Football is officially over: How to fill the gaping void
by Drew Roberts on Feb 6, 2012 12:02 PM PST
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PrintThe Super Bowl officially marks the end of live football for the next 6 months. It also reminds us that football playoffs can sometimes work—who knew? If you're a glass half-full sort of guy like myself, you could view this as the kickoff to an exciting offseason fraught with position competitions galore, combines and pro days. If you're a glass half-empty sort, you're reading this from the fetal position while watching replays of Ahmad Bradshaw's squat-pirouette-TD from last night.
After the jump, I'll give you some tips on how to stay sane in the football-barren wasteland known as the offseason
Helpful dates to help break up the monotony of NO FOOTBALL:
February 7: The River debuts on ABC
February 10: Chance to see Jar-Jar Binks in glorious 3d
February 22–28: NFL Scouting Combine
**MARCH MADNESS**
March 12: Spring Camp begins
March 13: Nick Patti named starter by OBNUG
March 22: Boise State Pro Day
••APRIL MODERATE INSANITY••
April 1: Elaborate April Fool's prank that involves starting "Coach Pete to Central Michigan" rumor
April 14: "Beat Coach Pete" fun* run
April 26–28: NFL Draft
Sometime in May: CFL draft
June 15: Remaining unsigned players from NFL, CFL, and AFL drafts are made available for supplemental kickball team drafts also known as "eeny meeny miny mo"
Things to do with the arrival of NO FOOTBALL:
- Practice not doing the wave at football games this upcoming fall
- Start saving money for down payment on a large concession stand soda
- Start saving money for down payment on new stadium JumboTron
- Whine about fact that there's NO FOOTBALL
- Teach your kid to kick field goals...seriously, we may need them one day
- Devise complex algorithm to determine winners of BOE copy machine dash
- Cry, stomp feet until football comes back. My 4 year-old utilizes this technique and it works like a charm
- Start a countdown to OBNUG's player countdown—a countdown countdown
- Watch Craig James' Senate campaign fail miserably
Questions to ponder:
Is the glut of DE/OLBs in this year's recruiting class signaling a shift in defensive schemes?
If a tree falls in the forest and no one's there to see it, can a Boise State placekicker make a clutch field goal?
Now that we haven't thought about the Vandals for a full season, do they still exist?
What's it going to take to get churros at Bronco Stadium?
Is 2012 a rebuilding year or a reloading year or is it both? Rebloading?
Your turn
Any tips on getting through the football-less time of year? We've all done it before, but it still hurts.
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If you’re a glass hafl-full sort of guy like myself, you could view this as the kickoff to an exciting offseason fraught with position competitions galore, combines and pro days. If you’re a glass half-full sort,
Use your edits powers wisely, my son…
Time is the great equalizer.
I'm blaming it on the despair of a football-free existence.
by Drew Roberts on Feb 6, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, I can relate.
I’m surprised both choices were not “glass half-empty.”
Time is the great equalizer.
definitely signing up for the fun run.
that’ll be really swell.
i plan on spending more time playing video games when the family is still asleep in the mornings (usually it’s spent watching gameday and/or the morning games). I’ve just picked up MW3, Skyrim and the newest Legend of Zelda. I’m settling in for a long break.
My QB has an AWARD named after him. How about yours?!
Moore’s effortless dissection of the defense in...practice reminded coaches why he’s here, despite his much-maligned measurables. --Chadd Cripe
Twitter: @iwasrun
I'll take Skyrim off your hands if you're too busy.
Wait…you’re not an “Xbox guy” are you?
by Drew Roberts on Feb 6, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
no.
ps3.
i literally had an Xbox for an hour and got three red-ring of death within that time. i was so pissed. i got halo and ncaa ’08 so i could play as BSU over and over. i swore off of xbox at that time. but i got the ps3 just recently.
My QB has an AWARD named after him. How about yours?!
Moore’s effortless dissection of the defense in...practice reminded coaches why he’s here, despite his much-maligned measurables. --Chadd Cripe
Twitter: @iwasrun
Wanted Skyrim for Christmas...got Assassin's Creed II.
Still a good game, but I’ve been longing to take an arrow in the knee.
by Drew Roberts on Feb 6, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
if you can, you should pick it up.
i am really enjoying it, but the wifey doesn’t like watching me play it. it’s kind of slow. she’d rather watch me play LoZ. which i enjoy playing as well, but i am trying to get the main quests in skyrim done.
My QB has an AWARD named after him. How about yours?!
Moore’s effortless dissection of the defense in...practice reminded coaches why he’s here, despite his much-maligned measurables. --Chadd Cripe
Twitter: @iwasrun
Careful...
Skyrim is currently eating my life. Oh, chores are done and TV is boring? SKYRIM. I’m just hoping I don’t get sick of it before the weather gets warm enough to be outside in.
"I don’t need a dictionary, I have an ipad, and an expensive large university education." - hrman7
"They're part pep rally, part freak show..." - Jim Rome, on Bronco Nation
with as much stuff going on in that game.
how could you get bored? my plan, for right now anyway, is to finish the main storyline then go back and get particulars.
i’ve had it for approximately a week and half and am level 6 right now. i think. my buddy, who rented it last night, just text me letting me know he’s level 18 already with sneak at 100. i’d like to shoot an arrow in his knee.
My QB has an AWARD named after him. How about yours?!
Moore’s effortless dissection of the defense in...practice reminded coaches why he’s here, despite his much-maligned measurables. --Chadd Cripe
Twitter: @iwasrun
It may take a couple months. :D
Skyrim is the first RPG that I’ve paid attention to for more than a few days. I think my husband thought he was buying himself a game under the guise of buying it for me for Christmas….mwahaha! I’ll show him and play the HELL out of it, thus monopolizing the xbox and allowing me to not have to watch hour after hour of Battlefield.
"I don’t need a dictionary, I have an ipad, and an expensive large university education." - hrman7
"They're part pep rally, part freak show..." - Jim Rome, on Bronco Nation
it's funny.
i’ve got another buddy who is definitely nerd-level. plays d&d, reads zombie books, the works. i tell him he’d dig skyrim and he says it’ll never happen. but failed to give an explanation. now he either: A) knows himself and will get addicted to the game, so refuses to play it so that won’t happen; or B) the game has actually gotten too “mainstream” and now he can’t like it out of principle.
My QB has an AWARD named after him. How about yours?!
Moore’s effortless dissection of the defense in...practice reminded coaches why he’s here, despite his much-maligned measurables. --Chadd Cripe
Twitter: @iwasrun
I have tons of these friends
Who I haven’t seen since Skyrim came out.
I always go full retard
ಠ_ಠ
by sczmbz on Feb 6, 2012 3:19 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Don't read this unless your a Zelda fan...
Kellen Moore and Link (pre Wii) are the coolest left handed “Legends” I know.
I haven’t played Zelda for years, and in fact the only reason I could move on is because I became a Bronco fan and had something even better to obsess about. My wife approves.
My wife and I
are expecting our first child this week or the next, so I am trying to cram in as much Skyrim as I can. I’ve had it about a month and just hit 42. MY wife is a Zelda nerd, so she has Skyward Sword for Wii. We both know our game time will be severely limited here in the next few days, but for the better hehe.
Congrats on the new addition
kids are fun
by lifelongbronco on Feb 7, 2012 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
Or OBNUG could cover spring-league amateur/semi-pro ball in Boise
Like the team I play on haha lol
by BoyCeeState on Feb 6, 2012 12:44 PM PST via mobile reply actions
i think i have a buddy that plays on a league like that.
The Outlaws? does that name sound familiar?
My QB has an AWARD named after him. How about yours?!
Moore’s effortless dissection of the defense in...practice reminded coaches why he’s here, despite his much-maligned measurables. --Chadd Cripe
Twitter: @iwasrun
you mean wife marrying
and subsequent divorcing/executing.
amiright?!
My QB has an AWARD named after him. How about yours?!
Moore’s effortless dissection of the defense in...practice reminded coaches why he’s here, despite his much-maligned measurables. --Chadd Cripe
Twitter: @iwasrun
Definitely falconry, or polo.
I always go full retard
ಠ_ಠ
by sczmbz on Feb 6, 2012 3:22 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Hey Out There, Its Safe To Play In The Surf! Football's Over
Don’t come in just because Football’s Over. Just knock yourself out with a little fun..
Hey dude I just burned my OBNUG Wet Shirt.
The only thing the BCS has to fear, is fear itself, and Blue is the color of fear.
What are you smoking!?
And where can I get some?
I always go full retard
ಠ_ಠ
by sczmbz on Feb 6, 2012 3:21 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I know
But I say take the sure 6. You never know what’s going to happen when the kicker comes out on the field. Right guys?
At least I can rest easy knowing the Giants are Super Bowl champions!
Yes, I know if you read my profile (and I’ll wager that about zero of you have) it says “Jets”, but I cheer for both NY football teams equally…which is kind of heresy out here, but whatever. SB Nation wouldn’t let me list both, so I went with Jets for Kyle Wilson’s sake.
Good thing that the NFL actually bothers to have a playoff…everyone around here is still in total shock that the ‘Jints had such a meteoric rise after looking like they wouldn’t even make the playoffs. Of course some people (fill in the blank with an SEC blogger here) think such a thing ruins the “integrity of the regular season”…me, I say it makes it all that much more exciting.
"Nobody likes it"
"I'm tired of even the BCS name"
"The whole thing needs to be changed."
-Coach Pete on the BCS.
Although I get a lot of flak from both Giants and Jets fans
Usually the two groups hate each other.
For the record, I don’t do dual allegiance in other NYC sports…Yankees and Knicks all the way. Nothing’s more fun than harrassing Mets’ fans.
"Nobody likes it"
"I'm tired of even the BCS name"
"The whole thing needs to be changed."
-Coach Pete on the BCS.
Point well taken
Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure they are an extinct species in this part of the world. So for now, I’ll settle with what I get.
"Nobody likes it"
"I'm tired of even the BCS name"
"The whole thing needs to be changed."
-Coach Pete on the BCS.
Watch out, NY
There’s a sleeper cell in your neighborhood, probably just waiting for an encoded telephone call to activate the zombies. Remember, never underestimate your opponent.
http://www.uidaho.edu/idaho-alumni/chapters-and-groups/new-parentpage/newyork
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they, too, have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.
Football season has been over since the MAACO Bowl.
With the exception of watching half the Bronco Football team play in All Star games.
by bcshtr on Feb 6, 2012 5:55 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
You can't stay sane...
that’s why its called the crazy season.
Still….there is OBNUG off (crazy) season tailgating – invented for just this reason. BB and Senior, you may just have saved our dwindling sanity.
Drew – rec’d for the JumboTron charity idea…
D-W-I-N-d-l-i-n-g
Too much sanity may be madness. But maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
—Miguel de Cervantes
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they, too, have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.
Life will be tough without football but
Horseback riding in the mountains, putting up a hundred tons of hay, Jet Skiing on Coeur d’ Alene Lake every chance I get. Oh I forgot I still have a full time job.
Boy’s playing College and American Legion Base ball, spending time with my twin grandsons.
It may be tough but I think I may make it till the Michigan State game.
Spring Game
Do we know when this will be?
"So you work on what you need to, and I've always been precise with the preparation aspect and being the most prepared quarterback on the field."
Kellen Moore
April 14....I do believe.
"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
each Spring
scrimmage open to the public & the Blue & Orange game will be highly anticipated and attended. What happens at these events will determine how the main stream media view BSU for the 2012 season. I expect Prince to cater his style of offense to his QB stable- mobile, running & attacking. I expect a quick pace offense. Don’t expect the coaches to pick a QB until Fall camp and don’t expect an annoucment until the QB walks out on the field in Lansing.
catching up on TV
With shows like Justified, Breaking Bad, The Killing and Boardwalk Empire.
by Jeremy Mauss on Feb 7, 2012 5:06 PM PST via Android app 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 |
