Boise State opens up as a 20.5 favorite over Toledo according to the Wynn

Yahoo currently has them at 17 point favorites in our pick em league. No matter where you look though, that's a pretty big spread for Boise State against a team that will be at home and who just came very close to upsetting Ohio State.

Dave Southern with a nice story on Boise State and their Nike uniforms

It seems as though the players really appreciate the opportunity to wear the latest and greatest in uniforms. However, when quoting LaMichael James, LaMichael conveniently left out the whole Will Lyles thing when it came to his recruitment to Oregon.

Petersen speaks about the Dutch 3 during press conference

There is no news yet, but he hopes to have a resolution by Friday. Apparently the NCAA doesn't work on Sundays. Coach Pete said the issues they're looking at came out of the left field. Read into that as you will.

UPDATE: I can't believe I forgot a link this morning. It's been added after the jump

Andy Staples redeems himself with his AP ballot this week

He moved the Broncos up to 7 from last week's 12. It's not quite where we'd like to see the Broncos ranked, but we're moving in the right direction. Now for you Mr. Ira Schoffel, we'd like to have a word with your number 10 ranking of Boise State. 

Do we really need to wake Mr. Fiskers up again to tackle this steaming pile of manure? (HT: Ross Taylor)

No wonder Bill Simmons left Page 2 and started Grantland.

Up to two dozen Fresno State football players implicated in welfare fraud investigation

I can't believe I missed this story this morning. Depending on the charges that come out of this investigation, this could set the bar high in the early race for this year's Fulmer Cup.