Play of the Year....

....for the Broncos of Boise State, I believe is the two point try in the Nevada game, the day after Turkey Day. The second touchdown in the first 7 minutes of the game proved costly. The snap was to Austin Pettis who scrambled around and eventually was taken down 2 yards short of the goal line. While the missed conversion attempt was moderately unimportant, the related injury to Austin Pettis was very significant. Yes, the Broncos rallied to finish off the Wolfpack that night on ESPN, and later the next week, dominate the Aggies of New Mexico State. The Broncos captured the W.A.C. trophy once more, but all along every fan(fanatic) worried about the health of #2. The key receiver in the highest scoring offense was down for perhaps the rest of the year. Surgery for a broken ankle/leg bone was to commence and the chances of the Broncos, remaining undefeated, took a hit. The remaining wide receiver corps, collectively, was banged up and inexperienced. Due to these worries, I think this play could be deemed the Play of the Year.
Yes, one might say, the awesome hit by Winston Venable on Fresno State's Ryan Colburn might qualify. Also in the same game, Titus Young's hustle to recover a fumble in the endzone for a touchdown was also very key. Local Blogmeister/BSU historian, Tom Scott, believes the Billy Winn safety in the Oregon game is clearly the big play.
Here we have the video of the two point play, where Pettis got injured. Somewhat non-descript play....maybe showing Pettis getting up slowly.

Here we have the ESPN announcers discussing the revelation that Pettis could be hurt and the Coach Pete theory of going for two point conversions......


Would love to see Austin Pettis rebound for the BCS game against TCU. Hence, the Christmas wish for Santa dropping off a hyperbaric chamber at his house in hopes of a quicker recovery.

If it walks like a Duck......

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The old gang got together for one more attempt at reaching interplanetary success or at least North American Dominance, and created another version of a podcast- focusing on BSU v. Oregon. Thanks to JT at BroncoNationPodcast for hooking up the 1's and 2's, and Drew from OBUNG for still pimpin' after all these years.....

Cliff notes version, I am venturing a guess of 35-30 victory towards the Broncos way...However I am really worried about the revenge/motivation factor from the Ducks. It is difficult to beat a Top-15 team in back to back years.....It will be a battle of epic proportions, just ask the hype machine that is revolving around this game. I will say Kellen throws 3 td's, Avery and Harper have a running td each. Please send your best Ducks Crashing pics/cliches and I will gladly place them on this blog.


Sidenote- Enjoyed a ridiculous weekend in Vegas for our Fantasy Football Draft....If you can imagine, it happened. Yes, the movie The Hangover was a goal and in some people's eyes we accomplished what we set it out to do. If you ever need to stay at ( or near) the Bellagio, I discovered a lovely timeshare-influenced place called the Jockey Club. Do not bother googling it, just take a flyer and decide to stay there on a whim next time. Can not beat the price of admission......

The main reason we headed down there was for a fantasy football draft....which lead to chicanery and debauchery ( not to mention a visit to Rehab- in which we saw ESPN's Matthew Berry hanging out at- and a few other Vegas clubs). I was voted as having the single worst draft, which was not the worst thing I was voted on having all weekend.....That being said, I did throw a parlay with BSU -5, Utah -20.5, and Nevada +14 .....hopefully this will hit really big and I can win back a 1/10 of what I spent down there. Hate to end it on a negative note but if smell/see/taste a f'ing red bull again, I will self implode.

Start of Spring Practice

update 615pm local time
link from Chad Cripe's article on the first practice of Spring Practice....looks lile Harsin took heed and would like to see Kellen Moore throwing the pigskin downfield a lil bit more than last year! Thanks for Chad for timely reporting- wish I had a press pass....errr!

Also Dave from IdPress take of the first practice = J.C. Percy anyone

Also another blogger's take on Spring Ball ( Finally).... Orange and Blue Circus..... -still no OBNUG sighting

Original post below

Thankfully the college football off season goes on hiatus for a 5 weeks, as BSU takes to eradicating the painful 2008 P-bowl memories and instead start reloading for the impending season. The Statesman has a pretty decent article on some of the battles about to be waged on the Blue. Idahopress also has a lil tidbit here.....
-Will go on the record and state that I am not a fan of Mad Doug Martin headed to the defense. Love the athleticism but prefer him toting the rock. I understand the need to establish the rb's getting a rhythm with some carries, but why was that not the case last year with IJ? Maybe IJ was simply an equal part/cog in the BSU machine?

- I prefer keeping Hout at defensive end, opposite of King Swyke! Expect more zone blitzes. I do not foresee Bacon Atkinson dropping into zone coverage however!

- Hope Malcom Johnson redshirts ....unless he is too good and will thieve some carries from Harper/Avery.

- I do not think the wideout position is as bleak as it appears. I expect double digit td's for Titus Young. I know that some of those td's are being taken away from Austin Pettis but I can foresee a rejuvenated Young becoming a huge focus.

- The article states the focus will be about the return of emphasis on a dominant run game. I will buck the trend and suggest that Kellen Moore is your best offensive weapon and the passing game should be central part of this offensive machine. Let the passing game set up the run game. Put the ball in your best playmaker's hands as much as possible.

- Wish the practices were accessible as well- but beggars can't be choosers.


Most importantly....spring scrimmages are all at the stadium and free/open to the public .

( except for the Blue Orange game) which might suffer a 17% price increase)

From the Statesman=

KEY DATES
The Boise State football team will practice 15 times over the next six weeks. Here are the key dates:
Monday: First practice
Tuesday, March 17: Pro day for last year's seniors
Thursday, March 19: First scrimmage (2:30 p.m.)
March 21-29: Spring break
Wednesday, April 8: Second scrimmage (2:30 p.m.)
Friday, April 17: Spring Game (6 p.m.)
Note: All scrimmages are held at Bronco Stadium and open to the public.

Your thoughts?

Will OBNUG MAKE A RETURN VISIT FOR SPRING BALL?