Boise State's Chris Potter #15 in the Nation in Punt Returns

Rank	Player	Pos	Cl	Gm	Puntret	Yds	TDs	Ydsret	Retpgm
1	Jordan White, Western Mich.	WR	SR	2	3	99	0	33.00	1.50
2	Jeff Scott, Ole Miss	RB	SO	3	4	120	1	30.00	1.33
3	T.J. Graham, North Carolina St.	WR	SR	3	4	97	1	24.25	1.33
4	Tavon Austin, West Virginia	RB	JR	3	6	132	0	22.00	2.00
5	Chris Fields, Ohio St.	WR	JR	3	4	84	1	21.00	1.33
5	Kerwynn Williams, Utah St.	RB	JR	2	3	63	0	21.00	1.50
7	Joe Adams, Arkansas	WR	SR	3	9	176	2	19.56	3.00
8	Matt Brown, Temple	RB	JR	3	4	70	0	17.50	1.33
9	Devon Wylie, Fresno St.	WR	SR	3	11	178	1	16.18	3.67
10	Drew Terrell, Stanford	WR	JR	3	6	94	0	15.67	2.00
11	Derrick Strozier, Tulane	DB	SO	3	4	62	0	15.50	1.33
12	Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin	WR	SO	3	4	59	0	14.75	1.33
13	Jamal Miles, Arizona St.	WR	JR	3	6	81	0	13.50	2.00
14	Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska	RB	FR	3	7	92	0	13.14	2.33
15	Marquis Maze, Alabama	WR	SR	3	15	195	0	13.00	5.00
15	Chris Potter, Boise St.	WR	JR	2	5	65	0	13.00	2.50
17	Jeremy Gallon, Michigan	WR	JR	2	3	38	0	12.67	1.50
18	Johnthan Banks, Mississippi St.	DB	JR	3	4	47	0	11.75	1.33
19	Momo Thomas, Colorado St.	DB	JR	3	10	117	0	11.70	3.33
20	Jayron Hosley, Virginia Tech	DB	JR	3	9	99	0	11.00	3.00
20	Kama Bailey, Idaho	RB	SR	3	5	55	0	11.00	1.67
22	Waynelle Gravesande, Purdue	WR	SR	3	7	76	0	10.86	2.33
23	Darryl Surgent, La.-Lafayette	WR	SO	3	9	93	0	10.33	3.00
24	Tracy Lampley, Southern Miss.	RB	JR	3	8	82	0	10.25	2.67
24	Anthony McGhee, UTEP	WR	FR	3	4	41	0	10.25	1.33

Official Sagarin Ratings

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt11.htm


2-2-1       Alabama
---5-2       USC
1-1-3       LSU
4-3-4       Oklahoma
16-11-5   Florida
2-7-6       Boise State
---12--7    West Virginia
---20--8    Clemson
17-10-9   Oklahoma State
17-16-10 South Carolina
21-17-11  Nebraska
---6-12     Texas
11-19-13  Stanford
---23-14   South Florida

7-9-15      Virginia Tech
-----16      Wisconsin
---25-17    North Carolina
9-13-18    Oregon
---------19  Georgia Tech
-----20       Utah
---------21   Illinois

---14-22     TCU

----8-23      Auburn
-------24     Michigan
---21-25    California




Also:
#55-56      Tulsa
#58-59      Air Force
#59-45      Georgia
#60-63      Nevada
#63-31      San Diego State
#76-89      Toledo
#81-131    Colorado State
#86-41      Wyoming
#95-81      Fresno State
#135-94    UNLV
#152-200    New Mexico

Projected Sagarin Ratings

Sagarin is the toughest to predict but I have found that when averaging with the other computers, the Computer Composite gets fairly close.  Of course with only two reliable computers this early in the season, it's going to be off more than later in the year.


1.    LSU
2.    Oklahoma
3.    Alabama
4.    Texas
5.    Boise State
6.    USC
7.    Florida
8.    Oklahoma State
9.    Virginia Tech
10.  Nebraska
11.  Clemson
12.  South Carolina
13.  West Virginia
14.  Oregon
15.  TCU
16.  Illinois
17.  Florida State
18.  Auburn
19.  Utah
20.  South Florida
21.  Texas A&M
22.  North Carolina
23.  Wisconsin
24.  Ohio State
25.  Arkansas  

Projected Billingsley Ratings

1.    LSU
2.    Oklahoma
3.    Boise State
4.    Oklahoma State 
5.    Stanford 
6.    Oregon
7.    Alabama
8.    Wisconsin
9.    Auburn
10.  Nevada
11.  Arkansas
12.  Nebraska
13.  South Carolina
14.  Baylor
15.  Virginia Tech
16.  Mississippi State
17.  TCU
18.  USC
19.  Texas A&M
20.  Utah
21.  Florida
22.  Florida State
23.  Ohio State
24.  Missouri
25.  Michigan State


Note:  Tulsa will be #16 if they win.

Boise State Lets #22 Oklahoma Off the Hook

Boise State won a dramatic first set 25-22.  But the nationally-ranked Sooners have come back for a 25-19 win in the second.  Boise State won 25-18 in the third set.  Boise State needed one more set to get a signature win and wanted to win the fourth set.  Despite being ahead in the early going, Oklahoma won the fourth 25-16 and won it in 5 15-4.  Boise State let this one get away.

It was the only loss in any sport this weekend for Boise State.

Boise State Volleyball Team Wins Third Straight at Sooner Invitational

Boise State's volleyball team recorded its fourth consecutive sweep in defeating Arkansas-Little Rock 25-19, 2-16, 25-15 at the Sooner Legends Nike Invitational in Norman, Oklahoma.

Coach Shawn Garus' team is now 8-3 as Fiona Jones and Darlene Nwagbuo had 11 kills apiece.

That sets the Broncos up for a match against #22 Oklahoma (12-3), the host school in the tournament.  That match gets underway at 4 p.m. Mountain Time.

"I am really proud with the way the team has played this week," commented head coach Garus.  "We are developing consistent play across the board and have had numerous individuals step up and contribute to the team's success."

Breaan Nesselhug had 23 assists while Casey Rose had 20.  Amanda Remy had a team-high 12 digs for Boise State.

Paige Gantar led Arkansas-Little Rock with 11 points on 10 kills (.421) and two block assists, followed by Edina Begic with nine points on nine kills.


Final Match Summary

Sept. 17, 2011
Sooner Legends Nike Invitational
Norman, Okla. (McCasland Fieldhouse)
Attend: 154 Time: 1:17

Boise State def. Arkansas-Little Rock 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-15)

Boise State (8-3)
(Kills-aces-blocks) - Jones, Fiona 11-0-2; Nwagbuo, Darlene 11-0-2; Griffin, Elizabth 8-0-0; Nesselhuf, Breann 8-0-0; Reardon, Brittany 7-1-2; Harden, Liz 3-0-3; Remy, Amanda 2-0-0; Rose, Casey 0-1-0; Totals 50-2-5.0.  (Assists) - Nesselhuf, Breann 23; Rose, Casey 20. (Dig leaders) - Remy, Amanda 12; Nesselhuf, Breann 8.

Arkansas-Little Rock (5-9)
(Kills-aces-blocks) - Gantar, Paige 10-0-2; Begic, Edina 9-0-0; Hein, Alexis 4-0-1; Xie, Eva 4-0-3; Block, Kristi 3-0-4; Souza Moura, Daniele 1-1-0; de Zoete, Marleen 0-0-2; Totals 31-1-6.0. (Assists) - de Zoete, Marleen 26. (Dig leaders) - Souza Moura, Daniele 11; de Zoete, Marleen 7.

Boise State Records Second Sweep of the Day

Boise State came back from a 3-0 win over Texas Southern to sweep Arkansas-Pine Bluff 25-9, 25-13, 25-14. 

 

Breann Nesselhuf had seven kills to lead the Broncos to their third straight sweep and seventh win in 10 matches this season.

"I am really happy with the way the team played today with two solid performances heading into tomorrow's matches when the competition will pick up a notch with Little Rock (University of Arkansas-Little Rock) and Oklahoma," said head coach Shawn Garus.  "We had a lot of people step up for us today especially our young players. Leah (Stevens) had a great match against Pine Bluff (University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff) as did Taylor (Murphey). I thought our upperclassmen did a good job leading the team on the floor. Breann (Nesselhuf), Liz (Harden) and Darlene (Nwagbuo) were steady for us in this match which gave the team confidence. "

Boise State hit 43 percent for the match.  Stevens had 11 points and nine kills and Casey Rose chalked up a career high 26 assists.

 

UAPB was led by Alexis Lowe with 5.5 points on five kills and one block assist, followed by Rachel Hornbuckle with five points on four kills and two block assists.

 

Final Match Summary

September 16, 2011
Sooner Legends Nike Invitational
Norman, Okla. (McCasland Fieldhouse)

Boise State def. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3-0 (25-9, 25-13, 25-14)

Boise State (7-3) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Nesselhuf, Breann 10-2-1;
Stevens, Leah 9-1-1; Harden, Liz 7-0-0; Nwagbuo, Darlene 7-0-1;
Murphey, Taylor 6-0-1; Griffin, Elizabeth 5-0-0; Rose, Casey 2-0-0;
Reardon, Brittany 2-0-0; Jones, Fiona 1-0-0; Remy, Amanda 0-1-0;
Kirschenman, Kristyn 0-1-0; Totals 49-5-3.0. (Assists) - Rose, Casey
26; Nesselhuf, Breann 13. (Dig leaders) - Remy, Amanda 13; Jones,
Fiona 10

Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-10) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Lowe,Alexis 5-0-1;
Hornbuckle, Rachel 4-0-2; Fiala, Michelle 4-0-0; Tims, Rachel 3-0-2;
Roby, Mariah 1-0-0; Campbell, Alicia 1-1-0; Franklin, Mica 1-0-0;
Miller, Amber 0-1-0; Totals 19-2-3.0. (Assists) - . (Dig leaders) -
Gordon, Destiny 7; Johnson, Lorin 7

Bronco Volleyball Team Gets Sweep in Sooner Invitational

The Boise State volleyball team is playing well, setting a school record for match hitting percentage in defeating Texas Southern 25-8, 25-15, 25-4 at the Sooner Legends Nike Invitational in Norman, Oklahoma.

Boise State hit 58.5% with freshman Brittany Reardon recording the second-best hitting percentage individually (11-13 or 84.6%).

"I was happy with the way the team played, it was a good way for us to start the tournament out," said head coach Shawn Garus.  "We hit the ball extremely well and capitalized on what they gave us. We were able to get some of our young players into the match for quality experience. I was real happy with the way Brittany (Reardon) and Taylor (Murphey) played in the match."

Reardon added three block assists to lead the team with 26 this season.  Breann Nesselhuf had six kills, two aces, two block assists, 19 assists and four digs.  Freshman Taylor Murphey had six kills while Casey Rose had 19 assists and three aces.

Mona Reed led Texas outhern with five kills.


Final Match Summary Sept. 16, 20011
Sooner Legends Nike Invitational
Norman, Okla. (McCasland Fieldhouse)

Boise State def. Texas Southern 3-0 (25-8, 25-15, 25-4)
Texas Southern (1-7)   (Kills-aces-blocks) - Reed,Mona 5-1-1;  Spenser,Precious 3-0-0; Lewis,Erica 2-0-2; Anusim,Prudence 1-0-0;  Whittaker,Kierra 0-1-0; Churchhill,Jyra 0-0-1; Totals 11-2-2.0.  (Assists) - . (Dig leaders) - Anusim,Prudence 6; Churchhill,Jyra 2

Boise State (6-3)   (Kills-aces-blocks) - Reardon, Brittany 11-0-3;  Harden, Liz 8-0-1; Nesselhuf, Breann 6-2-2; Murphey, Taylor 6-1-1; Nwagbuo, Darlene 5-0-3; Griffin, Elizabeth 5-0-0;  Jones, Fiona 4-0-1; Rose, Casey 0-3-0; Remy, Amanda 0-1-0; Totals 45-7-6.0. (Assists) - Rose, Casey 19; Nesselhuf, Breann 19. (Dig leaders) - Remy, Amanda 5; Kirschenman, Kristyn 4 

This Week in the BCS Top 25

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#1 LSU throttled #25 Mississippi State 19-6
#2 Alabama shut out North Texas 41-0 
#3 Oklahoma has just defeated Florida State 23-13.
#4 Boise State downed Toledo 40-15
#5 Oklahoma State downed Tulsa in a (very) late-night affair 59-33.
#6 Stanford ran past Arizona 37-10
#7 Florida State lost at home to #3 Oklahoma 23-13 
#8 Oregon blasted Missouri State 56-7
#9 Wisconsin smoked Northern Illinois 49-7
#10 Virginia Tech topped Arkansas State 26-7
#11 South Carolina held off Navy 24-21
#12 Nebraska, which had a tough time with Fresno State, defeated Washington 51-38
#13 Ohio State is gone down to Miami of Florida 24-6
#14 Texas A&M downed Idaho 37-7
#15 Arkansas downed Troy 38-28
#16 Auburn has fallen to Clemson 38-24
#17 Michigan State was upset by Notre Dame 31-13
#18 Florida downed Tennessee at home 33-23
#19 Arizona State was upset by Illinois 17-14
#20 West Virginia held off a furious late charge by Maryland to win 37-31
#21 Texas whipped UCLA 49-20
#22 TCU defeated Louisiana-Monroe 38-17
#23 Baylor toyed with Stephen F. Austin 48-0
#24 South Florida ran up the score on Florida A&M 70-14
#25 Mississippi State was manhandled by #1 LSU 19-6

 Also:
San Diego State bounced Washington State of the Pac-12 48-24 in a key game for the Aztecs
 Georgia took all their frustration out on poor Coastal Carolina 59-0
Nevada held on late for a 17-14 win at San Jose State Colorado State fell to Colorado 28-14 to fall from the ranks of the unbeaten.
UNLV leads Hawai'i 40-20 with less than two minutes left
New Mexico hosted a team they have no business playing--Texas Tech, and lost 59-13
Wyoming has defeated Bowling Green on the road 28-27 to remain undefeated at 3-0
Fresno State has outlasted North Dakota 27-22 

Efaw Now All Alone for Tight End Receiving Record

Boise State tight end Kyle Efaw set the all-time record for receiving yards by a tight end last week.  This week, he moved out of a three-way tie for receptions by a tight end, grabbing his 79th career pass in the Broncos' 40-15 win over Toledo.

Moore Leads Boise State Past Pesky Toledo (CBS Story)

http://www.cbssports.com/#!/collegefootball/gametracker/recap/NCAAF_20110916_BST@TOL/moore-leads-no-4-boise-st-past-pesky-toledo

Kellen Moore Moved From #32 to #20 All-Time Last Night

In one night, Kellen Moore moved from #32 to #20 in NCAA history in career passing yards, as the Bronco senior sensation threw for 455 yards against Toledo.  

Moore passed great quarterbacks like Peyton Manning, Chris Leak, Daunte Culpepper, Max Hall and David Greene on a single evening and now has 11,583 in his career.  In Saturday's home opener in Bronco Stadium against Tulsa, Moore is on target to pass four more significant collegiate signal-callers:  #19 Carson Palmer, #18 Brady Quinn, #17 Drew Brees and #17 Chase Holbrook.

Moore doesn't run an offense that would allow him to set the record set by Hawai'i's Timmy Chang (17,072), for the Broncos are as tough and physical in their running game as they are innovative in their passing attack.  But if the Bronco offensive line can keep Moore healthy the entire year, #3, currently held by Brigham Young's Ty Detmer, who finished with 15,031 career yards from 1988-1991, is a reasonable target.

Boise State Soccer Team Squeaks By South Dakota 1-0

Freshman Shannon Schuren gave the Boise State soccer team all the offense it needed, booting a short kick to the back of the net to give the Lady Broncos a 1-0 victory over South Dakota this afternoon in two overtimes in Omaha, Nebraska.  Bronco senior goalkeeper Liz Ruiz tied Kim Parker as the winningest goalie in school history with her 26th career win.





Schuren headed in the game-winner just last week against Portland as well.  Katy Oehring juked past a defender and sent a cross to the waiting Schuren, who now has a team-leading three goals and seven points this season. 


Boise State outshot the Coyotes 10-4 in the first period but of course it's goals that matter and none found the mark.  


"We were really good in the first half," said head coach Steve Lucas. "We could have had one or two goals in the first 20 minutes and that would have changed the game but we let them stay in it."


Boise State is now 4-5 this season and will try to finally even its season mark when they go against Creighton Sunday at noon Mountain Time.

Broncos Get 40-15 Win Over Toledo on the Road

Quarterback Kellen Moore had a career night, leading Boise State to a hard-fought 40-15 win over Toledo in the Glass Bowl this evening.


Don't let the score fool you--the Rockets team that came within 16 yards of beating Ohio State in Columbus last Saturday (27-22) gave Boise State all they could handle.  Missed tackling by the usually reliable Bronco defense consistently gave Toledo third-down conversions and confidence.  It almost didn't matter the distance Toledo had to go on third down--the Rockets converted, especially in the first half.


But a team isn't measured by one or two possessions or one or two quarters but by 60 minutes of work.  Overall, the Broncos passed their road test, albeit with sputters and stops.  Toledo struck first with a 24-yard pass from Austin Dantin to tight end Danny Noble.  The extra point failed but the home team had drawn first blood.  Moore led Boise State on a nine-play 68-yard drive of their own, finishing with a 26-yard pass over the middle to Tyler Shoemaker, who had three TD receptions on the night.  On Boise State's next possession, Moore dumped a pass off to running back Doug Martin, who broke tackles and with some brilliant running, raced to the end zone for a 71-yard TD.  Dan Goodale's kick was wide left and the Broncos led 13-6.


Moore and Shoemaker hooked up again in the second quarter on a fade pattern.  The ball bounced off the Toledo defender's helmet but Shoemaker secured it just before going out of bounds for the score.  To Toledo's credit, they came back thanks to a super catch by All-American receiver Eric Page, getting his right toe down on the left sideline.  That prepared the way for Ryan Casano to boot a 35-yard field goal shortly before halftime and the teams headed into the locker room with the Broncos leading 20-9.


Moore led Boise State to another score in the third as he found tight end Kyle Efaw from 12 yards out.  At one point in the second half, the Bronco senior quarterback hit 15-of-17 passes, and he fired touchdown pass #5 in the fourth with a 17-yard strike to Shoemaker.  Reserve running back Drew Wright rumbled in from eight yards out for Boise State's final score of the night, shortly after Adonis Thomas scored the second touchdown for Toledo on a one-yard run.


Moore finished the night with a career-high 32 completions out of 42 attempts for 455 yards and five TD's.  Kellen's evening placed him in the single-game Boise State record book in four different places.  His performance places him third in completions (32), #4 in passing yards (455), tied for second all-time in touchdown passes (5) and fifth in total offense yards (457).  Moore broke out of a tie with former Bronco great Jim McMillan and is now #2 all-time with three games of 400 passing yards or more.  


Martin kept the Toledo defense guessing with an excellent display of all-purpose running.  Martin had 19 carries for 70 yards to pace the Bronco rushing attack, caught five passes for 122 yards and the touchdown and pushed his single-game all-purpose total to 252 with 60 yards on kickoff returns.  Martin moved into the #6 slot in career rushing at Boise State (2,316 yards), passing Jeremy Avery, who finished his career with 2,268 yards.  Martin passed K.C. Adams (490) and Jeff Carpenter (491) for sixth place all-time for receiving yards by a running back.  Martin now has 632 in his career. 


Shoemaker's hat trick enabled the senior receiver to tie Bronco great Kipp Bedard for 20th all-time with 13 career TD receptions.  Several members of the Bronco receiving corps got into the action as Mitch Burroughs had six receptions for 76 yards, freshman Matt Miller had six catches for 65, Shoemaker had four catches for 52 yards and Kirby Moore had four receptions for 46.


Terrance Owens finished the game 17-of-31 for 207 yards for Toledo while Thomas paced the Rocket ground game with14 carries for 65 yards and the touchdown.  Page led Toledo with eight receptions but the Bronco defense was able to limit his yards per catch, something Ohio State could not do, as Boise State held Page to 59 yards (7.4 yards per reception)


Boise State improved to 2-0 with the road win while Toledo is 1-2 with both losses coming against Top 15 teams.  The victory marked the 40th career victory for a Boise State senior class for the 10th straight year.  After three weeks, the Broncos finally have their home opener next Saturday against Tulsa.

Doug Martin #6 All-Time in Receiving Yards by a Running Back

With an exceptional game tonight (122 yards receiving), Doug Martin is now at least #6 in Boise State history for career receiving yards by a running back with 632 receiving yards.  The Boise State staff did not produce receiving yards in the 1980 season, and I believe David Hughes had enough that year to keep him ahead of Martin.  In fact, Hughes could be as high as #2.  I am trying to ascertain the 1980 yards for Hughes by digging into the past Bronco games myself and will try to have an update soon.


1.    Brock Forsey (1,050) 1999-2002
2.    Jeremy Avery (790) 2007-2010
3.    David Tingstad (753) 1989-1992
4.    John Smith (673) 1972-1975
5.    Doug Martin (632) 2008-current
6.    David Hughes (531) 1977-1979 + 1980 *
7.    Jeff Carpenter (491) 2003-2005
8.    K.C. Adams (490) 1994
9.    Dave Nicely (448) 1971-1974
10.  Chris Jackson (388) 1986-1987

Moore #3 All-Time

Kellen Moore of Boise State hit 32-of-42 passes tonight against Toledo.  That puts Moore #3 all-time for completions in a game.   Ryan Dinwiddie holds the record with 40 in a game--the Top 10.


1. Ryan Dinwiddie (40) vs. Louisiana Tech, 2003
2. Kellen Moore (33) vs. Hawai'i, 2008
3. Kellen Moore (32) vs. Toledo, 2011
4. Travis Stuart (31) vs. Weber State, 1992
5. Kellen Moore (30) vs. Hawai'i, 2010
    Kellen Moore (30) vs. Southern Mississippi, 2008
    Taylor Tharp (30) vs. Washington, 2007
    Ryan Dinwiddie (30) vs. Louisiana Tech, 2001
    Jeff Mladenich (30) vs. Idaho, 1991
    Jim McMillan (30) vs. Idaho, 1974

Boise State Having a Tough Time Early Against Toledo

Inspired Rockets team and crowd keeping it close.  13-6 late in the half.