Itchy
Post Published: 05 December 2009Hands that is, as the Broncos punted again to give NMSU the ball at the 50-yard line. The Aggies are winning the field position game, but failed again to capitalize. Kyle Hughes just missed a 43-yard field goal with the wind swirling in Bronco Stadium.
Meanwhile, we’re all freaking out because of the Pitt/Cincinnati game, with the Bearcats scoring a winning touchdown in the final minute, securing a spot as the Big East Champion and an automatic berth in the BCS.
Punt Punt
Post Published: 05 December 2009Both the Broncos and Aggies were forced to punt on their first drives. BSU punter Kyle Brotzman ducked a punt for 16 yards, giving NMSU the ball inside BSU territory, but could not get a first down. Billy Winn (D-tackle) sacked Jeff Fleming for a 7-yard loss to force the punt. BSU now has the ball at their own 7-yard line. Kellen Moore re-takes the field.
Pre-game
Post Published: 05 December 2009It’s the final show on this beautiful Blue Turf. BSU and New Mexico State, Senior Day and there may be a blizzard coming. My friend in Glenns Ferry said there is a ‘white-out’ in town and that’s only 60 miles away. But we have blue skies in Boise, a bit nippy and cold but lovely to again be prepared to fly to the Bowl Championship Series. Win today and the Broncos are in … hopefully.
Fumble!
Post Published: 27 November 2009Vai Taua fumbled the ball, foced by Jeron Johnson and Aaron Tevis, recovered by Winston Venable. The turnover gave BSU the ball on the Nevada 33-yard line.
Doug Martin put the Broncos into field goal territory and Brotzman nailed a 27-yarder to make it a 2-score game.
I don’t get why they stopped giving the ball to Martin. He has done nothing but produce in the last two games. He picks up mass yardage, then somehow the Broncos manage to stumble in the passing game. The BSU defense is coming up with stops, that right now is the difference.
Fourth Quarter
Post Published: 27 November 2009It’s got a nervous feel out here in Boise. The rain has stopped and so has the BSU offense, which only has one score in the second half. The usually potent offense has struggled to move the ball and has given up chunks of yards in field position because of it. Nevada now has a chance to drive, score and tie it.
Moore Fumbled
Post Published: 27 November 2009It was a big play for Kellen to hit Kirby for a 21-yard gain on third down, but Kirby fumbled at the end of the play, to give the Wolf Pack the ball and the first turnover of the game, the momentum and the chance to close the gap.
Taua breaks free
Post Published: 27 November 2009Vai Taua answered the BSU score with a 71-yard TD run right up the middle on the option play. The play put him over 100 yards for the game. He has at least 100 yards rushing against every WAC team this season. That’s 8 consecutive games. And it’s a 34-26 game.
Martin Moves the Pile
Post Published: 27 November 2009So, we were beggin BSU to run the ball against a soft front six and Doug Martin took care of it. He had runs of 11, 16, 8, 8, 5, 5 and 1 and then watched Moore hit Gallarda on a 21-yard post pass in which Garrett Pendergast was lined up in the slot. It was a hard-fought drive.
Pettis
Post Published: 27 November 2009We’re sitting up here wondering about Austin Pettis and what his absence means to this offense, which has struggled since he was hurt. We’re begging BSU to run the ball against this defense so prepared to stop the pass.
Drake
Post Published: 27 November 2009Field goals are not failures. Nevada’s latest closed it to a 1-score game. BSU really needs to put together a drive and get a score to separate the two teams. Nevada is going to keep on scoring. Nevada has scored the lat 16 points while BSU has struggled to drive. This is where we see what this BSU team is really made of. Are they BCS worthy? This second half will provide an answer.
