ll look?
This has nothing to do with anything, but from what I’ve seen at other BE stadiums, the logo is in all white, which is good, because now it won’t look like someone sewed a giant, ugly purple patch onto our field.
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
I love reading about our new conference. The more, the better. Thanks Kevan.
Don’t want to wish our lives away, but 2013 is looking great!
Hey Kevan, about San Diego…do people get hung for rustling feathers? Can you legally be a cattle ruffler? I just want to make sure I don’t land in the slammer.
"Grateful to the friends and the circumstances that enabled me to be a Bronco. I'm just glad I lived to see these days." SeniorChief
Great news!
Satterlee said there is no provision stopping blue-on-blue. Kustra joked that the school may not have been able to keep Pete if not the case
— Dave Southorn, TWITTER
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
Andrea Adelson can't get rid of us.
"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
by Loque on Dec 7, 2011 4:39 PM PST via mobile reply actions
as much as we want
her gone.
I always go full retard
ಠ_à²
by sczmbz on Dec 7, 2011 5:16 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I just want to say
that this is one of the better written articles I’ve ever come across on SBN. Well done.
by VT89 on Dec 7, 2011 4:45 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
I totally see a pattern here:
Boise plays TCU in a bowl game in 2003, TCU joins the MWC in 2004, Boise joins the MWC in 2011.
Boise plays Louisville in a bowl game in 2004, UL joins the Big East in 2005, Boise joins the Big East in 2012.
Boise plays Utah in a bowl game in 2010, Utah joins the PAC in 2011… I’m going to party when 2018 gets here!
"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
by Loque on Dec 7, 2011 4:46 PM PST via mobile reply actions 7 recs
Another pattern
Undefeated 2006, Fiesta Bowl
Undefeated 2009, Fiesta Bowl
…Undefeated 2012, Fiesta Bowl…
Which will be awesome, because it will shut everyone up about our offense being All Kellen, All The Time
by bodaciousllama on Dec 7, 2011 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
Which is dumb already, because there's been plenty of quarterbacks who have excelled here.
Hendricks… Dinwiddie… Zabransky… the media just needs to do their research for once.
Clippers // Chargers // Rays // Boise State
"The Lakers do win games. But things can change." - Blake Griffin
by 82-0 on Dec 7, 2011 5:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Please!
Not another Corn-Chip Bowl! Go for the Sugar or the Orange. I’d say go for the Rose, but I suspect that we’d be a little too Nouveau Riche for those WorthyElites.
And I doubt we’ll be looking at the NCG either. The Big Least is starting to look like another cupcake conference, so even though we’ll probably be on ESPN for one year, I don’t think anyone will take us seriously enough.
so what are the
Parameters. ?
by Mr.BombDonkey on Dec 7, 2011 4:54 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Landmark day for our program!
From – the Big Sky (Division I-AA/FCS) all the way to the Big East (FBS AQ) – what a ride! If we were in the BE now we’d be on our way to the Orange Bowl this year. BTW, it was 74 today in Miami – sweet!
"We do not take counsel of our fears, our naysayers, or the unknown" Coach Pete 1-1-07
A hearty welcome from Rutgers
Which will be the conference’s most senior football team very soon. If you have nothing else to take from this remember, you’re going to be on ESPN more and, more importantly, blue unis on the blue turf.
Quick! To the Schianocopter
And the Broncos have always been a quirky team.
Overachievers one and all!
GO BLUE!!!
"It's all yours little Beaver... this 200 shot range model air rifle is just like the one I used in my range wars chasin' rustlers and bad guys!" Red Ryder
"You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphies Mom
PEW PEW PEW! Kellen Moore
Can't
He’s a retired prison guard.
Ackshully this won’t be a problem. I’m retired Air Force. I didn’t have problems with our game against AFA this year.
don't worry about it
it’s not like Rutgers alums care about Rutgers athletics. If Rutgers actually had fans, they’d be in the Big Ten.
Great move for BSU!
The football team moves forward for the AQ, The Olympic sports go the WAC highway. Football makes 4.8 million more per year, Everybody else benefits. Win, Win. Faster for ALL facilities, including academia. 50,000 seat stadium coming soon!
"It's all yours little Beaver... this 200 shot range model air rifle is just like the one I used in my range wars chasin' rustlers and bad guys!" Red Ryder
"You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphies Mom
PEW PEW PEW! Kellen Moore
Plus...they said they're trying to hammer out details that would give us 4 Big East b-ball games a year
2 home, 2 away. Uconn or Louisville coming to TBA would be pretty sweet.
Absolutly right.
Could you imagine a #3 Uconn or any Big East top ten BBall team coming to lil’ ol’ Boise ID?
Drmic, Igor, and the rest would be JRs. by then. Can’t Wait!!
"It's all yours little Beaver... this 200 shot range model air rifle is just like the one I used in my range wars chasin' rustlers and bad guys!" Red Ryder
"You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphies Mom
PEW PEW PEW! Kellen Moore
As a UConn alum
I welcome the Broncos to the Big East. Coach Petersen is one of the best coaches in the country if not the best. I have kept an eye on BSU over the years and I rooted for your team against the Hokies amd Bulldogs. Like BSU, UConn shares the following factors:
Short FBS history
Stadium less than 40K capacity
Climate is pretty similar
Not in a fertile recruiting area
Most of our players are 2 and 3 star players
The difference is Petersen’s system, which puts lots of points on the board and is fun to watch. There are some Husky fans who think that we can’t be more than a 8-9 win team because of the typical disadvantages as listed above. But BSU is doing it year after year.
Hopefully our offense can improve under Pasqualoni as Edsall’s offense was pretty conservative. Looking forward to our games!
by Blackacre on Dec 7, 2011 8:56 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Thanks for the love Blackacre.
Can’t wait to play you to a good ol’ Bronco beat down! We know one thing in these here parts, and thats WINNING! All you Yankees need to know yer plase. Oh, wait a minute. NOT SEC. Thanks again
Blackacre, pleased to meet you.
Come back any time.
"It's all yours little Beaver... this 200 shot range model air rifle is just like the one I used in my range wars chasin' rustlers and bad guys!" Red Ryder
"You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphies Mom
PEW PEW PEW! Kellen Moore
Hah. You're showing your inverse SEC bias, glas.
Yankees knowing their place??? agin an SEC antibias?
I am so confused. or is it us/we/them-uns?
Welcome, Blackacre. Our heads are spinning with this East & West conundrum, but we are still glad to see your thoughtful posting on the OBNUG site.
"Grateful to the friends and the circumstances that enabled me to be a Bronco. I'm just glad I lived to see these days." SeniorChief
Welcome to OBNUG
Glad to be in your conference!
The key is not the "will to win" - everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. ~ Bobby Knight
by Please Spay and Neuter Your Pets on Dec 8, 2011 2:32 AM PST up reply actions
congrats on the move Boise fans
The invite to an AQ conference was long overdue, and it will be interesting to see how the media treats your program now. Good luck in the Big East (West)!
by pack_fan on Dec 7, 2011 10:11 PM PST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Thanks & Rec for classy post
Hopefully you all won’t be far behind. Or will at least have an equal opportunity at the Big Bowls.
I’m of the belief that ALL D1 schools should have the same opportunity as the others, regardless of conference.
The key is not the "will to win" - everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. ~ Bobby Knight
by Please Spay and Neuter Your Pets on Dec 8, 2011 2:33 AM PST up reply actions
we'll see, Nevada took a bit of a step back this year
They can make up for it if the can upset southern miss. While I, like others here, am not necessarily a Thompson fan, the MWC is still better money and better competition than the WAC. Should be “interesting” to see how the MWC/CUSA merger goes.
by pack_fan on Dec 8, 2011 2:03 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
also completely agree with your last sentence
Loved the comments recently from Petersen. The way college football is structured is absurd.
by pack_fan on Dec 8, 2011 2:06 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
BE West
conference is just forming. Anyone would want a hunk of this great conference, TV model is just crazy good.
ND and BYU it is not too late.
by BSU Alumni stranded in Portland on Dec 8, 2011 6:40 AM PST reply actions
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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 |
