BOISE STATE TO BIG EAST OFFER "IMMINENT"

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Update on Conference Expansion

As my article this morning indicated, Houston is now an expansion candidate for the Big East for the reasons I outlined. Even better is that Boise State has apparently gotten the Big East schools to also consider adding SMU. That gives Boise State three other western-oriented schools (with Air Force being the other one) in their division of what could be the new Big East.

There's a lot to happen before both parties sign on the bottom line. For one thing, Boise State has to either find a home for its other sports or convince the Big East to admit them as a basketball-playing school as well. Odds are that won't happen. Boise State's previous conference, the WAC, has already indicated they would be open to receiving the Broncos in those other sports. The West Coast Conference is another option although I don't pretend to know how receptive they are.

In summary, the chain of events I outlined this morning is beginning to happen. Nothing is for sure until everything is signed. There are a lot of details to go over. The Big East has concerns about reaching that far--adding more western teams, however, lessens the travel for all involved. Perhaps Fresno State and Nevada can also come aboard, meaning that each school would only travel three times to the other division. I think that is very workable, and me one of the things the two parties are talking about as we move forward.

Harris Poll Percentages, Week Six

1.    LSU 97.84%
2.    Alabama 94.89%
3.    Oklahoma 94.4%
4.    Wisconsin 84.59%
5.    Boise State 81.84%
6.    Oklahoma State 80.00%
7.    Stanford 79.90%
8.    Clemson 72.70%
9.    Oregon 66.02%
10.  Michigan 59.93%
11.  Arkansas 58.82%
12.  Georgia Tech 56.38%
13.  Nebraska 44.94%
14.  Illinois 43.65%
15.  South Carolina 41.57%
16.  West Virginia 38.99%
17.  Kansas State 35.41%
18.  Virginia Tech 32.87%
19.  Arizona State 25.43%
20.  Texas 19.55%
21.  Baylor 17.22%
22.  Michigan State 12.03%
23.  Texas A&M 9.53%
24.  Houston 7.17%
25.  Florida 7.17%


26.  Auburn 6.68%
27.  South Florida 3.10%
28.  Penn State 3.06%
29.  Notre Dame 3.03%
30.  Washington 2.33%
31.  Wake Forest 1.39%
32.  North Carolina 1.15%
33.  Georgia 1.11%
34.  SMU 1.04%
35.  Texas Tech .66%
36.  TCU .52%
37.  Rutgers .35%
38.  Cincinnati .28%
39.  Louisiana-Lafayette .06%
39.  Southern Mississippi .06%
41.  Florida State .03%

What Boise State and Houston Bring to the Big East

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Coaches Poll Percentages, Week 6

1.    Oklahoma 97.22%
2.    LSU 95.52%
3.    Alabama 94.85%
4.    Wisconsin 84.34%
5.    Stanford 83.53%
6.    Boise State 79.32%
7.    Oklahoma State 79.19%
8.    Clemson 70.92%
9.    Oregon 67.46%
10.  Michigan 60.41%
11.  Arkansas 59.05%
12.  Georgia Tech 54.58%
13.  South Carolina 45.97%
14.  Nebraska 45.49%
15.  Illinois 42.98%
16.  West Virginia 35.80%
17.  Virginia Tech 35.46%
18.  Kansas State 31.32%
19.  Michigan State 29.22%
20.  Arizona State 23.25%
21.  Texas 16.47%
22.  Houston 13.56%
23.  Texas A&M 13.42%
24.  Baylor 12.54%
25.  Penn State 5.22%


26.  Florida 4.88%
27.  Washington 3.52%
28.  North Carolina 2.92%
29.  Auburn 2.24%
30.  Notre Dame 2.10%
31.  South Florida 2.03%
32.  Wake Forest 1.49%
33.  Georgia 1.02%
34.  SMU .75%
35.  Texas Tech .61%
36.  Rutgers .54%
37.  Southern Mississippi .47%
38.  TCU .27%
39.  Hawai'i .06%

Boise State #5 in Unofficial BCS Standings--Week 6 Final

These include the official Coaches and Harris Polls, the official Sagarin ratings, and estimated ratings from the other four current computer ratings.  The placings are accurate + or - 6, which means if two teams are bunched within 12 points, they could swap places depending on official computer numbers.


1.    Alabama 94.85% + 94.89% + 98.00 =287.74 
2.    LSU 95.22% + 97.84% + 92.50 = 285.56
3.    Oklahoma 97.22% + 94.40% + 88.00 = 279.62
4.    Oklahoma State 79.19% + 80.00% + 87.50 = 246.69
5.    Boise State 79.32% + 81.84% + 79.50 = 240.66
6.    Clemson 70.92% + 72.70% + 89.00 = 232.62
7.    Wisconsin 84.34% + 84.59% + 54.50 = 223.43
8.    Stanford 83.52% + 79.90% + 57.50 = 220.92
9.    Michigan 60.41% + 59.93% + 66.00 = 186.34
10.  Georgia Tech 54.58% + 56.38% + 58.50 = 169.46
11.  Arkansas 59.05% + 58.82% + 45.00 = 162.87
12.  Oregon 67.46% + 66.02% + 18.50 = 151.98
13.  Illinois 42.98% + 43.65% + 62.50 = 149.13
14.  Nebraska 45.49% + 44.99% + 43.00 = 133.48
15.  Kansas State 31.32% + 35.41% + 60.50 = 127.23
16.  South Carolina 45.97% + 41.57% + 35.00 = 122.54
17.  Virginia Tech 35.46% + 32.87% + 34.00 = 102.33
18.  West Virginia 35.80% + 38.99% + 17.50 = 92.29
19.  Texas 16.47% + 19.55% + 37.00 = 73.02
20.  Arizona State 23.25% + 25.43% + 22.50 = 71.18
21.  Michigan State 29.22% + 17.22% + 1.50 = 47.94
22.  Houston 13.56% + 9.53% + 18.50 = 41.59
23.  Baylor 12.54% + 19.48% + 9.00 = 41.02
24.  Auburn 2.92% + 6.68% + 29.00 = 32.60
25.  North Carolina 2.92% + 1.15% + 26.50 = 30.57




26.  Texas A&M 13.42% + 12.03% + 4.00 = 29.45
27.  Penn State 5.22% + 3.06% + 13.00 = 21.28
28.  Florida 4.88% + 7.17% + 3.00 = 15.05
29.  Washington 3.53% + 2.33% + 7.00 = 12.86
30.  Notre Dame 2.10% + 3.03% + 7.50 = 12.63
31.  Rutgers .54% + .35% + 7.00 = 7.89
32.  Georgia 1.02% + 1.11% + 4.50 = 6.13
33.  South Florida 2.03% + 3.06% + 1.00 = 6.09
34.  Wake Forest 1.49% + 1.39% + 0.00 = 2.88

First Harris Poll Out

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/vault/BCS_Oct_09_2011.pdf

Boise State #3 in Blue Through and Through Top 25 College Football Teams

Since it is obvious that most voters in the polls do not actually watch the games, here are my ratings (Someone has to set them straight...)


Boise State is ahead of Oklahoma because Oklahoma shied away from giving Boise State a tougher schedule in the Big 12.  If a team refuses to play another team, advantage to the team that is being avoided.  Ditto for the Pac-12...an undefeated Boise State will always be ahead of any Pac-12 team for the same reason.


1.    Alabama
2.    LSU
3.    Boise State
4.    Oklahoma

5.    Arkansas
6.    Clemson
7.    South Carolina
8.    Oklahoma State
9.    Stanford
10.  Oregon
11.  Wisconsin
12.  Virginia Tech
13.  Houston
14.  Nebraska
15.  Michigan
16.  Georgia Tech
17.  Kansas State
18.  Georgia
19.  Auburn
20.  Texas A&M
21.  Baylor
22.  Arizona State
23.  Illinois
24.  Notre Dame
25.  Florida          

Boise State Grounds Air Force 3-0

The Boise State volleyball team got a much-needed road win at Air Force last night.


The Broncos won 25-13, 25-19, 25-17 to record their second Mountain West victory against three defeats.  Freshman Brittany Reardon had nine kills, Breann Nesselhuf had six kills, 17 assists, 10 digs, three aces and three block assists and Casey Rose had 14 assists as Boise State improved to 11-8 overall.


"This was a big win for us on the road in league, it will help our confidence," said Boise State head coach Shawn Garus.  "We played really well tonight.  We have struggled a little lately and to come out with a conference win on the road is big for us. Several people stepped up for us in the match, Brittany (Reardon) hit the ball solid and Bree (Nesselhuf) had a big night for us as well. 


Victoria Foster paced the Falcons with 11 kills while Cami Richan and Ayesha Hein had six kills each.


The Broncos visit Utah Valley in a non-conference tilt Monday night.

Final Match Summary 

Boise State at Air Force
10/08/11 at USAF Academy, Colo. (Falcon Court)
Attendance: 1001
Time: 1:20

Boise State def. Air Force 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-17)

Boise State (11-8, 2-3 MW) 
(Kills-aces-blocks) - Reardon, Brittany 9-1-1; Harden, Liz 6-0-2; Nesselhuf, Breann 6-3-3; Jones, Fiona 5-1-0;Nwagbuo, Darlene 4-0-5; Griffin, Elizabeth 3-0-1; Remy, Amanda 0-1-0; Rose, Casey 0-2-0; Totals 33-8-6.0. (Assists) - Nesselhuf, Breann 17; Rose, Casey 14. (Dig leaders) - Nesselhuf, Breann 10; Remy, Amanda 6.

Air Force (3-15, 0-5 MW) 
(Kills-aces-blocks) - FOSTER, Victoria 11-0-0; RICHAN, Cami 6-0-0; HEIN, Ayesha 6-0-0; POTTLE, Brooke 3-2-0; HOLT, Kristen 3-0-1; WISE, Josalynn 2-0-0; BIEBER, Claire 2-0-0; CLARY, Megan 1-0-0; PERICH, Maiya 0-1-0; Totals 34-3-1.0. (Assists) - KELTNER, Hillary 21; WISE, Josalynn 11. (Dig leaders) - PERICH, Maiya 12; RICHAN, Cami 9.

Boise State #6 in Computer Composite, Week Six

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Boise State Drops to #7 in Sagarin, Week Six

http://bluefootballthroughandthrough.blogspot.com/2011/10/sagarin-ratings-week-six.html

Pool Party

Boise State's swimming team has started where it left off.  Coach Kristin Hill's squad won 15 events en route to a 198-96 win over Idaho at the Boise West YMCA today.

Senior Stephanie North and freshman Jessica Bottelberghe each won three individual events and contributed to a relay win, as it seems Hill is beginning to reload at Boise State. 

"It was a great first meet," said head coach Kristin Hill. "This was the first time most of the girls had raced since the summer at nationals or sectionals."

Bottelberghe captured titles in the 100 and 200-yard bastrokes and the 200-yard individual medley. 

"We had a lot of freshmen step up in their first collegiate meet," Hill said. "It's always fun to see how they will respond in that situation, and our freshmen did it really well."

North won the 50, 100 and 200-yard freestyle events for Boise State.  Sophomore Ciera Cortney won the one-meter diving final and was second in the three-meter event.  Junior Lexi Pfeiffer joined Cortney on the podium with a career-best 225.10, good for third. 

Sophomores Chelsea Miller and Rachel Heaney won in the 200-yard breaststroke and 200 butterfly and All-American Amber Boucher won the 100 fly. 

Boise State hosts New Mexico and Seattle next weekend at the West Y.  Friday'smeet starts at 6:30 while the meet with Seattle begins at 11:30 Saturday morning.  Come out and watch the exciting Broncos!

Boise State Proves, Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt, That They Are For Real

In one of the most incredible displays of offensive, defensive and special teams talent in several years in college football, Boise State dismantled a pretty good Fresno State team 57-7 tonight in Fresno on ESPN.





This is the same Fresno State team that had Nebraska on the ropes in Lincoln in the fourth quarter.  They couldn't finish the Cornhuskers as Wisconsin did.  They're not as good as Wisconsin, but they were through three quarters.  And against Boise State on their home turf, Fresno State recorded their first advancement past their own 40 with seconds remaining in the first half.  Heisman favorite Kellen Moore put on a baseball cap one series into the second half rather than pursue the all-time career touchdown passes record.  As indeed he should have.


Because that's the way they do things at Boise State.  They could pour it on and put up unbelievable stats.  But tonight, they didn't have to.  They proved to the nation in no uncertain terms that they deserve, finally, a shot at a national championship if they run the table.

We'll tell you that Moore was 23-31 for 254 yards and three touchdowns in essentially a half of football.  He now has sole possession of second place in NCAA history with a record of 43-2.  He passed both Danny Wuerffel of Florida and Tim Rattay tonight to land in sixth place in college football history with his 114 career TD passes.  We'll tell you that Boise State isn't going to lose anything once he graduates.  Backup Joe Southwick was 3-5 for 27 yards and freshman Grant Hedrick ran three times for 38 yards and a touchdown in the game's final moments.  And they have they have two amazing young prospects behind them that we won't tell you about; you'll just have to wait and see.  So Boise State is in fine shape at the quarterback position.



And we'll tell you that Doug Martin ran 16 times for 94 yards and a touchdown, including a brilliant third-quarter run in which he bounced outside, took it down the sidelines and was knocked out at the one.  Mitch Burroughs took an end around and sped into the end zone for a 25-yard score in the first half.  Super tailback D.J. Harper scored twice for Boise State.  





Freshman Matt Miller caught five passes for 78 yards and another score.  Miller ties two great Bronco receivers--Ryan Ikebe and Jay Swillie for #3 all-time at Boise State with 25 receptions as a freshman.  Geraldo Boldewijn caught three balls for 33 yards and two touchdowns in his first action of the season.  Burroughs had four catches for 43 yards.  Gabe Linehan had three catches for 48.  Martin had three catches for 14 yards.  In all, 11 Bronco receivers caught passes.  This isn't just a first team or second team effort or one or two talented guys (ala Titus Young and Austin Pettis last year).  This is an incredibly talented team you saw tonight.  From Kellen Moore down to the last guy on the bench.


Defensively, Boise State held Fresno scoreless until a brilliant run by talented punt returner Devon Wylie.  Cornerback Jamar Taylor made about as fine an interception as you will ever see anywhere at any level of football.  The Bronco defensive line was as tough as nails.  Anything that got past them was stuffed by opportunistic linebackers Byron Hout and Aaron Tevis.  And the Bronco secondary rarely allowed a complete pass for a first down.  Top that off with a great punt block by Hunter White and great punt returns by Burroughs.





Derek Carr was 17-30 for the Bulldogs.  He is a talented signal-caller who will win and win often for Fresno State.  Robbie Rouse (10 carries for 72 yards) is a dynamo back who never gives up and gets the tough yards for you.  Josh Harper had a great game--eight catches for 75 yards for Fresno State.  Logan Harrell on defense, in the top four in the nation in tackles for loss, is as fierce a competitor as anywhere you will find in college football.


Yes, Fresno is talented and we've given you all the stats.  But the real message, sent loud and clear tonight in Fresno, California, before a nationwide audience, is that Boise State is as fine a team as you will find anywhere in this land.  They block, they tackle, they play smart, they don't beat themselves, they run hard, they focus, they are coached brilliantly, and they can not be denied any longer.

Boise State Cross Country Team at Coyote Invitational

Boise State's cross country teams participate in the Coyote Invitational this evening.  Action gets underway at 5 tonight on the College of Idaho Campus in Caldwell.

The Average Pullman Household has 18 Televisions

The population of Pullman, Washington was 29,799 according to the 2010 Census.  I mention that because according to "the experts", the number of TV sets is what is important in considering teams for expansion into "BCS" leagues.


It has been well documented that the people that came up with the number of households in Boise's television market were on crack when they said there were 194,000.  Given that just the area within 30 miles of Boise is approaching 700,000 and the actual range of Boise television stations reaches close to a million people, we know the figure that gets thrown around the internet is a crock of $&@!


So using even the conservative estimate of 700,000 and the historical average of 2.5 as being the average household size, you actually get the number of households in the Boise market at 280,000--not 194,000.  And we're told by the condescending holier than thou BCS folks that that isn't enough TV sets to qualify as a BCS school.  


Which brings me back to Pullman, home of Washington State of the Pac-12.  Remember that their official population is 29,799.  I'm wondering how cluttered the average Pullman, Washington household is, and I think you can see where I'm going with this.  As reflected in the data that is linked, the average household has 2.73 televisions. Applying this average to Boise, that means there are 529,620 televisions in the Boise market, although we all know there are more than that from the bogus numbers above.  But stay with me.  Since Pullman, Washington is required to have more TV sets than Boise to qualify as a BCS school (meaning they have to have at least 529,621 to top Boise), that means that the average Pullman household has 18 televisions (529,621/29799).   And they are all tuned in to Washington State games.  That's not only unbelievable, but incredible!





Guess they love their television in Pullman...

Boise State Swim Team Hosts Idaho Saturday in Season Opener

Coach Kristin Hill, which built her program from scratch at Boise State, and now heads into her sixth season with the premiere swimming and diving program in the Northwest, leads the Broncos against Idaho this Saturday night in he season opener.

16 letterwinners from the two-time defending Western Athletic Conference Champions return for Coach Hill, including WAC Swimmer of the Year Amber Boucher and Stephanie North.  Both Boucher and North competed at the 2011 NCAA Championships, the first student-athletes in Boise State history to do so. 

The meet gets underway at noon Saturday at the Boise-West Family YMCA just off of Cloverdale and Chinden.  Admission is free and the first 25 Boise State students get a free t-shirt.  Can't beat that!

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Great Day to Be a Boise State Receiver

Three talented receivers did excellent yesterday in the National Football League:  Legedu Naanee, Austin Pettis and Titus Young.  And it's no coincidence that they are all from Boise State.


Naanee, who has found a new home in Carolina, caught four passes for 27 yards, rookie Pettis had four receptions for 32 yards, and returned a kickoff for 19 yards for the St. Louis Rams, fellow rookie Young caught three passes for 41 yards to lead undefeated Detroit to a 34-30 victory in Arlington, Texas over Dallas.


Congratulations to this trio of Broncos now excelling in the NFL!  

Boise State Soccer Team Bounces Seattle 2-0

Senior forward Kati Lucas booted in the only two goals for Boise State as the Broncos scored a 2-0 road win over Seattle Sunday afternoon.


Katy Oehring set up Lucas for the first goal in the 52nd minute with a long shot in the front of the net.  Lucas flicked in the shot to the top of the goal.  Mikhaila Bowden sent a long ball to Lucas in the 86th minute, who fired a shot in from 15 yards out.  Lucas now has five goals on the season to lead the Broncos.


"Kati did a great job of being composed," said head coach Steve Lucas. "She had some time and did what a striker is supposed to do; she scored goals and put away the chances she had."


Redshirt freshman Maddy McDevitt earned the shutout in her debut in goal, recording nine saves and playing all 90 minutes.


"It was a total team effort today," Steve Lucas said. "We gave a lot of players some minutes and we are excited because it's a win against a good program. We're going to carry that momentum over to next week and I think that helps a lot."


Boise State is 5-7-1 while Seattle drops to 8-5.  The Lady Broncos host Air Force Saturday at noon at the Boas Soccer Complex.

Massey Ratings, Week Five

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

Clemson passed Boise State and the Broncos finished 5/1000th's of a point away from Oklahoma State.