September 6th, 2010 at 8:11 PM ^
already have a turnover on the board early.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:17 PM ^
The game has already started, but Va Tech is down 3-0 so I think it's still fair for me to pick them.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:19 PM ^
Gosh I hope VT wins. And yeah, "blahh, blahh, blahh, BSU is legit; Wahhhhh, cry, cry..."
Shut up. No, they don't win every big game. They're 2-4 in their last 6 bowls, the best team being Oklahoma, who they barely beat, and suddenly theyre "elite". And no, they don't play anyone. I don't buy the excuse that they can't get anyone to come up to Boise; if they want respect, they'll go anywhere to play anyone and quit bitching about it.
Bottomline; give BSU Michigan's schedule, they probably end up 8-4, or maybe 9-3. Give Michigan their schedule and we go at least 10-2, but probably 11-1, with a real good shot at 12-0.
People can quit crying about it being not fair to BSU, cuz its really not fair to teams like Alabama and tO$U who have to stay undefeated through actually tough schedules.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:21 PM ^
Yeah we'd probably go 11-1.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:25 PM ^
I demand you to stop looking stupid.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:26 PM ^
Hmm Boise against Michigan's schedule
UConn- Win
ND -Win
cupcakes - 2 wins
@Indiana - win
MSU - win
Iowa - win
@PSU - win
Illinois - win
@Purdue - win
Wisconsin - maybe, but if it's at home they win
@OSU - prob loss
So they go 11-1 , 10-2 at worst and guess what 10-2 gets you from the Big Ten...probably a BCS Bowl
September 6th, 2010 at 8:35 PM ^
Well, I guess that's your opinion cuz I don't think they beat Iowa or Wisconsin, so there's your 9-3.
But now we're back to the same argument we have every year; "Oh, they're better than team X, and they'd beat team Y...", but noone knows for sure, because their schedule SUCKS and they DON'T play good teams, so all we can do is speculate, which is stupid and no basis for a trip to the MNC.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:52 PM ^
except when they play the Oregon schools or when they played OKlahoma or TCU last year or Virginia Tech right now. They can't control their conference schedule(other than by leaving which is what they're doing) and they schedule tough in the non-conference.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:31 PM ^
I think Miami and FSU did that in the 80's because no one wanted to open a door for them to get recognition
September 6th, 2010 at 8:20 PM ^
Wow. VT looks like shit.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:21 PM ^
The Broncos Defense is flying and the special teams. Boise is playing their own version of Beamer Ball. On another note, does Kellen Moore look kinda like Audrina Patridge or is it just me?
September 6th, 2010 at 8:22 PM ^
It's hard to tell if Boise St is good so far because VT let them block the punt and their Oline looks terrible.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:37 PM ^
and that's impressive because Beamer Ball is all about turnovers, special teams, and winning close games, kinda the Minnesota Twins of college football.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:21 PM ^
If this is an ugly uniform contest, I think it would be a tie. My eyes hurt.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:33 PM ^
and its not even one of their colors, their maroon and orange are an afterthought.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:22 PM ^
Wow that did not take long! Might be a long game for Tech...
September 6th, 2010 at 8:22 PM ^
Austin Pettis is a pretty damn good football player
September 6th, 2010 at 8:28 PM ^
I dont like BSU, but Chris Peterson is good. Seems like an excellent coach and he turned down offers to leave and stayed for probably less money.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:30 PM ^
September 6th, 2010 at 8:37 PM ^
Tech fans are so annoying... 20 Tech fans, me and my girlfriend. So many excuses, so many people have no idea what's happening and stop yelling if you get a tackle. You're done by 10!
September 6th, 2010 at 8:40 PM ^
how boise state is good every year.
they never recruit in the top 25 nationally
they've lost coaches so it's not like it's just on stability alone (kind of like VT plays)
and how did they graduate zebransky (sp?) and then find kellen moore?
they play in idaho! it makes no sense. i feel like i'm taking crazy pills
September 6th, 2010 at 8:43 PM ^
Well they still have Petersen and I guess he can spot coaching talent (and obviously player talent too). After that they play harder than anybody else in the country and they play with heart.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:49 PM ^
kellen moore just threw a beautiful fade to whatever TE that was to make it 17-0 and he was 39/3 TD to INT ratio last year I think. his only offers according to rivals were boise, idaho, and eastern washington.
and boise is dominating in the trenches with 2 and 3 star dudes from oregon.
they're cheating somehow. probably turned the game mode onto junior varsity
September 6th, 2010 at 8:54 PM ^
^^ This is one of the funnier comments I've read in a while.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:55 PM ^
Remember: Idaho is pretty, and close to California. They can get significant talent from there.
That said the coaching job they do is very, very impressive.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:53 PM ^
They entered D1 football in 1998 and I believe in 2002 went 12-1 and were ranked somewhere around 15. It is a qb factory producing Zabransky, Moore and Ryan Dinwiddie (played in 2002 prior to zabransky). Zabransky and Dinwiddie are both in the CFL. Also in 2002 they had a RB brock forsey who played in the NFL and scored against the Lions.
September 6th, 2010 at 9:27 PM ^
against the Lions.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:41 PM ^
is destroying Va Tech right now.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:43 PM ^
I think someone sent VT's new uniforms down to Coral Gables. They're playing like the undisciplined Miami teams of old.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:46 PM ^
they aren't showing any sign of yielding. 16-0 Bosie my god this is becoming really bad for VT. They need a TD on their next drive to get the crowd back.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:48 PM ^
Thats an unbelievable touchdown catch by Gallarda. Boise State is rolling.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:48 PM ^
VT looks outmanned, outsmarted, outconditioned, and overmatched right now in a virtual home game.
Boise looks like the real deal.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:50 PM ^
VT is overmatched. Don't hate on Boise for being well prepared, as well as being a great football team.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:54 PM ^
Long way to go, but I blogged at the JCB that if you dressed this exact Boise team in Scarlett and Gray they would have been at least 7-point chalk. Instead, I actually got them at +1.5
Been saying it ever since I began commenting at Mgo over three years ago. Ohio State is the only Big 10 team I would take over Boise on their home turf. I'd take them on the road against most of them,
September 6th, 2010 at 8:54 PM ^
so far, this is entirely impressive. however, I'm still remembering that against oklahoma, they jumped out to the lead, then gave it away and needed the hook and lateral to tie it up.
that said, vatech doesn't look at all competitive to boise. their d has shown signs of competence, but they just can't quite shut them down.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:56 PM ^
That Oklahoma team had Adrian freaking Peterson.
September 6th, 2010 at 9:06 PM ^
That OU team also had former WR Paul Thompson as their starting QB......
Someone earlier said Boise would go 11-1 with out schedule this year....well one thing that poster seems to forget you have to take into account the fact that for at least 5 or 6 of those games Boise would have to get up every week and be fired up to play. When they only have 2 legit games where they could lose it's very easy to be fired up for those games compared to having to get up for about 7 or 8 games a year.
September 6th, 2010 at 8:58 PM ^
All that said, here comes the Hokies answer
And, then they go for a big loss on first down
September 6th, 2010 at 9:02 PM ^
Everytime they show the Refs waiting for the replay, you can see one of VT's cheerleaders who constantly looks like she's saying, "why so serious?".
September 6th, 2010 at 9:02 PM ^
Va Tech is losing. Fumble, blocked punt (on blown assignment), running into the kicker are the reasons why they are losing. That said, Boise's D-Line is dominating. Looks like maybe Va Tech is finally getting it together.
September 6th, 2010 at 9:04 PM ^
Huge touchdown for Tech.
September 6th, 2010 at 9:06 PM ^
seductively cooing to "always look for the Idaho potato seal" on my potatoes.
September 6th, 2010 at 9:18 PM ^
Anybody who thought this game was over after BSU took the early lead is stupid.
September 6th, 2010 at 9:19 PM ^
I feel bad for Beamer...with the D and special teams he has had over the last 10 yrs you would think he would have played for more than 1 national title.
But, this VT program has been so HORRIBLE on offense that they find ways to fail constantly year after year. They are so one dimensional it just kills them year after year..especially in a sorry ACC they should run through it every year and be on the brink of challenging for a title!
September 6th, 2010 at 9:24 PM ^
but other than that, i am pretty impressed with Boise so far on both sides of the ball.
Looking like they may just roll VA Tech.
September 6th, 2010 at 9:32 PM ^
20-14 with less than a minute to go in the half. Is VT starting a comeback?
September 6th, 2010 at 9:50 PM ^
How about we move here
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/va-techboise-2nd-half-lineopen-thread
We've fallen way off the main page....just in case new arrivals are looking for the open thread
should be a CAWsome second half
September 6th, 2010 at 11:36 PM ^
And I got negged for saying Boise State would win...