Wake up, Bronco Nation: Boise State football links and things, 9-4-12

Pre-Snap Read has Boise State at No. 22 after loss

The AP and USA Today rankings will come out later today. I doubt that Boise State will stay in the top 25 the way those polls work however.

The Dash lists Joe Southwick's performance as an ugly debut

But Pat Forde has faith that he and the rest of the offense will get better in weeks to come. More interesting was the lack of attendance at SEC and ACC games this week. I'm glad fans are refusing to pay for cupcake wins. Hopefully the AD's will take notice and actually schedule some more attractive match ups.

Michigan State's Le'Veon Bell named Big Ten co-Offensive Player of the Week

That's not surprising after he was basically all of Michigan State's offense on Friday night. Hopefully Michigan State is as good as they look and keep rolling.

Kellen Moore makes Lions roster, Jim Schwartz explains why

Some people were confused on why the Lions kept a 3rd QB around and didn't use that roster spot on another spot. Apparently same people now think Matthew Stafford has a bionic arm now. Anyway, Schwartz explained that they saw something special in Moore and didn't want him to get away.

Video: Jarrell Root makes Hard Knocks

Here's a video clip from HBO's Hard Knocks series. Although Root was cut from the Dolphins, he still made the series and got a decent amount of screen time apparently.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to current player Jake Van Ginkel