Boise State Broncos NCAA Football News

For Boise State to earn a spot in the Bowl Championship Series, coach Chris Peterson acknowledges his team not only needs to win, but win in convincing fashion.

Louisiana Tech running back Daniel Porter runs the ball past Boise State safety Winston Venable to score a first quarter touchdown during their NCAA college football game in Ruston, La., Friday, Nov.

Players from Boise State and Idaho are among this week's top players in the Western Athletic Conference.

It was a connection 7 games in the making. Prosser grad Kellen Moore hitting his brother Kirby for a touchdown for the first time at Boise State.

Scott said in an announcement Monday that after reviewing the situation he was "convinced LeGarrette Blount paid a significant and appropriate price for the mistakes he made on the field, and that he has learned important lifelong lessons." Blount will be eligible to play in Saturday's home game against Arizona State.

With the way Oregon is ripping up the college football world, and with the way Boise State dominated in the season opener, is there a chance that Kellen Moore and the Broncos should slip into the BCS Championship talk? What to do with RichRod now, the five stars who deserve credit, and more in this week's 5 Thoughts.

Friday night Boise State plays La Tech in Louisiana. The Broncos have traveled great distance already this season while fulfilling their 2009 schedule and remaining undefeated.

Urban Meyer of Florida became the first coach to be disciplined under the Southeastern Conference's new policy regarding criticizing officials.

Louisiana Tech has never played host to a team ranked as high as No. 5 Boise State.

IF THERE IS a lesson to be learned from this week's elections, it's that it isn't always possible to spend your way into high office.

If there's been one constant during Boise State's Golden Era, it's been that lots of guys have contributed in the box score.

What an odd season it has been for Byron Hout. Everybody knows how it started right after the win over Oregon in September.

With help from an opportunistic defense, Boise State remains in prime position to earn another BCS bowl bid.

Brian Murphy's column in the Statesman Saturday did what it was designed to do. It got some people riled up by saying Boise is not a "football town." The points were well-taken. If Boise is a football town, the San Jose State game should have sold out.

There's a leapfrog every week. Last week it was Horned Frogs, among others. This week, it's Cincinnati jumping Boise State in the BCS standings, going inexplicably from eighth to fifth while the Broncos remain at seventh and TCU sixth.

Urban Meyer just took, "Stand by your man," a little too far. Florida coach Urban Meyer's apparent policy on eye-gouging is now clear.

EUGENE - Oregon coach Chip Kelly said today that there's nothing to report about the possible reinstatement of suspended running back LeGarrette Blount.

BOISE STATE: The Broncos started out slow in their home meeting with San Jose State on Saturday afternoon, but the squad then scored 31 points over the course of the second and third quarters as they cruised to the 45-7 win.

BOISE, Idaho - Boise State is back home - at last. It's been nearly a month since the No.

Right now, Oregon just may be the best team in the nation. But the Ducks still face a dangerous stretch ahead.