Boise State

[J.T.supporta]

This is what CFB is all about...I love it so far.

Boomer Sooner and buckem broncos

[MrMustang1965]

OMG! C'MON, BOISE!

[CalallenStang]

Touchdown OU

[CalallenStang]

Touchdown Boise as they motion Zabransky out and the WR/HB throws a TD!

[expony18]

What do they have that we don't?

i forgot to add a coach with balls... and i love PB, but damn how big are the balls on the Boise State coach?!! half back pass on 4th and 2!!!

[MrMustang1965]

OU SUCKS!!!!!!!!

[CalallenStang]

FAKE PASS AND THEY HAND OFF! BOISE STATE GETS A 2 PT CONVERSION AND THEY WIN! 43-42

[CalallenStang]

What do they have that we don't?

i forgot to add a coach with balls... and i love PB, but damn how big are the balls on the Boise State coach?!! half back pass on 4th and 2!!!

Wow this is crazy, a statue of liberty WR screen halfback run for 2!

[CalallenStang]

Put this coach on our short list if something happens to PB.

[ponyfan84]

Put this coach on our short list if something happens to PB.

hahaha exactly. or someone figure out that offense. OUs defense played like they did in September, not like Oct.-Nov. when they won 9 in a row. But now the big question is: Could they hang with Florida/USC/Michigan/Ohio St.?

[ALEX LIFESON]

Someone is going to send Coach Peterson a blank check!

[CalallenStang]

Put this coach on our short list if something happens to PB.

hahaha exactly. or someone figure out that offense. OUs defense played like they did in September, not like Oct.-Nov. when they won 9 in a row. But now the big question is: Could they hang with Florida/USC/Michigan/Ohio St.?

Well, we won't find out...and while I don't advocate a complete playoff system with no bowls, I'd like to see the BCS games be replaced by a playoff for the top 8 teams.

[MrMustang1965]

Put this coach on our short list if something happens to PB.

from Dec. 12, 2006:

Getting Boise State to the Fiesta Bowl has certainly raised the profile of Broncos Head Coach Chris Petersen - the only head coach to get a WAC team to a BCS bowl. And before other teams can come calling, Boise State is stepping in to reward Petersen in hopes of keeping their coach long term.

Petersen signed a five-year, $2.5 million contract earlier this year and will make at least $641,666 this year thanks to various bonuses. Because his team won at least 10 games this season, his base salary next year is $575,000.

But the average salary for a Division 1-A coach is $950,000, and Petersen's counterpart at the Fiesta Bowl, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, makes $3.45 million.

Boise State knows first-hand what it's like to see a big-time program deliver a sackful of cash to an up & coming mid-major coach, having seen Dan Hawkins leave the Broncos to take over at Colorado last year.

In that context, bumping Petersen's pay is a smart move - but they're only going to keep him if they can get add a massive buyout to his contract.

[RGV Pony]

Well, remember Dirk Koetter? He started all this stuff at Boise...and was wooed away by Arizona State. They fired him a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday he was quoted as saying if Petersen decides to go somewhere else, could he please give Koetter a call so that Koetter could fly to Boise and smack him.

[lugus830]

The one thing that Boise State has that SMU does not is university and fan support. I had a friend recently attend the SMU vs Tech women's game and he came by to mention that there was virtually no fan support for the SMU team. Of course, they were outnumbered by Tech fans. He also thought that it was pretty lame that there was only the alumni band and no cheerleaders. It may have had to do with the fact that students are away from the campus over the holidays.