Kellen Moore's storied NCAA career is at an end (story illustrated by Maurice Sendak) and his NFL draft future is uncertain, so I thought we'd be remiss to not at least attempt to analyze Kellen's potential in "the league". Guys that matter (Toddy McShay, Tony Pauline, Wes Bunting) seem to (mostly) like what Kellen Moore has to offer (anticipation, accuracy, awareness) while a few hacks writers at Bleacher Report loudly proclaimed Moore to be undraftable. So which "analysts" are right about Moore? The guys paid to do this for a living, or the guys that fulfilled two of the 3 requirements to write for B/R (working keyboard, internet connection, ability to make slideshows)? And what of Kellen's NFL future? Will he be a great backup, a future starter, or a Canadian hero? I'm too emotionally invested in Kellen Moore to start this roundtable as I took each Senior Bowl jab at KM personally. What are your thoughts on the matter? First person to mention Kellen's height gets a knuckle sandwich!

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Memphis officially announced as new member of the Big East

They are slated to join in 2013 along with Boise State and could even be in Boise State's division. This is great news for me since I'm in Nashville and only 3 hours away from Memphis. This is not so good news for everyone else. One more western team would have been nice.

Stewart Mandel looks at how a 4 team playoff would have looked in the past

And some of the match ups he comes up with are certainly appetizing. Change seems to be on the horizon for college football but I'm trying to not get my hopes up too much yet.

Rutgers and Syracuse could play each other twice next year

With the possibility of West Virginia leaving for the Big 12 next year becoming more and more realistic, Rutgers and Syracuse could play each other twice next year because there would be no one else available. Awkward. There's at least one other team with an opening next year.

With the news that the Memphis Tigers - all five wins in three years of 'em - will join the Big East with Boise State in 2013, Bronco Nation would be excused for taking one look at the Tigers and thinking, New Mexico State? Adding an awful team to a conference of mostly average-to-good teams is not exactly a recipe for BCS automatic bids or, say, respect. To prove my point, check out what Mr. Dr. Saturday wrote upon hearing the news:

As the realignment dominoes settle into a sustainable status quo, that line is beginning to look much sharper. Now that there's nothing left worth poaching, the Big East is about to be left to its fate with the other Have-Not leagues that have never pretended they're anything but.

That laughter you hear is Karl Benson at his Shari's mobile office.

The Tigers and Broncos figure to be tied together in the west division of the Big East-ish along with the other newcomers and a disgruntled Louisville. To wit, here is what Boise State's conference schedule could look like in 2013:

• vs. San Diego State
• vs. Memphis
• vs. SMU
• vs. Houston
• vs. Louisville
• vs. UCF
• vs. Rutgers
  
• vs. Cincinnati
  

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Official Combine invite list released

As expected, Boise State will have a record 7 attendees with a list of Kellen Moore, Doug Martin, Nate Potter, George Iloka, Shea McClellin, Tyrone Crawford and Billy Winn. I was hoping that Chase Baker and Kyle Efaw could snag an invite too, but 7 players overall is not too shabby at all. Alabama had 9 invitees and LSU and Wisconsin have 8 each.

Cory Yriarte granted 6th year of eligibility

This was another expected ruling from the NCAA but good to have it official. Yriarte was part of a group including DJ Harper, Jerrell Gavins and Dan Paul that were held out of Senior Day festivities anticipating an extra year of eligibility.

Craig James looking to meet with "anyone that has money"

Looks like things are right on track for former ESPN talking head and Boise State hater turned Senate candidate Craig James. He's apparently getting bombarded with questions/accusations about his playing days at SMU and accepting improper benefits. I'm glad people in Texas don't have short memories.

This, according to SB Nation writer Bill Connelly:

Behold the power of six returning starters. The only team to return even as few as seven starters in 2011 was Auburn, and they dropped off the map, from national title contender to the Chick-fil-A Bowl. The effect of extreme numbers of returning starters, either good (20) or bad (six), is typically rather exponential, which does not say good things about the Broncos' 2012 season, even if 61st is almost certainly too low.

Connelly had the Broncos at No. 15 in his way-too-early Top 25, based on factors like Boise State's' legacy of success and Coach Pete's inexorable charm. His formula-driven Top 25, based on statistics and lies, had the Broncos at No. 61.

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Follow Boise State's new Twitter accounts

New AD Mark Coyle is already making his mark. We knew he was big on Twitter and now he's showing it. Boise State has unveiled an official twitter account for every sport. Check them all out but follow @BroncoSportsFB for sure. Now when is the official Coach Pete twitter account coming?

BCS spent a record $350k lobbying in D.C. last year

This was more than four times what they spent just three years ago. I would like to think this is in part due to the relentlessness of our friends at the Playoff PAC who exposed corruption at the Fiesta Bowl and John Junker and has continued to pursue the Sugar and Orange Bowls.

Could the Big Ten actually be in favor of a playoff?

Sources told the Chicago Tribune that a Big Ten plan would involve taking the top 4 of the BCS standings and staging semifinal games at the higher ranking school. This is almost too good to be true so I'm not getting my hopes up yet, but playoff games with schools hosting would be a huge step forward.

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