AP Football Rankings, Week Five

AP Top 25
No.	School	Record	Points	Prev
1	LSU (40)	5-0	1473	1
2	Alabama (12)	5-0	1435	3
3	Oklahoma (7)	4-0	1397	2
4	Wisconsin	5-0	1266	7
5	Boise State (1)	4-0	1248	4
6	Oklahoma State	4-0	1191	5
7	Stanford	4-0	1185	6
8	Clemson	5-0	1093	13
9	Oregon	3-1	1028	9
10	Arkansas	4-1	860	18
11	Texas	4-0	833	17
12	Michigan	5-0	812	19
13	Georgia Tech	5-0	667	21
14	Nebraska	4-1	555	8
15	Auburn	4-1	550	28
16	West Virginia	4-1	544	22
17	Florida	4-1	498	12
18	South Carolina	4-1	487	10
19	Illinois	5-0	428	24
20	Kansas State	4-0	349	31
21	Virginia Tech	4-1	341	11
22	Arizona State	4-1	256	25
23	Florida State	2-2	237	23
24	Texas A&M	2-2	216	14
25	Baylor	3-1	186	15
Others Receiving Votes: Michigan State(4-1) 154; Houston(5-0) 68; Washington(4-1) 37; Texas Tech(4-0) 25; Notre Dame(3-2) 24; South Florida(4-1) 22; Georgia(3-2) 11; Penn State(4-1) 9; Southern California(4-1) 7; Southern Methodist(4-1) 5; Pittsburgh(3-2) 1; Tennessee(3-1) 1; Cincinnati(4-1) 1

Computer Composite, Week 5

I am now including both Colley and Massey in the Computer Composite.  Since only four are current, I am using all four this week.  With the two new additions, the first set of numbers reflects the points for all four active computer ratings.  The second set of numbers reflects the two middle computer ratings to approximate the actual BCS formula.  This necessitates more calculations but I believe they are necessary this early to get a true reflection of the actual BCS Standings.  It doesn't make a huge difference but in cases such as Clemson and Texas, where the ratings are all over the map, it does greatly improve their rating.




1.    LSU ((25 + 24 + 20 + 24 = 93.0) + ((24 + 24) * 2 = 96.0)/2 = 94.5
2.    Alabama ((24 + 25 + 25 + 21= 95.0) + ((25 + 21) * 2 = 92.0)/2 = 93.5
3.    Oklahoma State ((21 + 19 + 22 + 25 = 87.0) + ((21 + 22) *2 = 86.0)/2 = 86.5
4.    Clemson ((19 + 23 + 24 + 20 = 86.0) + ((23 + 20) *2 86.0)/2 = 86.0  
5.    Boise State ((23 + 20 + 17 + 23 = 83.0) + ((23 + 20) *2 = 86.0)/2 = 84.5
6.    Oklahoma ((22 + 18 + 18 + 12 = 70.0) + ((18 + 18) *2 = 72.0)/2 = 71.0
7.    Michigan ((6 + 10 + 23 + 22 = 61.0) + ((10 + 22) *2 = 64.0)/2 = 62.5
8.    Wisconsin ((20 + 22 + 16 + 0 = 58.0) + ((20 + 16) *2 = 72.0)/2 = 65.0
9.    Texas ((0 + 21 + 21 + 15 = 57.0) + ((21 + 15) *2 = 72.0)/2 = 64.5
9.    Illinois (11 + 16 + 19 + 17 = 63.0) + ((16 + 17) *2 = 66.0)/2 = 64.5 
11.  Georgia Tech ((0 + 17 + 15 + 18) = 50.0) + ((17 + 15) *2 = 64.0)/2 = 57.0
12.  Kansas State ((12 + 6 + 14 + 16 = 48.0) + ((12 + 14) * 2 = 52.0)/2 = 50.0
13.  Stanford ((17 + 13 + 13 + 1 = 44.0) + ((13 + 13) * 2) = 52.0)/2 = 48.0
13.  Nebraska ((16 + 8 + 11 + 13 = 48.0) + ((11 + 13) * 2 = 48.0)/2 = 48.0
15.  Auburn ((14 + 15 + 10 + 0 = 39.0) + ((14 +10) *2 = 48.0)/2 - 42.5
16.  South Carolina ((8 + 0 + 9 + 19 = 36.0) + ((8 + 9) * 2 = 34.0)/2 = 35.0
17.  Virginia Tech ((10 + 7 + 1 + 14 = 32.0) + ((10 + 7) * 2 = 34.0)/2 = 33.0
18.  Texas Tech ((9 + 12 + 8 + 0 = 29.0) + ((9 + 8) *2) = 34.0) = 32.5
19.  Arkansas ((15 + 14 + 0 + 0 = 29.0) + ((14 + 0) *2 = 28.0)/2 = 28.5
20.  Oregon ((18 + 11 + 0 + 0 = 29.0) + ((11 + 0) *2 = 22.0)/2 = 25.5
21.  Florida ((7 + 9 + 2 + 0 = 18.0) + ((7 + 2) *2 = 18.0)/2 = 18.0
22.  USC ((2 + 1 + 6 + 4 = 13.0) + ((2 + 4) *2 = 12.0)/2  = 12.5
23.  Washington ((13 + 0 + 7 + 0 = 20.0) + ((7 + 0) *2 = 14.0)/2 = 17.0
24.  Penn State ((0 + 4 + 5 + 7 = 16.0) + ((4 + 5) *2 = 18.0)/2 = 17.0
25.  Arizona State ((3 + 5 + 0 + 6 = 14.0) + ((3 + 5) *2 = 16.0)/2 = 15.0




26.  Louisiana-Lafayette ((0 + 0 + 4 + 11 = 15.0) + ((0 + 4) *2 = 8.0)/2 = 11.5
27.  North Carolina ((0 + 3 + 0 + 8 = 11.0) + ((3 + 0) *2 = 6.0)/2 = 8.5
28.  Texas A&M ((1 + 0 + 0 + 12 = 13.0) + ((1 + 0) *2 = 2.0)/3 = 7.5
29.  West Virginia ((1 + 2 + 0 + 5 = 8.0) + ((1 + 2) *2 = 6.0)/2 = 7.0
30.  Houston ((0 + 0 + 12 + 0 = 12.0) + ((0 + 0) *2 = 0.0)/2 = 6.0
31.  Iowa State ((0 + 0 + 0 + 9 = 9.0) = ((0 + 0) *2 = 0.0)/2 = 4.5
32.  Notre Dame ((5 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 5.0) + ((0 + 0) *2 = 0.0)/2 = 2.5
33.  Florida State ((4 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 4.0) + ((0 + 0) *2 = 0.0)/2 = 2.0
33.  Michigan State ((4 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 4.0) + ((0 + 0) *2 = 0.0)/2 = 2.0
35.  Georgia ((0 + 0 + 0 + 3 = 3.0) + ((0 + 0) *2 = 0.0)/2 = 1.5
35.  South Florida ((0 + 0 + 3 + 0 = 3.0) + ((0 + 0) *2 = 0.0)/2 = 1.5
37.  Baylor ((0 + 0 + 0 + 2 = 2.0) +  ((0 + 0) *2 = 0.0)/2 = 1.0

Boise State Loses Lead Against TCU, 25-22, 21-25, 25-17, 18-25, 7-15

TCU has gained the upper hand early, 11-8.  Boise State has fought back to make it 12-11 TCU.  And now Boise State captured the first set.  I'm beginning to think this Bronco volleyball team can play with anyone.

Boise State has an early 9-5 lead in the second set.  But TCU came back to steal it 25-21.


Boise State has a 19-14 lead in the third set.  And the Broncos won 25-17.


Boise State is where they were at against #22 Oklahoma--a 2 set to 1 lead and needing to close it out.  Boise State leads fourth set early 5-4.  TCU with three straight points to take a 7-5 lead and now leads 13-10.  Criticial stretch coming up.  And Boise State faltering--now 22-15 and set 25-18 for TCU. 


Once again, Boise State had a great opponent down 2 sets to 1 and couldn't put 'em away.  Now we go to a fifth set.  And 14-1 TCU wins 15-7.

Boise State, BYU Extend Series To 12 Games

Boise State and BYU, which had previously agreed to a four-game series in football beginning next season, have now extended that to 12 years.  This gives the Broncos a great regional rival for the next 12 seasons and will help to boost their strength of schedule.  Plus, all the people who won't be able to go to the game because the stadium is sold out will start to clammor for stadium expansion.

Nevada Aims To Run All Over Boise State Again

Nevada hopes to not make it a blip, but a trend.  The Wolf Pack dominated the line of scrimmage in sending Boise State into the locker room depressed.  How did such a thing happen?



It happened because Boise State did not take Nevada seriously.  They believed they were on their way to the Rose Bowl or perhaps the National Championship game.  Reno was just a stop along the way.  The Nevada offensive and defensive lines were better and the Wolf Pack controlled the ball for 22 out of 30 minutes in the second half.  When Boise State needed a stop on third down, they couldn't make it.  In between plays, the Bronco players were worn out (i.e. hands on hips, short breaths, etc.)  A team that prides itself in workouts and conditioning was worn down by the tough Nevada offense.

Meanwhile, the Bronco offense, as high flying as it is, couldn't get a first down.  Had they been used to playing 100% for four quarters, they could have put the game away.  But they didn't.  They couldn't run and they couldn't pass in the second half and the better team won on that day. 



Some might say that win was a fluke, especially how it turned out, but if you can't block and you can't tackle, it doesn't matter what a field goal kicker does--the game is won and lost in the trenches and the hogs up front for Nevada had a field day with their opponents from Boise.  So that brings us up to the game Saturday afternoon between these two teams. 



Boise State is coming off a game where once again, they let their opponent outplay them in the second half.  Nevada is coming off a road game in which they led Texas Tech for much of the game before losing a heartbreaker 35-34 on a touchdown with 44 seconds remaining on  fourth down play.  Bronco fans might have been thinking (or probably more accurately hoping) that with Colin Kaepernick gone, Nevada was going to fall apart.  Not so.  The performance last week against a very talented Red Raider team blows that theory to smithereens.  Redshirt freshman Cody Fajardo came on in the second quarter and threw two touchdowns passes and ran for a 56-yarder for Nevada.  He finished with 139 yards on 10 carries.  Colin Kaepernick didn't gain that many yards in too many games.  Could we see the beginning of another four-year player to cause nightmares and wreak havoc on the Bronco defense?

Combine the new star Fajardo with Boise State's inability to generate anything resembling a consistent running game and you have the makings of another Nevada win.  The Broncos could change history with a few good blocks here, a few good blocks there, and a few more textbook tackles all over the place and win the game. 

Or they could leave it up to a field goal.

E-Bay Auction for the Bronco Flag Autographed by the Idaho Army National Guard

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Talented Bronco Volleyball Team Hosts TCU Thursday Night

An important early Mountain West matchup for Boise State tonight.  The Broncos hosts TCU, who has lost just one match so far this season.  First serve at 7 p.m. Thursday night in Bronco Gym!

Vince Hamilton Named Mountain West Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week

Boise State freshman Vince Hamilton led all Mountain West Conference runners at the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational last weekend and today, the Mountain West recognized Hamilton as the Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week.

Hamilton ran the 8-kilometer race in 24:53.0, placng 42nd out of a field of 220.

Nicole Peters of Colorado State was honored as the Women's Athlete of the Week for placing 16th at the women's 5K race at the Griak Invitational.

Idaho Army National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team Presents Help Coach Kinsey Fund With Autographed Flag

While serving in Iraq, Bronco fans in the Idaho Army National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team wanted to do something to help Coach Kinsey and his family. A Bronco flag given to them as they left for Iraq in the fall of 2010 was signed by the unit, photographed, and flown in Iraq.

 It accompanied our brave Idaho soldiers safely back to Boise in September and will be presented to the Kinsey Fund on Sept. 24, 2011. Thank you for this kindness and welcome home to our brave soldiers!

Color Schemes for Boise State Games

We first ran this link in August, and I'm refreshing it so it doesn't get buried.  Very helpful from week to week...


http://www.broncosports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=9900&ATCLID=205247379

New Site for Boise State Football

Note that a new branch of Blue Through and Through has debuted.  Due to the tremendous size of the articles, statistics and information, it became necessary to give football its own site.  It is named Blue Football Through and Through and you can find all football-related material at:

http://bluefootballthroughandthrough.blogspot.com/

This site will continue to focus on academic and other news surrounding Boise State, including all of the other sports.  I will still highlight the important football-related material on this board as well, including Fast Results on the right side of the blog, which will contain current football and other results.  Eventually, the football tabs will be removed from this board once they are permanently in place on Blue Football Through and Through, and new tabs will take their place.

Boise State Volleyball Team Defeats Weber State 3-0

Home Sweet Home.

The Bronco volleyball team, which played its first 14 matches on the road, defeated Weber State 25-17, 25-22, 25-12 in its home opener at Bronco Gym last night.  Amanda Remy entered the Bronco record book  with a team-high 17 digs to move into 10th-place all-time in career digs with 1,022.  Elizabeth Griffin and Breann Nesselhuf had 10 kills apiece. 

"It was nice to play at home finally after a long road swing," said head coach Shawn Garus.  "I thought we were a little nervous and tight at first in front of the home crowd, but we played through it and got the win at home. We hit the ball well with Bree (Nesselhuf), Brittany (Reardon) and Liz (Harden) all hitting above .470. It was a nice way to bounce back heading into the weekend against TCU and New Mexico."

Dama Cox paced the Wildcats with eight kills while Bethany Wray had nine.

The Broncos host TCU (14-1, 1-0 in conference) Thursday night at 7 and New Mexico (7-4,0-1) Saturday night at 7 in Bronco Gym.




Final Match Summary 
Weber State at Boise State
09/26/11
at Boise, Idaho (Bronco Gym)
Attendance: 490
Time: 1:27
Boise State defeated Weber State 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-12) 

Weber State (0-15, 0-3 BSC)  (Kills-aces-blocks) - WRAY, Bethany 9-0-1; COX, Dama 8-2-1; WILMS, Briana 6-0-2; CLARK, Mackenzie 4-1-4; LANGSTON, Shanae 1-0-1; PENROD, Caitlin 1-0-2; ORR, Ashley 0-0-2; JONES, Emily 0-0-2; Totals 29-3-7.5. (Assists) - PENROD, Caitlin 23. (Dig leaders) - PENROD, Caitlin 5; EARL, Shelby 5

Boise State (10-5, 1-1 MW) 
(Kills-aces-blocks) - Nesselhuf, Breann 10-0-0; Griffin, Elizabeth 10-0-1; Harden, Liz 9-0-0; Reardon, Brittany 7-0-1; Jones, Fiona 4-0-0; Stevens, Leah 4-0-1; Remy, Amanda 1-2-0; Rose, Casey 18.  Dig Leaders - Remy, Amanda 17; Whitney, Kersti; Jones, Fiona 8

Tony Knap Passes Away At 96

Tony Knap, one of the greatest coaches in Boise State football history and one of the outstanding people as well, passed away yesterday at the age of 96.  

 If Lyle Smith was the father of Boise State football, Tony Knap certainly took it to the next level.  In fact, it was Smith who hired Knap to succeed him when he became athletic director in 1968.  I didn't play football for Tony Knap, but it's obvious that he was a great guy to play for.  You could tell it amongst the players--they were motivated to play for him and enjoyed their experience immensely.  Knap molded young college students into outstanding men.  Knap was the one who dipped into the fertile recruiting ground of California, who started getting great players from Canada, and who recruited so many great Samoan players to Boise State.  


Knap set the stage for Bronco football of today, providing an entertaining, prolific offense and a tough, stingy defense.  His teams were exciting.  Like today, the early Boise State teams were well-coached and rarely made mistakes.  His teams became known as the "Cardiac Kids" because they would often pull games out at the last minute.  It was Knap that one day stood up at the podium for a BAA luncheon and proclaimed to a stunned crowd of boosters that Boise State would one day be a football power ("not just in a smaller division but a major football power").  


Boise State had just become a four-year school and Boise State College when Knap took over.  It would soon become Boise State University.  Just as what has occurred since every step along the way, Knap and the Broncos didn't miss a beat when competing at a new level.  He guided them to an 8-2 record in 1968, then a 9-1 mark in 1969.  

Boise State joined the Big Sky Conference in 1970 and to mark the occasion, a new 14,000-seat stadium.  Tthe Broncos were 2-2 in conference and 8-3 overall in their initial season in the league.  In their second season, Knap guided Boise State to a 10-2 record and their first Big Sky championship and earned Big Sky Coach of the Year honors.  Included in that mark was a season opening 42-14 rout of Division I Idaho.  At the end of the season Boise State was selected to play in the Camellia Bowl Game in Sacramento, California against Chico State.  Although the Broncos won on the field 32-28, they had to relinquish the trophy because quarterback Eric Guthrie had played one game of professional baseball--that wasn't allowed at the time.  Guthrie had twice denied to Boise State that he had played a pro game but eventually sent the school an apology and statement that he had in fact played one game.


The team lost a lot of great players and slipped to 7-4 the following year.  All Knap did after that was win the next three Big Sky championships and four of the next five.  In 1973, Knap led his team to a 10-3 mark and perfect 6-0 record in the Big Sky, and earned his second Coach of the Year award.  The Broncos crushed South Dakota 53-10 in the Division II Quarterfinals before a heartbreaking 38-34 loss to Louisiana Tech in the Semi-Finals ended their season.


Boise State posted another perfect 6-0 record in the Big Sky in 1974 and a 5-0-1 mark the following year, once again qualifying for the Division II national playoffs each season.  Boise State was 10-2 in 1974 and 9-2-1 in Knap's final season at Boise State.


He left Boise with tremendous memories and great success.  In eight seasons, Knap compiled a record of 71-19-1 for a winning percentage of 78.6%.  He is behind only current Bronco coach Chris Petersen (64-5, 92.8%) and his predecessor, Dan Hawkins (53-11 for 82.8%) in winning percentage at Boise State.  


While at Boise State, Knap produced 25 All-Big Sky Conference selections, two Offensive Most Valuable Players (quarterback Jim McMillan in 1974 and running back John Smith in 1975) and 20 All-America selections.  

Four players coached by Knap (linebacker Steve Vogel, wide receiver Don Hutt, offensive tackle Al Davis and quarterback Jim McMillan) played on college all-star games.  Twelve of Knap's players (Vogel, defensive end Faddie Tillman, quarterbacks Eric Guthrie and McMillan, Davis, running back  Smith, defensive back Rolly Woolsey, defensive tackle Ron Franklin, wide receiver Don Hutt, defensive back Jim Meeks, linebacker Gary Gorrell and guard Dan Dixon) were drafted in the National Football League.  Smith was a third round choice and Woolsey went on to become the first former Bronco to win a Super Bowl ring (with the Dallas Cowboys).  Three players (defensive end Gordon Stewart, guard Brian Spoatyk and wide receiver Al Marshall) played in the Canadian Football League.


In 1976, Knap accepted the head coaching job at Nevada-Las Vegas.  Knap produced a record of 47-20-2 at Las Vegas, stepping down after the 1981 season at age 67.  The Rebels made the Division II playoffs in his first season and became a Division I-A school in 1978. 


The son of Polish immigrants, Knap was born December 8, 1914 to John Anthony Knap and Angeline Sczajna in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Tony graduated from Riverside High School in Milwaukee in 1933 and earned three football letters at the University of Idaho, where he was a starter.  It was there that Knap met Lyle Smith, who was a teammate and would later hire him as Boise State's football coach.


Knap was a lieutenant in the United States Navy in World War II.  Following the war, he coached for seven years at Bonners Ferry High School.  In 1941, Knap married the former Adelle McFarland on April 5 in Bonners Ferry.  The couple had three daughters:  Jaki, Angie and Caroline while living in Bonners Ferry.  Tony then became an assistant to Coach "Pappy" Waldorf at the University of California.  From there, Knap coached football and baseball and served as athletic director in Pittsburg, California.  In those ten years, his football teams lost just three league games.


In 1963, Knap became an assistant for Utah State.  After John Ralston left for Stanford, Knap was promoted to head coach that season and guided the Aggies to a record of 9-1.  For his efforts, Knap was named Rocky Mountain Coach of the Year.  Knap's teams were 26-12 in Logan.  Knap then was an assistant for the Vancouver, British Columbia Lions in the CFL before taking the position at Boise State.


Knap and his wife retired to Walla, Walla, Washington and then moved to Bishop's Place retirement home in Pullman to be close to their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.


 Knap was inducted into the Bronco Hall of Fame in 1982 and the UNLV Hall of Fame in 1989.  In 1993, Knap was chosen by Boise State fans to be the head coach of "The Dream Team" in a vote to mark the 25th anniversary of Boise State as a four-year school.  One of Tony's greatest thrills was when Merlin Olsen, a former player for Knap at Utah State, asked him to give an introduction speech for Olsen when he was elected to the National Football League Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.  .Knap is also a member of the Pittsburg High School Hall of Fame and the southern Nevada Hall of Fame. In other words, everyone who knew him was honored.


In 1970, a young boy and his mother and father were eating donuts at a small Winchell's place at the corner of State Street and 13th in Boise, Idaho.  Knap and the family were the only ones in the place.  When the boy realized who else was in the room, he couldn't believe it was none other than Tony Knap.  The Dad realized that the boy wasn't going to say anything, so he spoke to Coach Knap.  Just like an ordinary guy and not the larger-than-life figure that the boy thought of him, Knap came over and asked the boy what he thought of the game the night before.  It was a brief but important discussion and one that the boy will never forget.  I know because the young boy was me.  


We will always miss Tony Knap, his incredible enthusiasm and class, and his great smile.  We love ya, Coach!