In addition to his love of intramurals and being a Judas, Colorado Buffaloes head coach Dan Hawkins is also a fan of setting lofty expectations that might not be possible to reach.
At the team’s annual seniors awards banquet Sunday at a hotel in Broomfield, Hawkins’ closing remarks included this forecast for 2009: “10 wins and [...]

Time to put our serious analyzing hats on. What are we to make of the 2008 Boise State football season in the grand scheme of things?

The 2006 Fiesta Bowl team is easy to place - they were undefeated, won their BCS game, and finished No. 5 in the country. The 2004 team fit nicely into a box, too. They were undefeated but lost to Louisville in their bowl game.

The 2008 team? Who knows?

Read on after the jump for a look at how the 2008 squad compares to the rest of Boise State’s best and see what conclusion we come to about what to do with this year’s Broncos.

For those who are interested, there is a pretty entertaining thread going down in the comments on our Public Enemy #1 announcement post. We had no idea Dan Hawkins, Dirk Koetter, and Houston Nutt were so into this website. Kind of makes you wonder what Skip Hall is doing with his time?
We’re going to talk [...]

We had an interesting choice last night: watch the Presidential debates or do virtually anything else. We went with “virtually anything else.” At this point, we just want someone who can fix the economy and enact a mandatory college football playoff. We don’t ask for much.
Here are today’s links:
Will Kellen Moore be a freshman All-American? [...]

Story of the day:

D-1 bowl trolling for D1-AA participants [Missoulian]

Got any holiday plans, Weber State? If not, then there might be a desperate lower-tiered bowl that wants to speak to you.
We found a lot of gems in the Missoulian’s series on the University of Montana’s chances for a move to Division I-A, but none of [...]

Story of the day:

Down goes OBNUG [Fight Fight BSU]

Yesterday afternoon, through no fault or knowledge of our own, our site was apparently inoperable–lost to the hinder reaches of the webosphere. What happened? Beats us. In fact, we’re not even sure it’s working now.

We could not replicate the stark emptiness of www.obnug.com [...]

Drew Hawkins, the youngest son of former BSU coach and current goat Dan Hawkins, will be playing quarterback at Boise State this fall. Join the club.
Dan and Misti Hawkins’ youngest child, Drew, signed a letter of intent to playfor Boise State in February and already has enrolled.
We’re pretty sure he didn’t sign a letter of [...]

ESPN began a poll in April to decide the face of every college football program in the country. We thought it might be fun to check in to see how things are going.
Boise State has received 66 suggestions so far, and the blue turf and the Fiesta Bowl seem to be the favorites. Of course, [...]

Story of the day:
Greg Graham staying with Broncos [Idaho Statesman]
Oft-beleaguered Bronco coach Greg Graham looks to have a new incentive-laden deal with Boise State that could keep him in Boise for the better part of forever.

The contract includes standard components, such as an annual salary of $345,000 and financial incentives for conference championships, postseason [...]

Story of the day:
Summer conditioning: let the side aches begin [Idaho Statesman]
Success takes time off for nobody, which is too bad for the summer vacation plans of Boise State players.
The Broncos kicked off their eight-week summer training schedule that is equal parts preparation and muscle torture. Strength coach Tim Socha is in charge of the [...]