Three stars and one goat from Boise State's win over Georgia

Wish there was room for Elkin, though… he may have been the true mvp!

I would give the goat to Georgia’s much talked about summer conditioning program, those guys got really tired pretty early and it was over shortly after that…

clearly a Nike conspiracy. They like us better. didn’t they lose a shoe on opening kickoff?

He kept his legs churning and gained so many yards after contact! Doug was critical in establishing the run and making sure the Dawg D did not focus on pass every play.

Thoroughly excited to see both him AND Boldewijn on the field at once. Miller is a faster and better route running Austin Pettis…..and Geraldo’s a taller Titus Young. ;)

Matt Miller was impressive, much better than I expected. Jerrel Gavins coverage on the pick was incredible, he was like flies on …well you know. I have to say honorable mention or even as high as #1 could be the big uglies in the trenches. That DL was absolutely incredible.

DH > DM (just for one night?)

were the players faults.. everyone that fell off the guy had a lot of dreads…. it was like the same 2 people over and over. dreads=loose helmet=comes off=annoying… maybe it’s uncomfortable for them to wear it tight.

you could almost pick names from a hat and get someone acceptable. That’s the great thing about this TEAM, they play like one.

For Goat, I vote the UGA fans who had so many assumptions and bold expectations/predictions for this game. Most of those guys are toolbags but a few seem to sensible people that are simply under-informed on BSU and let their preconceived ideas overwhelm their knowledge of what they just witnessed.

Here are a couple examples of what I mean…

A pregame example of someone who is sensible but has clear cut preconceived notions…

Ok – Here’s my take:
1) We are better, stronger, faster in every position. It aint about X’s and Os, its about Jimmy’s and Joe’s. We win that battle.
2) Our Special Teams will destroy theirs. We have what is likely the best ST unit in the nation. They have a bad one. If it is a tight game, our ST wins it for us easily.
3) All this hype and talk and videos is the little man wanting to be the big man. Getting prepped for a big opening game is NOT NOT NOT the same as playing a major SEC foe mid season. You want respect BSU? Try going to Bama in October.
4) "No one will play us." Lamest excuse ever BSU. Your blue field looks horrible on TV, and if you had any brains, you would realize that. Why would any major school want to play on your blue field with 20,000 less seats? Build it, and they will come, in the meantime, stop your whining.
5) My dream has happened, Coach Bobo is in the booth. I think they will run play action, but the playbook is going to be opened up, and opened up a lot. Green notebook is no more. BSU is going to have so many looks they wont know what to think.
6) It may take a quarter, but eventually our D is going to start putting some hurt on. And that hurt will add up by the 4th quarter.
Unlike the rest of the nation, I am not afraid to say this: UGA is going to beat BSU bad. They are going to hurt. UGA by 17.
“One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida.” – Herschel Walker
by tankertoad on Sep 3, 2011 4:11 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

A postgame example of someone who, due to their assumptions, cannot adequately grasp what they just witnessed.

All of you Boise fans…
keep making comments of the notion that we can somehow replicate what Virginia Tech did last year and run roughshod through the SEC to validate your win over us. Do you guys truly believe that?
If so, and you watched that game last night, I don’t see how anyone can take you seriously when you claim that Boise can play with anyone in the country. I’ve watched a lot of elite college football teams in person the past decade-plus…far more, I imagine, than nearly every Boise fan out there. I did not see an elite team on the field in the Georgia Dome last night. Georgia played like a Chinese fire drill, and Boise somehow let them hang around close enough that a decent team would have still been within striking distance in the fourth quarter.
Oklahoma, LSU, Alabama, or Oregon would have emptied that stadium out before halftime. Boise executes very well, and is very likely a top 15-20 program on that measure alone. That is something to be proud of…your program faces enormous disadvantages compared to almost all of the remaining top 25 out there.
I would wish your team good luck the rest of the season, but I’d be lying. I’m not going to get to watch meaningful football from my team this season, but I’ll still watch other college football teams that are actually good or great. I don’t want the Boise debate filling up half of the discussion each Saturday. I’ll be rooting against your team hoping one of the tomato cans left on your schedule sneaks by you and ends the talk. After that, best of luck to Boise.
By the way, this opinion has more to do with what your team represents than any of your actual team does. I think your field and your uniforms are incredibly gimmicky (as was the piping in of your fight song over the loudspeakers last night), but I don’t really have anything against any of your players or coaches. But the longer Boise keeps winning, the more likely we are to have to deal with total frauds like Hawaii in 2007. College football is better off without that garbage.
by FisheriesDawg on Sep 4, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

It is the gutwrenching disbelief that these people are trying to cope with and understand that gives me a very deep sense of satisfaction. I have nothing against the individuals who made these comments, heck if I were to have a face to face conversation with them I may have a totally different take. I use these comments only to serve as examples of a larger archetype for a lot of CFB fans that THINK they know what they are talking about.

http://twitter.com/#!/LoqueBSU/status/110186968972922880

Mostly all attributed from the lack of Febis, but no doubt Stanaway and Ioane learned first hand not to give it up. I almost had flashbacks of Ryan Matthews, but 2 of the 3 were passes and the other run wasn’t whiffs, just perfect blocking execution and a bad Ioane angle.

When was the last time that Kellen wasn’t one of the stars?

Right before Miller’s TD catch I was texting with a friend and told him Miller was going to be a stud this year. Not only did he have 5 catches and his 1st being Kellen’s 100th TD pass, but he was a beast blocking. Go back and watch Martin’s TD run. Miller is the only WR lined up on the left side, and he takes out a linebacker and a safety to keep the left side clear for Martin. All Doug had to do was tell one dog to sit down!

But also the chin strap that they did not strap on.

I’m so excited to see Matt Miller’s potential. Coach Pete had an interesting quote about him, he said if you think Kellen shows no emotion, you should see Matt.

I’m like most of you .. I don’t care whether we can go through a 12 game SEC schedule (which is actually a rough 4 game if you count 4 OOC patsies, Vandy, Ole Miss, etc) or not.

But when the coverage announcer said that Boise couldn’t do it because of depth issues……. GRAAAAAAWHHH!!!!!!1one
Boise State was already playing with back-ups. They rotate so often that backups play the same amount of time as a starter. One DLman was playing FB because the 1st two were injured!!

Through out an excuse all you want … but don’t say it’s because of DEPTH! /angrywords.

The announcer calling us “TCU”

I guess its because the colors are so similar.

I would have loved to have seen them perform our songs. I hope they enjoyed themselves. Did you get a feel for that?

We couldn’t listen/see them on tv because the announcers had such important things to talk about, like their own experiences and how their ties looked with their shirts (well, maybe not that bad, but close)

the temporary (hopefully) suspension of Geraldo Boldewijn may have been the best thing that could have happened to Matt Miller.

I absolutely agree with this. In fact, I said basically the same thing right after the game. I was really, really surprised at how good not only Miller looked, but ALL of our receivers. Big props go out to Coach Pease and Coach Prince. They had our guys very well-prepared.

Also, I was extremely impressed by Gavins. Like Kevan, I knew Gavins was an okay player, but he played on a different stratosphere tonight. Outstanding. Here’s hoping we get a full year of Gavins and Taylor on the corners… If so, we have nothing to fear.

Georgia Chinstraps!….Those brain buckets came off too easily….should betreated like an injury, have to sit one play if your helmet pops off your melon. Thoughts?

Help! I’m stuck here in ESPN land and can not see/hear out!

I was so surprised at how well he did and how average Shoemaker was. I knew he was going to be a great reciever but JEEZ. Another great surprise and I can’t wait for the rest of the season.

that bsu can basically run any type of offense and just make it work?

i bet they could, if they wanted to, run a no-huddle, up-tempo version of the Ducks variety and make it work. even if kellen doesn’t run with it.

So who brought the hammer out?
and Who bought that ugly tie kellen moore is wearing………………….shudders

I can’t see them losing more than 5 games with this schedule. By the SEC’s standards, that is as easy as it gets. The SEC East is a tad on the overrated side this year.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/61/georgia-bulldogs

was the headline I was looking for in the Statesman…what with the storm trooper look and all, but Dawg’s Pounded wasn’t too bad.

I thought the NCAA was actually going to make a rule regarding helmets coming off after last year? The Bronco’s lost a couple, most notably Doug Martin’s when they tried to tear his head off and only got helmet.

My impression was we used DJ outside once we wore down the middle using Doug and the O line. Wonder what diff it would have made early to have at least one FB?

Kellen’s only real miss (besides the pick) was missing Mitch down the left sideline with a step on the GA CB. That would have been something, and the only home run ball I remember us going for.

This kid has improved more than any Bronco over the past few years. He’s gone from a liability (remember that gift-wrapped TD pass he dropped a couple of years ago?) to a real strength on this team. He did everything in the UGA game, from clutch receptions to end-arounds to blocking to returning punts. His only glitch was the punt he fumbled (but immediately retrieved). I’m amazed at how far he’s come. Congrats to Mitch!!

Star 1- Kellen Moore- completing 82% of his passes
Star 2- Boise State special teams- Georgia’s supposed advantage. We pinned them back numerous times and Potter had a nice return
Star3- White Death combat uni and unheralded heros stepping up to carry the flag for our missing bretheren.

Goat 1- Announcers calling Winterswyk “Zebransky” at least twice during the game
Gaot 2- Overhyped Georgia offseason conditioning program. Georgia basically had no rush the second half and Kellen picked them apart and the Georgia D-line was gassed after 1 half of football- was the humidity that bad indoors?
Goat 3- seriously do the chin straps not work on the Georgia helmets?

I went to the last game, refused to go back for this one. On the walk to the game nothing but heckles. The topper was when a uniformed cop warned us “if you win, I would leave town”. Couldn’t believe it. As opposed to a warm Boise welcome to visitors. I for one will enjoy watching them turn on each other.