Head coach Chris Petersen sat down today for his weekly spring news conference, and covered a wide variety of subjects.

Petersen spoke about the return of Japanese football coaches to Boise, some walk-ons making noise and a new twist on spring practices with helmet stickers.

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Also, a quick note — defensive tackle Mike "Bacon" Atkinson has changed his number...read more

The Boise State football team hit the field Monday for the first time since March 19's scrimmage.

It looked like a few injuries have healed nicely, most notably in punter Brad Elkin, who was supposed to miss the entire spring, but he was out there kicking. Defensive end Shea McClellin also participated in most drills.

Drew Hawkins hit Tyler Shoemaker on a great 50-yard TD pass on an inside slant...read more

The final schedule has yet to be put out for 2009, but the Boise State athletic site has a slight change in the tentative date for the big Boise State-Oregon game at Bronco Stadium to open the season.

The new date? Thursday, Sept. 3.

Perusing some other sites, there aren't many big games that day. South Carolina plays North Carolina State, but that's about it. On the 5th, Oklahoma plays...read more

The Marquette Golden Eagles tied the game up at 79-79 with 38.3 seconds to play, but the Missouri Tigers hit four free throws in the final 5.5 seconds to win their second-round game 83-79 at Taco Bell Arena.

Kim English had a career-high 17 points to lead Missouri.

Wisconsin's Trevon Hughes sank a layup while being fouled with 2.0 seconds remaining and hit his free throw to give the 12th-seeded Badgers a 61-59 win in overtime over the Florida State Seminoles in the first round of the NCAA Tournament here at Taco Bell Arena.

The Xavier Musketeers put together a complete game, topping the 13th-seeded Portland State Vikings on Friday at Taco Bell Arena.

Three Musketeers had 13 points, and C.J. Anderson led with 14. Jamie Jones had a game-high 16 points for Portland State, the Big Sky champions.

The Utah State Aggies held a lead with less than two minutes to play, but could not prevail, falling 58-57 to the Marquette Golden Eagles here at Taco Bell Arena in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jared Quayle had 18 points and eight rebounds to pace Utah State (30-5).

There's nothing like a college football Saturday. Or Sunday. Or Monday. Or Wednesday.

One of the interesting things about the Boise State football schedule is what wacky (or WAC-y) days of the week games will be played. Remember in 2007 with two Sunday games?

Anyhow, though the Broncos' schedule has yet to be finalized, it looks like they will play at Tulsa on Oct. 14, which is a Wednesday...read more

The scheduling dominoes are still falling, even with less than six months until the 2009 season kicks off.

After Miami (Ohio) decided to drop Colorado from its schedule in favor of Kentucky, another MAC team likely will replace the Redhawks on the Buffaloes' schedule — Toledo. The game will be played the weekend of Sept. 11, right when Boise State was supposed to play against the Rockets...read more

Today marked the beginning of a very exciting, yet very busy week in the Boise sports scene.

We've got spring football (scrimmage on Thursday), BSU men's hoops in the postseason, BSU wrestling at nationals this weekend ... and of course the NCAA tournament.

I thought I'd pass along a few highlights from Monday's football practice: naturally, Titus Young looked great, putting up a...read more

I headed home two days earlier than scheduled from the WAC tournament since Boise State and Idaho combined to go 0-4. Naturally, I had to miss a mascot fight.

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I am currently sitting in a news conference with WAC commissioner Karl Benson, and he said the conference is looking at playing the conference basketball tournament in Las Vegas' Orleans casino in 2011 and 2012.

Benson was at the venue Monday for the WCC tournament and said he was "very impressed."

He also said a decision on the future venue will be made in September. Another possible...read more

The Boise State men's basketball team likely saw its season come to an end Thursday.

There is a chance the Broncos could see an NIT, CBI or CollegeInsider.com bid, but the quarterfinal loss to New Mexico State in the WAC tournament did not help.

Senior forward Mark Sanchez said after the game he wants to wear the Boise State uniform again.

He won't be back next season, so who is?

Well...read more

The Boise State Broncos' hopes for a second straight WAC title and NCAA tournament bid were ended Thursday with an 80-70 loss to the New Mexico State Aggies on Thursday in Reno.

New Mexico State forced 18 Bronco turnovers and attempted 13 more shots from the field in the win. The Broncos were led by senior Mark Sanchez, who scored 25 points and had 11 rebounds.

The Boise State Broncos' season came to an end tonight with a 73-65 loss to the host Nevada Wolf Pack.

When the Broncos played here in Reno in January, they lost by 32. On Wednesday, they led with less than three minutes to go before Nevada's defense clamped down and the Wolf Pack hit 7-of-8 free throws in the final 1:10.

Boise State is set to return three of its top four scorers, including...read more

The Boise State women's basketball team held a lead as late as 2:45 remaining, but could not hold on against the home-standing Nevada Wolf Pack, which took a 73-65 win in the first round of the WAC tournament.

Melissa Rima had 12 points to lead Boise State, all of which came in the first half.

Boise State head coach Chris Petersen had a news conference today, and he mentioned a few players who will not be going full-on during spring practices.

He said defensive end Ryan Winterswyk will not be participating in practices, while offensive tackle Nate Potter and defensive end Shea McClellin may be available after spring break. Linebacker Daron Mackey will only be able to participate in certain...read more

I just got back from the first spring practice of the year, and thought I'd pass along a few notes.

First off, it looks like missing the last 10 games and a few months worth of practices didn't put much rust on Titus Young, who looked very good Monday. He had a few nice long catches and routinely got inside the defensive backs covering him in drills.

Lining up on the other side of him was...read more

With spring football practices kicking off Monday, I thought I'd give my thoughts on five guys I'll be watching and think the fans will want to keep tabs on over the next few weeks.

1. Doug Martin

OK, let's start off with an obvious one. Martin, who intrigued just about everyone after he redshirted in 2007 when teammates and coaches raved about his abilities as a running back, is moving...read more

Here are the matchups for the WAC women's tournament next week in Reno:

Tuesday, 6 p.m. (MST): No. 8 Hawaii vs. No. 9 San Jose State

Wednesday, 1 p.m. (MST): No. 4 Idaho vs. No. 5 Utah State

Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. (MST): No. 1 Fresno State vs. Hawaii/SJSU winner

Wednesday, 7 p.m. (MST): No. 3 Nevada vs. No. 6 Boise State

Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. (MST): No. 7 New Mexico State vs. No. 2 Louisiana...read more

For the second straight season, the Boise State Broncos were unable to win their home finale and will be the fourth seed in the WAC tournament next week.

On Saturday, the Broncos fell 69-60 to the Nevada Wolf Pack at Taco Bell Arena. Three Broncos scored in double figures, led by Anthony Thomas' 12 points.

Boise State will open the conference tournament against fifth-seeded New Mexico State...read more

The Boise State women's basketball team will get the sixth seed in next week's WAC tournament after fallig 58-56 to the Idaho Vandals on Saturday.

Janie Bos attempted two free throws with 3.6 seconds left, but missed both. Heather Pilcher's putback attempt with less than a second remaining was no good.

Here are the seeding scenarios for next week's WAC tournament in Reno. Needless to say, Saturday's Boise State-Nevada game is pretty big.

2009 Men's WAC Tournament Scenarios

Possible Seeds

Boise State

2 If Boise State beats Nevada, New Mexico State beats Hawai'i and Fresno State beats Idaho OR

If Boise State beats Nevada, AND Idaho and New Mexico State both win or both lose...read more

The Boise State men's basketball team won its second straight game with a 79-65 victory over the Fresno State Bulldogs.

Kurt Cunningham led four Broncos in double-digit scoring with 15 points, while Mark Sanchez added 13 points and eight rebounds.

I spoke with Boise State head coach Chris Petersen today, and he said that sophomore Doug Martin will make the move to defense this spring.

Martin played a bit of defense last season and excelled on special teams. Petersen said he will compete to fill in the safety spot vacated by Ellis Powers. Other candidates include Aaron Tevis, Jason Robinson and Winston Venable.

Sophomore Chuck Hayes will move...read more