If there was ever a week for Boise State to hang “hashtag half a hundred” on the scoreboard, it would be this one. The Broncos are 0-2 for the first time since 2005 and facing major questions about how dynamic its offense is and how legit its defense is. The Broncos need a blowout on…
Andy Avalos said something Monday that invoked one of two reactions: An eye roll or a laugh. It was hard to take what he said seriously because it was such an absurd thing to utter amidst a 0-2 start and you’re sixth home loss in 14 tries. “The record, in itself, doesn’t show what we’ve…
Andy Avalos didn’t even let the question be finished. When Bronco Nation News started a question that was headed towards something about the possibility backup quarterback Maddux Madsen could garner more playing time, Avalos cut in. “No,” he said. “He did a job tonight. I really thought he did a good job tonight. I thought…
Albertsons Stadium will be a pressure cooker on Saturday. There are a lot of streaks on the line, the ones that will force a real look into the mirror if broken. Boise State has not lost its first two games since 2005 and it has not lost a home opener since 2001. If the Broncos…
Doug Smith was somewhere along I-90, driving an old, rickety 15-passenger van eastbound, when he picked up the phone. As Boise State tight end Riley Smith is gearing up to face UCF this week, his parents, Doug and Michele, younger brother, aunt and uncle decided they’d parlay a few football games into a vacation. They…
This task is not just brutal, but basically unprecedented. Boise State has not opened the season against a pair of Autonomous-5 opponents since 2005 (Georgia and Oregon State). It also has not lost its first two games of the season since 2005. Notice the correlation? Just a week after falling 56-19 at the hands of…
