You knew it would happen eventually.

With Boise State ranked No. 5 and Kellen Moore having a great season thus far, his name is being mentioned, although not in too much depth, about being a Heisman candidate.

See for yourself here.

Moore wasn't available this week for interviews, but will next week. I'll make sure to ask him about it. I'll go out on a limb and think he'll say...read more

Boise State head coach Chris Petersen held his weekly news conference today and touched on a few notble subjects, especially his team's No. 5 ranking.

Did he say it's the best thing ever? Did he say his team should be No. 1? Of course not. He gave plenty of the same old same, but that didn't stop us from asking. Petersen also spoke a bit about his time at UC Davis, who the Broncos play...read more

The Boise State Broncos continue to rocket up the major college football polls with impressive wins and a little bit of help from the tumultuous nature of the sport.

In the latest AP and USA Today coaches polls, Boise State is No. 5 behind Florida, Texas, Alabama and LSU.

Click here for the full polls.

Bowling Green picked up 65 yards on its first drive Saturday, and it ended with a missed field goal. That was the high point for the Falcons.

The Boise State defense, which was gashed for more than 500 yards last week at Fresno State, held the Falcons to 282 yards, and only 189 of it was through the air. After that first drive, the Broncos gave up only 65 more yards until the Falcons' first scoring...read more

Boise State 49, Bowling Green 14: Jarvis Hodge plunges in from 1 yard out to make it 49-14 with 6:11 to go. Pavel misses XP.

Boise State 43, Bowling Green 14: Sheehan scores on a 6-yard run with 1:01 left in third. Making things a bit more respectable.

Boise State 43, Bowling Green 7: Falcons score on 7-yard pass from Tyler Sheehan to Adrian Hodges with 7:46 left in third, ending the shutout....read more

Boise State is the highest-ranked team to come here to Doyt Perry Stadium, and attendance for tonight's game shows that the game is a rarity.

Tonight's Falcon-Bronco game is sold out, which is the first such game for this venue since 2003.

I shot a photo of the field and stadium about 75 minutes before kickoff. Should be interesting out there. The Falcons are 1-2, but both losses have been...read more

Walk-on kicker Jimmy Pavel stepped in for Kyle Brotzman last week in Fresno when the junior was cramping up. Pavel, a Portland native, made his first career field goal and hit two extra points.

Before coming to Boise State, Pavel used his foot for more than just kicking - he used it to race cars.

Pavel raced dwarf cars and was the 2006 Pacific Hardtop Racing Association's Rookie of the Year...read more

Boise State already has its best regular season ranking, sitting at No. 8 in the latest Associated Press poll, and it's not a stretch to think the Broncos will keep climbing.

Well, one national writer said the Broncos have a chance at not only a BCS game, but the BCS national championship.

ESPN's Pat Forde says the Broncos have an outside shot. Go down to No. 17, his note on D.J. Harper...read more

Boise State head coach Chris Petersen held his weekly news conference today and touched on a ton of interesting topics.

The biggest note should be that he confirmed DJ Harper tore his ACL and will miss the rest of the season. Harper was leading the team in rushing. Doug Martin will now revert to offense, where he will get most of his work in, though he may still play some defense. Petersen didn't...read more

The Boise State Broncos have earned their highest-ever regular season ranking in the latest Associated Press poll, as the Broncos are ranked No. 8.

At the end of the 2006 season, the team was No. 9.

Boise State is ranked ahead of one-loss powers USC, Virginia Tech, Ohio State and Oklahoma. After BYU's loss Saturday, the Broncos are the highest ranked team outside of the six automatic qualifying...read more

I remember seeing Jeremy Avery put up some great showings in the spring of 2007, when he had just finished his redshirt season.

My first reaction was naturally that he wasn't the biggest guy, but also that he ran with authority. He never "danced" and hit holes hard, making it nearly impossible for arm tackles to even slow him down. He was a nice change of pace for Ian Johnson, finishing...read more

Fresno State has thrown for only 10 yards and has been picked off twice, but is still within a touchdown of Boise State at the half.

That's because the Bulldogs have run for 196 yards, including 69- and 60-yard touchdown runs by Ryan Mathews.

The Broncos dominated Oregon's spread rushing attack, but the first time the Bulldogs went to it, they busted a 36-yard run. Both of Mathews' scores...read more

Jimmy Pavel hits a 24-yard field goal with 4:00 to go...his first career FG. We'll see what's up with Brotzman.

Jeremy Avery goes 67 yards on a screen pass from Kellen Moore for a TD...Broncos lead 48-34 with 13:00 to go.

The big play parade continues...Ryan Mathews scores on a 68-yard TD, his third TD of 60 yards or more. Broncos lead 31-24 with 13:26 to play.

Kellen Moore hits Austin...read more

Sophomore tackle Garrett Pendergast will start tonight in place of right tackle Michael Ames.

Ames will back up Pendergast.

For the second straight week, most of the home crowd will be wearing the visitors' colors.

Boise State had a White Out last week at Bronco Stadium, and the Broncos were in their home blues, with Miami (Ohio) in its away whites. Fresno State is in its home reds, and the Broncos don their visiting white uniforms for the first time this season.

There's going to be a few tributes to former Fresno...read more

Fresno State running back Ryan Mathews missed five games last season because of injury, and had eight carries or less in three others.

So far in 2008, he's racked up 213 yards in two games. The Bulldogs have lost just three games when he starts.

"He's a game-changer for sure," junior quarterback Ryan Colburn said. "He's just hungry. He wants the ball in his hands because...read more

Sophomore quarterback Kellen Moore spoke today at his bi-weekly gathering of local media.

Among the topics he covered were Friday's game at Fresno State, what he feels is going well thus far in 2009 and also playing alongside his brother, Kirby.

Check out the audio here.

Boise State head coach Chris Petersen had his weekly news conference Sunday, a mere 16 hours or so after he spoke with us after the 48-0 win over Miami (Ohio).

Since the game is on Friday, today acts like a Monday on the Bronco schedule. Petersen spoke about the short week, a bit about last night's game and also a bit about Fresno State.

Check out the audio here.

The Boise State Broncos are ranked No. 10 in the latest Associated Press poll, released today.

Boise State is just ahead a trio of one-loss powerhouses (Ohio State, Oklahoma and Virginia Tech). BYU is ranked No. 7, which is best among school not in a BCS automatic-qualifying conference.

Click here for the full poll.

I half-jokingly asked Chris Petersen on Monday if his school would ever be known as a defensive powerhouse.

In his typical fashion, he laughed and simply said that the defense is rarely what people pay to see and that it has long been overshadowed during the Broncos' rise in recent years.

Sure, Boise State (particularly during Petersen's run as OC) has been known to put a ton of points on...read more

The Boise State Broncos lead the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks 20-0 at the half, but it hasn't seemed like the resounding whuppin' many expected.

For one, Kellen Moore's 11-of-20 passing for 203 yards doesn't seem too dominant. He'll probably say it was one of the uglier ways he's gotten to 200 yards in a half. He overthrew Richie Brockel badly on one play, had to pounce on a low...read more

Tonight's game against Miami (Ohio) has the feel of a preseason NFL game. The fans are (very) slowly trickling in and the game has been probably the least anticipated I've covered.

Even in games against FCS teams in the past (mainly season openers), there's been the added intrigue of a quarterback's debut or new players in new positions. After the Oregon win, there's a lot less...read more

The Emerald Bowl has renewed its agreement with the Pac-10 conference but will no longer have an ACC team in the game in San Francisco starting next season.

The bowl announced Thursday that it signed a four-year deal with the Pac-10. The Emerald Bowl will have the sixth pick in the conference. The other team in the game will come from either the Western Athletic Conference, Army or Navy.

The WAC...read more

Wide receiver/holder Michael Choate's story is one of the more interesting I've come across.

He went to a tiny high school in Kansas and went on to a pretty good two seasons at Garden City Community College, one of the top junior college programs in the country. His family moved to Greenleaf while Michael was at GCCC and after he finished school there, he came to Boise State. While at Boise...read more

A national writer appeared on the WAC coaches' teleconference Monday and got after Boise State's Chris Petersen a bit for his handling of the LeGarrette Blount/Byron Hout incident.

He posted his story today, and not surprisingly, it's critical of the Broncos.

Click here to read it.

It's yet another sign of the growth of Boise State's program, good or bad. Even when you're...read more

The Boise State Broncos, coming off a 19-8 win over then-No. 16 Oregon on Thursday, are ranked No. 12 in the latest Associated Press poll, released Tuesday. The Broncos are 11th in the USA Today coaches' poll.

BYU, which defeated Oklahoma on Saturday, is No. 9 in the AP poll, the highest among teams outside the six automatic BCS qualifying conferences. The Cougars are 12th in the coaches'...read more

Head coach Chris Petersen spent plenty of time during the WAC teleconference, and then at his weekly meeting with local media today talking about the punch heard 'round college football.

"I think everybody feels bad about the situation," he said.

Petersen said he spoke with Oregon head coach Chip Kelly after the incident and that LeGarrette Blount also called Petersen and Byron Hout...read more

Two more quick addendums regarding the LeGarrette Blount incident...

First, the school's store in Eugene has pulled his No. 9 replica jerseys from shelves — one store associate called it "the Friday from hell." Click here for more.

Second, athletic director (and former coach) Mike Bellotti said he will contact Boise State regarding the replays of Blount's punch on Byron...read more

LeGarrette Blount, the Oregon running back who threw a punch at Boise State's Byron Hout after the Ducks' loss to the Broncos, has played his last game for the Ducks.

Blount, a senior, was suspended for the rest of the season.

Click here for more.

I also got word from Boise State that Hout won't be suspended and that the team will deal with his actions internally.

There were more than a few of us local media types who have seen a ton of Boise State games, and found ourselves pondering how such a big game wound up being one of the Broncos' most boring.

Well, the postgame drama took care of that.

There's been four overtime games with 136 combined points, the legendary Fiesta Bowl trickery and now a Bronco getting cold-clocked after a game by an opponent...read more

Well, of all the scenarios I could imagine happening tonight, I didn't see this.

It's not surprising at all that Boise State is leading at the half. What's a surprise is just how terrible Oregon's offense looks.

Sure, Boise State's defense is playing great and that's a huge part of it, but the Ducks have absolutely nothing going. Jeremiah Masoli looks lost, hurrying passes...read more

Months and months of anticipation is ticking down to a matter of minutes.

Both teams are in uniform, warming up as the fans start pouring into Bronco Stadium.

I can't imagine it being a blowout either way, so each team will have to play to its strengths. I'm really interested to see how Boise State handles Oregon's rushing attack, especially with the Broncos breaking in two new starters...read more

Normally, I have a week where I will write about a game, the game happens, and it's on to the next one. Even for an opener — Idaho State last year and Weber State in 2007 — that's normally the case.

This year? Not so much.

A week of hype? Try months of hype.

There's a story by the Associated Press about what colors Oregon is going to wear tomorrow night. It officially has...read more

Watch ESPN or read any recruiting site, and a lot of experts are enamored with a quarterback's size. Nevermind throwing ability, grit, leadership - if he's 6-5, 230, he's got to be good.

I'd imagine Kellen Moore and Jeremiah Masoli would have something to say about that. Moore's listed at 6-foot, while Masoli's 5-11. Both led their teams to top 15 finishes last season without...read more