Bronco Volleyball Team Officially Opens Play in the Mountain West

The Boise State volleyball team, which just missed a win over #22 Oklahoma Saturday, ventures to Laramie, Wyoming to open conference play against the University of Wyoming.

The Bronco team played superb ball against Oklahoma in Norman, taking the shocked Sooners to the wire.  Coach Shawn Garu's squad hopes to continue that momentum into its first season in the Mountain West.  As usual, you can hear about the results first on Blue Through and Through.  I care about everything Bronco related, not just fooball and basketball, and want to make sure you get the results while they're still fresh.

Moore Recognized Nationally

Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore was honored a the Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week following his sterling performance against Toledo.  Moore was also one of eight quarterbacks that were named a Manning Award Star of the Week.

Moore placed his name in the Bronco record book in five different categories last Friday, hitting 32-of-42 passes for 455 yards and five touchdowns as the Broncos ran away from Toledo 40-15.

Fans can vote for Moore for both awards.  Fan voting counts five percent during each round of the Davey O'Brien Award and you can (and are encouraged to) vote daily at:  http://www.voteobrien.org/?DB_OEM_ID=9900

The Manning Award is a weekly vote and voting closes tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 8:30 Mountain Time.  Hurry up and get that "Like" button pressed for Kellen at:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?DB_OEM_ID=9900&set=a.10150806522605459.734234.297090315458&l=3464531a7b&type=1

Schueren Cited by Mountain West as Offensive Player of the Week

A Boise State student-athlete has won a Mountain West Conference Player of the Week Award and it's someone not named Kellen Moore.

Freshman midfielder Shannon Schueren is this week's Player of the Week after her game-winning goal in the 102nd minute gave Boise State a 1-0 victory over South Dakota.  It was the second game-winner for Schueren, who headed hom a goal in double overtime against Portland State last weekend.  Schueren tops the team with three goals this season.

Congrats Shannon!

This Week in the BCS Top 25, Week Four

1.    Oklahoma hosts Missouri Saturday at 6 p.m.
2.    Alabama is at home against Arkansas Saturday afternoon at 1:30.
3.    LSU is at #16 West Virginia Saturday night at 6.
4.    Boise State finally gets a game at home against Tulsa Saturday at 6.
5.    Stanford is idle.
6.    Oklahoma State travels to #13 Texas A&M Saturday afternoon at 1:30.
7.    Nebraska is at Wyoming Saturday at 5.
8.    Wisconsin plays at home against South Dakota Saturday at 1:30.
9.    South Carolina does not play.
10.  Oregon plays at Arizona Saturday night at 8:15.
11.  Virginia Tech plays at Marshall Saturday at 1:30.
12.  Florida is at Kentucky Saturday at 5.
13.  Texas A&M readies for #6 Oklahoma State Saturday at 1:30.
14.  Arkansas is at #2 Alabama Saturday at 1:30.
15.  Florida State travels to #20 Clemson for its ACC opener Saturday afternoon at 1:30.
16.  West Virginia treks to #3 LSU Saturday at 6.
17.  South Florida plays host to UTEP Saturday at 5.
18.  Texas is idle.
19.  Baylor entertains Rice Saturday at 5.
20.  Clemson welcomes #15 Florida State Saturday afternoon at 1:30.
21.  TCU entertains Portland State Saturday at noon.
22.  Michigan plays host to San Diego State Saturday at 10 a.m.
23.  Nevada is at Texas Tech Saturday at 5.
24.  Utah is idle.
25.  Georgia Tech hosts North Carolina Saturday at 10 a.m.

 Also:
Toledo plays at Syracuse Saturday morning at 10.
Air Force hosts Tennessee State at 1 p.m.
Fresno State plays at Idaho Saturday at 3.
New Mexico hosts Sam Houston State Saturday at 4 p.m.
Colorado State travels to Utah State Saturday night at 6.
UNLV is at home against Southern Utah Saturday at 7.

Boise State Color Scheme for Tulsa Game

Here is the color scheme for Saturday's game with Tulsa--going to look pretty sharp!

Isn't It Interesting?

That days (perhaps hours) after Auburn declared quarterback Cam Newton ineligible last year, the NCAA cleared him to play, yet we are now going on three weeks and we still don't know if Gerald Boldewijn and Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe are eligible.

Boise State's Status in Ever-Changing Conference Landscape

If the conferences really want to go to 16 teams, which I think will prove to be a gigantic failure, here is what will likely happen:

If Texas goes to the Pac-12, along with three other Big 12 teams, the Big 12 and Big East will merge, and Boise State would likely be invited into that conference.

If the Pac-12 won't let Texas continue its Longhorn Network, keeping all the profits for itself, there is talk that Boise State would be the other team into the Pac-12.  But I think that's just talk.  The arrogance of the Pac-12 will likely get in the way of their brains.

If these things happen, the remainder of the Mountain West Conference will likely merge with Conference USA.

Boise State #31 in Massey

http://masseyratings.com/rate.php?lg=cf&mid=6


He has the wrong link to his BCS Numbers, which mistakenly takes you to the "Group One" ratings.  I will get the correct link.

Boise State #28 in Colley

http://www.colleyrankings.com/currank.html


Relax...his ratings don't start to make sense for another few weeks.

Boise State's Kellen Moore is the Mountain West Player of the Week

Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore once again was awarded the Player of the Week honors from the Mountain West Conference.


The Bronco Heisman Trophy favorite was 32-42 for 455 yards and five touchdowns in a 40-15 victory over Toledo last Friday.

Boise State #5 in Official Billingsley Ratings

http://www.cfrc.com/Ratings_2011/WK_3.htm

Unofficial BCS Standings--Week 3

These include the Coaches Poll and AP Poll actual poll percentages, the official Sagarin ratings and now based on the actual Billingsley ratings.  As expected, the discrepancy between estimated and actual ratings made very little difference, with #7 and #8 changing places and #12 & 13 being so close it made a difference.  As we get all six computers in the mix, the difference between projected and actual will be minimal.


1.    Oklahoma 99.19% + 98.07% + 92.00 = 289.26
2.    Alabama 95.05% + 93.47% + 88.00 = 286.52
3.    LSU 93.08% + 94.93% + 96.00 = 284.01
4.    Boise State 82.17% + 87.27% + 82.00 = 251.44
5.    Stanford 81.90% + 80.80% + 70.00 = 232.70
6.    Oklahoma State 76.34% + 72.80% + 80.00 = 219.14
7.    Nebraska 65.49% + 60.73% + 64.00 = 190.22
8.    Wisconsin 76.00% + 78.00% + 36.00 = 190.00
9.    South Carolina 59.39% + 59.40% + 58.00 = 176.79
10.  Oregon 54.51% + 59.93% + 56.00 = 170.44
11.  Virginia Tech 57.76% + 55.33% + 48.00 = 161.09
12.  Florida 45.43% + 44.60% + 56.00 = 146.03
13.  Texas A&M 70.04% + 69.53% + 6.00 = 145.57
14.  Arkansas 57.69% + 52.07% + 30.00 = 139.76
15.  Florida State 54.31% + 59.73% + 4.00 = 118.04
16.  West Virginia 35.86% + 38.60% + 40.00 = 114.46
17.  South Florida 32.88% + 33.07% + 24.00 = 89.95
18.  Texas 31.46% + 26.80% + 28.00 = 86.26
19.  Baylor 26.51% + 34.73% + 20.00 = 81.44
20.  Clemson 12.27% + 18.13% + 36.00 = 66.40
21.  TCU 21.02% + 18.20% + 26.00 = 65.22
22.  Michigan 16.47% + 17.73% + 4.00 = 38.20
23.  Nevada 0.00% + 0.00% + 28.00 = 28.00
24.  Utah 1.15% + 1.27% + 24.00 = 26.42
25.  Georgia Tech 8.00 + 3.93% + 14.00 = 25.93




26.  North Carolina 6.71% + 0.00 + 18.00 = 24.71
27.  Illinois 6.10% + 7.07% + 10.00 = 23.17
28.    Auburn.95% + 1.93% + 16.00 = 18.86
29.  Mississippi State 0.00% + .93% + 16.00 = 16.93
30.  Ohio State 6.24% + 1.07% + 6.00 = 13.31
31.  Michigan State 8.07% + 2.80% + 2.00 = 12.87
32.  Washington 0.00% + 0.00% + 8.00 = 8.00
33.  Missouri 1.49% + .67% + 4.00 = 6.16
34.  Houston 4.07% + 1.67% + 0.00 = 5.74
35.  Miami of Florida 2.64% + 1.53% + 0.00 = 4.16
36.  California 1.42% + 0.00 + 2.00 = 3.42
37.  Iowa State 1.83% + 1.27% + 0.00 = 3.10

Computer Composite, Week 3

At this point, still just two computers (Sagarin and Billingsley) that provide reliable results.


1.     LSU ((23 + 25) *2) = 96
2.    Oklahoma ((22 + 24) *2) = 92
3.    Alabama ((25 + 19) *2) = 88
4.    Boise State ((20 + 21) *2) = 82
5.    Oklahoma State ((17 + 23) *2) = 80
6.    USC ((24 + 12) *2) = 72
7.    Stanford ((13 + 22) *2) = 70
8.    Nebraska ((15 + 17) *2) = 64
8.    South Carolina ((16 + 16) *2) = 64
10.  Clemson ((18 + 11) *2) = 58
11.  Oregon ((8 + 20) *2) = 56
11.  Florida ((21 + 7) *2) = 56
13.  Virginia Tech ((11 + 13) *2) = 48
14   West Virginia ((19 + 1) *2) = 40
15.  Wisconsin ((10 + 18) *2) = 36
16.  Arkansas (*0 + 15) *2) = 30
17.  Nevada ((0 + 14) *2) = 28
17.  Texas ((14 + 0) *2) = 28
19.  TCU ((4 + 9) *2) = 26
20.  South Florida ((12 + 0) *2) = 24
20.  Utah ((6 + 6) *2) = 24
22.  Baylor ((0 + 10) *2) = 20
23.  North Carolina ((9 + 0) *2) = 18
24.  Auburn ((3 + 5) *2) = 16
24.  Mississippi State ((0 + 8) *2) = 16




26.  Georgia Tech ((7 + 0) *2) = 14
27.  Illinois ((5 + 0) * 2) = 10
28.  Washington ((0 + 4) * 2) = 8
29.  Texas A&M ((0 + 3) *2) = 6
30.  Florida State ((0 + 2) *2) = 4
30.  Michigan ((2 + 0) *2) = 4
32.  California ((1 + 0) *2) = 2

AP Poll Percentages, Week 3

The AP Percentages are important because the Harris Poll waits to start until later in the season.  Then, they just look at the AP and Coaches Poll and basically vote those anyway.  So the AP is a good precursor of what the Harris Poll will look like.  I use these percentages, then, to compile the BCS Standings.

1.  Oklahoma 98.07%

2.  LSU 94.93%

3.  Alabama 93.47%

4.  Boise State 87.27%

5.  Stanford 80.80%

6.  Wisconsin 78.00%

7.  Oklahoma State 72.80%

8.  Texas A&M 69.53%

9.  Nebraska 60.73%

10.  Oregon 59.93%

11.  Florida State 59.73%

12.  South Carolina 59.40%

13.  Virginia Tech 55.33%

14.  Arkansas 52.07%

15.  Florida 44.60%

16.  West Virginia 38.60%

17.  Baylor 34.73%

18.  South Florida 33.07%

19.  Texas 26.80%

20.  TCU 18.20%

21.  Clemson 18.13%

22.  Michigan 17.73%

23.  USC 17.33%

24.  Illinois 7.07%

25.  Georgia Tech 3.93%

26.  Michigan State 2.80%

27.  Auburn 1.93%

28.  Houston 1.67%

29.  Miami of Florida 1.53%

30.  Iowa State 1.27%

30.  Utah 1.27%

32.  Ohio State 1.07%

33.  Maryland 1.00%

34.  Mississippi State .93%

35.  Missouri .67%

36.  Arizona State .60%

37.  Vanderbilt .53%

37.  San Diego State .53%

37.  Notre Dame .53%

Coaches Poll Percentages, Week 3

1.  Oklahoma 99.19%
2.  Alabama 95.05%
3.  LSU 93.08%
4.  Boise State 82.17%
5.  Stanford 81.90%
6.  Oklahoma State 76.34%
7.  Wisconsin 76.00%
8.  Texas A&M 70.04%
9.  Nebraska 65.49%
10.  South Carolina 59.39%
11.  Virginia Tech 57.76%
12.  Arkansas 57.69%
13.  Oregon 54.51%
14.  Florida State 54.31%
15.  Florida 45.43%
16.  West Virginia 35.86%
17.  South Florida 32.88%
18.  Texas 31.46%
19.  Baylor 26.51%
20.  TCU 21.02%
21.  Michigan 16.47%
22.  Clemson 12.27%
23.  Michigan State 8.07%
24.  Georgia Tech 8.00%
25.  North Carolina 6.71%


26.  Ohio State 6.24%
27.  Illinois 6.10%
28.  Houston 4.07%
29.  Miami of Florida 2.64%
30.  Iowa State 1.83%
31.  Missouri 1.49%
32.  California 1.42%
33.  Penn State 1.29%
34.  Utah 1.15%
35.  Arizona State 1.08%
36.  Auburn .95%
36.  San Diegeo State .95%

Boise State Remains #4 in Coaches Poll

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm

Boise State Still #4 in AP

according to my sources...

Shea McClellin and Tyrone Crawford Tied for #6 in Sacks

Rank	Player	Pos	Cl	Gm	Solo	Ast	Yds	Total	PG
1	Nordly Capi, Colorado St.	DL	SO	3	5	1	37	5.5	1.83
2	Tony Jerod-Eddie, Texas A&M	DL	SR	2	3	0	17	3	1.50
3	Vontaze Burfict, Arizona St.	LB	JR	3	4	0	34	4	1.33
3	Korey Jones, Wyoming	LB	JR	3	4	0	29	4	1.33
3	Kenny Anunike, Duke	DL	JR	3	4	0	14	4	1.33
6	Shea McClellin, Boise St.	DL	SR	2	2	1	17	2.5	1.25
6	Tyrone Crawford, Boise St.	DL	SR	2	2	1	11	2.5	1.25
8	Chase Thomas, Stanford	LB	SR	3	3	1	35	3.5	1.17
8	Sio Moore, Connecticut	LB	JR	3	3	1	21	3.5	1.17
8	Nathan Ollie, Ball St.	DL	SO	3	3	1	21	3.5	1.17
11	Greg Scruggs, Louisville	DL	SR	3	3	0	32	3	1.00
11	Cameron Meredith, Nebraska	DL	JR	3	3	0	24	3	1.00
11	Vinny Curry, Marshall	DL	SR	3	3	0	23	3	1.00
11	Jerome Long, San Diego St.	DL	SR	3	3	0	20	3	1.00
11	Darryl Cato-Bishop, North Carolina St.	DL	SO	3	3	0	19	3	1.00
11	Cordarro Law, Southern Miss.	DL	SR	3	3	0	16	3	1.00
11	Julius Warmsley, Tulane	DL	SO	3	3	0	15	3	1.00
11	Sam Miller, FIU	DB	SO	3	3	0	15	3	1.00
11	Whitney Mercilus, Illinois	DL	JR	3	3	0	15	3	1.00
11	Derek Wolfe, Cincinnati	DL	SR	3	3	0	15	3	1.00
11	Brad Madison, Missouri	DL	JR	3	3	0	14	3	1.00
11	Tim Fugger, Vanderbilt	DL	SR	3	3	0	14	3	1.00
11	Claude Davis, South Fla.	DL	SR	3	3	0	12	3	1.00
11	Meshak Williams, Kansas St.	DL	JR	2	2	0	20	2	1.00
11	Alex Means, Air Force	LB	JR	2	2	0	16	2	1.00
11	Andre Monroe, Maryland	DL	FR	2	2	0	15	2	1.00
11	Justin Francis, Rutgers	DL	SR	2	2	0	11	2	1.00
11	Scott Vallone, Rutgers	DL	JR	2	2	0	9	2	1.00
11	Scott Solomon, Rice	DL	SR	2	2	0	9	2	1.00
11	Eddie Brown, Jr., Texas A&M	DL	SR	2	2	0	9	2	1.00
11	Jordan Voelker, Kansas St.	DL	SR	2	2	0	8	2	1.00
11	Zach Payne, Air Force	DL	SR	2	2	0	7	2	1.00
11	R.J. Washington, Oklahoma	DL	JR	2	2	0	6	2	1.00
11	Brett Roy, Nevada	DL	SR	2	2	0	5	2	1.00