Sunday, September 25, 2011

Boise State Men, Women Finish 17th at Roy Griak Invitational


When J.W. Hardy, who had made Northern Arizona a perennial national cross country power, took over at Boise State, you knew the goal was to do the same for the Broncos.


Hardy signed Boise State's teams up to participate in one of the top competitions in the nation--the Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minnesota.  While both Bronco teams finished 17th, they weren't the worst in the field and the experience will be invaluable as they bumped elbows with the best in the country.


Freshman Vince Hamilton led the Boise State men's team with an 8-kilometer time of 24:53.  Boise State defeated seven teams, including Iowa, Arizona and Kansas State.  North Carolina State won the men's competition.


Marisa VanderMalle paced the Bronco women, covering the 5-k course in 21:41.  The Boise State women finished ahead of nine teams, including Oklahoma, South Carolina and Kansas State.  California won the title with 128 points with fellow Mountain West team Colorado State 13th.

Boise State Suffers First Mountain West Volleyball Loss


 Boise State's volleyball team suffered its first conference loss last night to #20 Colorado State.


Colorado State jumped out early with an easy 25-13 first set win.  The second set included three tied and two lead changes, but CSU won going away 25-17.  There were 11 ties and five lead changes in the final set that the Rams won 25-20.


Fiona Jones had seven kills and 12 digs to lead the Bronco attack.  Breann Nesselhuf had 13 assists.


Katelyn Steffan had 14 kills and 3 solo blocks for Colorado State, while Deedra Foss had 32 assists.


After 14 road games, the 9-5 Broncos finally play a home match tomorrow night against Weber State.  Boise State hosts TCU Thursday and New Mexico Saturday.  Those matches will all start at 7 p.m. in Bronco Gym.

Boise State #4 In Unofficial BCS Standings--Week 4


1.    LSU 95.19% + 98.07% + 98.00 = 291.26
2.    Alabama 95.19% + 94.20% + 94.00 = 283.39
3.    Oklahoma 97.22% + 94.80% + 86.00 = 278.02
4.    Boise State 82.92% + 85.33% + 88.00 = 256.25
5.    Oklahoma State 79.46% + 80.60% + 90.00 = 250.06
6.    Stanford 83.05% + 80.33% + 60.00 = 223.38
7.    Nebraska 70.51% + 66.07% + 76.00 = 212.58
8    Wisconsin 78.37% + 78.47% + 52.00 = 208.84
9.    South Carolina 66.17% + 63.33% + 68.00 = 197.50
10.  Oregon 61.97% + 65.67% + 58.00 = 185.64
11.  Virginia Tech 63.39% + 58.87% + 58.00 = 180.26  
12.  Florida 55.39% + 54.67% + 64.00 = 174.06
13.  Clemson 40.54% + 49.60% + 58.00 = 148.14
14.  South Florida 42.78% + 39.00% + 34.00 = 115.78
15.  Baylor 35.80% + 43.93% + 32.00 = 111.73
16.  Texas A&M 46.17% + 48.93% + 10.00 = 105.10
17.  Michigan 28.07% + 27.80% + 38.00 = 93.87
18.  Texas 35.59% + 31.07% + 24.00 = 90.66
19.  Arkansas 29.29% + 28.93% + 28.00 = 86.22
20.  Georgia Tech 22.58% + 19.87% + 26.00 = 68.45
21.  Illinois 12.27% + 11.93% + 40.00 = 64.20
22.  TCU 24.68% + 22.53% + 16.00 = 63.21
23.  West Virginia 10.71% + 18.67% + 2.00 = 31.38
24.  Texas Tech .88% + 0.00 + 26.00 = 26.88
25.  Florida State 10.64% + 15.93% + 0.00 = 26.57






26.  Arizona State 3.86% + 7.47% + 14.00 = 25.33
27.  Washington .20% + .27% + 20.00 = 20.47
28.  Penn State 2.31% + .60% + 14.00 = 16.91

29.  Mississippi State 0.00 + .10% + 14.00 = 14.10
30.  Michigan State 10.37% + 3.40% + 0.00 = 13.77
31.  Texas A&M 0.00 + 0.00 + 10.00 = 10.00

32.  Houston 4.75% + 2.53% + 0.00 = 7.28
33.  Ohio State 4.14% + 1.00% + 0.00 = 5.14
34.  Nevada 0.00 + 0.00 + 4.00 = 4.00
35.  Iowa State 2.24% + 1.40% + 0.00 = 3.64
36.  Kansas State .88% + .93% + 0.00 = 1.81
37.  Utah .75% + .80% + 0.00 = 1.55
38.  North Carolina .88% + 0.00 + 0.00 = .88

Boise State #4 in Computer Composite, Week Four

Note: This still includes just Billingsley and Sagarin. Massey and Colley are still irrelevant to make sense. I will probably start including both next week to "downgrade Boise State". For those not familiar with my system, I always try to make any errors on the downside so as to avoid having Boise State rank too high. In other words, I try to make surprises be on the upside.


1. LSU 24 + 25 (=49 *2) = 98
2. Alabama 25 + 22 = (47 *2) = 94
3. Oklahoma State 22 + 23 = (45 * 2) = 90
4. Boise State 23 + 21 = (44 *2) = 88
5. Oklahoma 19 + 24 = (43 *2) = 86
6. Nebraska 21 + 17 = (38 * 2) = 76
7. South Carolina 18 + 16 = (34 * 2) = 68
8. Florida 20 + 12 = (32 * 2) = 64
9. Stanford 11 + 19 = (30 *2) = 60
10. Clemson 14 + 15 = (29 *2) = 58
10. Oregon 9 + 20 = (29 * 2) = 58
10. Virginia Tech 15 + 14 = (29 *2) = 58
13. Clemson 12 + 15 = (27 * 2) = 54
14. Wisconsin 8 + 18 = (26 * 2) = 52
15. Illinois 16 + 4 = (20 * 2) = 40
16. Michigan 10 + 9 = (19 * 2) = 38
17. South Florida 17 + 0 = (17 * 2) = 34
18. Baylor 5 + 11 = (16 * 2) = 32
19. Arkansas 0 + 14 = (14 * 2) = 28
20. Georgia Tech 13 + 0 = (13 * 2) = 26
20. Texas Tech 6 + 7 = (13 * 2) = 26
22. Texas 12 + 0 = (12 * 2) = 24
23. Washington 0 + 10 = (10 * 2) = 20
24. TCU 2 + 6 = (8 * 2) = 16
25. Arizona State 4 + 3 = (7 * 2) = 14
25. Mississippi State 0 + 7 = (7 * 2) = 14
25. Penn State 7 + 0 = (7 * 2) = 14




28. Texas A&M 0 + 5 = (5 * 2) = 10
29. USC 3 + 0 = (3 * 2) = 6
30. Nevada 0 + 2 = (2 * 2) = 4
31. West Virginia 1 + 1 = (2 * 2) = 2

AP Poll Percentages, Week 4


1.    LSU 98.07%
2.    Oklahoma 94.80%
3.    Alabama 94.20%
4.    Boise State 85.33%
5.    Oklahoma State 80.60%
6.    Stanford 80.33%
7.    Wisconsin 78.47%
8.    Nebraska 66.07%
9.    Oregon 65.67%
10.  South Carolina 63.33%
11.  Virginia Tech 58.87%
12.  Florida 54.67%
13.  Clemson 49.60%
14.  Texas A&M 48.93%
15.  Baylor 43.93%
16.  South Florida 39.00%
17.  Texas 31.07%
18.  Arkansas 28.93%
19.  Michigan 27.80%
20.  TCU 22.53%
21.  Georgia Tech 19.87%
22.  West Virginia 18.67%
23.  Florida State 15.93%
24.  Illinois 11.93%
25.  Arizona State 7.47%


26.  Michigan State 3.40%
27.  Houston 2.53%
28.  Auburn 1.67%
29.  Iowa State 1.40%
30.  Ohio State 1.00%
31.  Kansas State .93%
32.  Utah .80%
33.  Penn State .60%
34.  Georgia .53%
35.  Washington .27%
36.  Tennessee .20%
36.  Notre Dame .20%

Boise State #4 in AP, Week Four


1LSU (42)4-014712
2Oklahoma (12)3-014221
3Alabama (5)4-014133
4Boise State (1)3-012804
5Oklahoma State4-012097
6Stanford3-012055
7Wisconsin4-011776
8Nebraska4-09919
9Oregon3-198510
10South Carolina4-095012
11Virginia Tech4-088313
12Florida4-082015
13Clemson4-074421
14Texas A&M2-17348
15Baylor3-065917
16South Florida4-058518
17Texas3-046619
18Arkansas3-143414
19Michigan4-041722
20TCU3-133820
21Georgia Tech4-029825
22West Virginia3-128016
23Florida State2-223911
24Illinois4-017924
25Arizona State3-111236
Others Receiving Votes: Michigan State(3-1) 51; Houston(4-0) 38; Auburn(3-1) 25; Iowa State(3-0) 21; Ohio State(3-1) 15; Kansas State(3-0) 14; Utah(2-1) 12; Penn State(3-1) 9; Georgia(2-2) 8; Washington(3-1) 4; Tennessee(2-1) 3; Notre Dame(2-2) 3; Southern California(3-1) 2; Navy(2-1) 2; Missouri(2-2) 1; Mississippi State(2-2) 1

Coaches Poll Percentages, Week 4


1.    Oklahoma 97.22%
2.    Alabama 95.19%
2.    LSU 95.19%
4.    Stanford 83.05%
5.    Boise State 82.92%
6.    Oklahoma State 79.46%
7.    Wisconsin 78.37%
8.    Nebraska 70.51%
9.    South Carolina 66.17%
10.  Virginia Tech 63.39%
11.  Oregon 61.97%
12.  Florida 55.39%
13.  Texas A&M 46.17%
14.  South Florida 42.78%
15.  Clemson 40.54%
16.  Baylor 35.80%
17.  Texas 35.59%
18.  Arkansas 29.29%
19.  Michigan 28.07%
20.  TCU 24.68%
21.  Georgia Tech 22.58%
22.  Illinois 12.27%
23.  West Virginia 10.71%
24.  Florida State 10.64%
25.  Michigan State 10.37%


26.  Houston 4.75%
27.  Ohio State 4.14%
28.  Arizona State 3.86%
29.  Penn State 2.31%
30.  Iowa State 2.24%
31.  North Carolina .88%
31.  Kansas State .88%
31.  Texas Tech .88%
34.  Utah .75%
35.  Northwestern .34%
36.  Washington .20%
36.  Tennessee .20%