to start talking about next years replacements for Jeron Johnson, Winston Venable, Titus Young, & Austin Pettis? In my opinion, these are the four seniors we'll have the most difficult time replacing next season. 

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Pete Thamel from The New York Times was in Glendale throughout last week covering the Fiesta Bowl.  He did a Q & A yesterday on the NY Times website so I submitted a question. Join me after the jump to see my question, Pete's answer, and some good perspective on Boise State Football.

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Here is Scouts Inc's (ESPN Insider) assessment of the Boise State - Nevada game.

Boise State is given the advantage at: QB, WR, OL, LB, DB, ST, & Coaching.

Nevada is given the advantage at: RB & DL.

As Kevan says, "Join me after the jump to read and discuss Scouts Inc's week 13 preview of Nevada vs Boise State."

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Iowa has recently launched a PR  campaign to show they're more deserving than Cinciannati, BSU, TCU, Oregon, etc.

Bruce Feldman covered some of this in his blog yesterday:

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I posted something about this yesterday in the "week 6 discussion" or whatever it's called.  Anyway, there are a couple items/notes about Oregon I'd like to discuss or hear your opinion about.

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I checked to see what the ESPN Friday night game was this week and I was surprised to see Missouri @ Nevada.  I thought this was on Saturday for some reason.  Anyway, let's hope Nevada at least shows up for this one.  I'm hoping the crowd will be enough to keep them in it for awhile... but Nevada has looked TERRIBLE so far this season. Good thing they have a HoF coach and the pre-season WAC offensive player of the year!! Wooooot!!!

Article from Graham Watson, ESPN non-bcs blogger. http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/8185/boise-state-and-new-haven-engage-in-colorful-debate

Boise State is no longer the only school in the country with a blue field.

The University of New Haven, a Division II program that restarted its football program this season after a five-year absence, is also playing on a blue field this season, which is drawing the ire of Boise State.

According to a story in the New Haven Register, Boise State has expressed concern over New Haven’s field being too similar to Boise State’s. However, New Haven athletic director Debbie Chin contends that the fields aren’t the same.

“We have a blue and gold field, which was originally our intent,” Chin told the paper. “Those are our school colors. We don’t have the same colors as Boise State.”

Boise State’s field is blue and orange.

Boise State already is looking to trademark their blue field and New Haven is the only school opposing it.

New Haven’s vice president of finance George Synodi told the newspaper that the two schools are close to finalizing a licensing agreement that would not require New Haven to pay Boise State and Boise State has no intention of pursuing legal action against New Haven.

Attempts to reach Boise State director of trademark licensing and enforcement Rachel Bickerton were unsuccessful, but she issued a statement to the New Haven Register:

“Since 1986, the blue field has been an iconic symbol for Boise State University and Boise. It is recognized near and far as the home of Broncos. We consider the blue turf to be part of our identity, and we place great value on that uniqueness.”

There are a few potentially huge game for the Broncos this weekend:

#6 Cal @ Oregon

#8 Boise State @ Bowling Green (obviously)

Fresno State @ #14 Cincinnati

#15 TCU @ Clemson

Texas Tech @ #17 Houston

I'm going to cross my fingers and hope for wins from Oregon (please pick a better uni combo this weekend - last weeks may have been the worst in college football HISTORY), Boise State, Fresno State (yuck - especially after their Oregon like whining), Clemson, and Texas Tech.  This probably wont happen.. but here are my thoughts on the games:

Cal @ Oregon -The only way Oregon has a chance is if Masoli regains his "last 3 games of 08" form Oregon fans are always talking about.  Let's cross our fingers.

Boise State @ Bowling Green - We don't really have to talk about this here.. Clearly Coach Pete just has me buying into his theme of our game each week being the biggest of the season.

Fresno State @ Cincinnati - Can Ryan Matthews repeat his performance from last week?  I hope so.  But realistically I dont think the Fresno D can slow down Cincy's offense.

TCU @ Clemson - One of the hardest places to play in the nation.  I want Clemson to win so it helps our chances this year, but as far as the big picture.. a TCU win helps all the "non-BCS" teams out.

Texas Tech @ Houston - I think Houston has a chance here.. Tech just played a big game last week against Texas, but they did play pretty well in the loss.  Tech might have a let down, but because Houston is ranked, Tech will probably be ready.  Same thing as the TCU game as far as.. Houston loss helps us this year, Houstin win helps "non-BCS" as a whole and in the long run..

What are your thoughts on these games?

So Graham Watson had her weekly chat today... I spammed her with questions like:

-How's the WAC pre-season player of the year - Colin Kaepernick - doing this year?  I thought he improved on his passing (especially accuracy) in the offseason?  Didnt it take them 7 qtrs to score their first TD this year?

-What happened to mighty Nevada and that "high powered offense"!?

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-Why do you hate Boise State?

Haha and then she picked my question:

Why do you hate Boise State?

Why do you think I hate Boise State? I've said many time they're incredibly talented and have outstanding coaching. They never get ahead of themselves and they have a killer instinct a lot of other teams in the five conferences lack. I've also said Kellen Moore is one of the coolest quarterbacks I've ever seen (cool meaning calm under pressure, not Fonzie cool). They just have a terrible schedule this season. So, if by stating the fact that they have a terrible schedule means that I hate them, then yes, yes I'm guilty.

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Five inside the game  battles to keep an eye on via NFL scout Daniel Jeremiah:

Boise St CB Kyle Wilson is an undersized player with speed, toughness and return ability. He will get a chance to compete against three underrated Fresno State WR's this Friday night. He had five interceptions as a junior but has yet to record a pick through the first two weeks of the season. Traditionally, scouts love to attend these Thursday/Friday games and it is always a huge draft boost when top prospects put together impressive performances.

If the Fresno game (or any game this year) comes down to a game winning/tying field goal for the Broncos, do you have confidence in Brotz to make the kick!? 

Anything under 30-35 yards I'd feel like he has a decent chance, but anything over 35 and I probably wont be able to watch..  Is it just the left hash (again), or is he just struggling in general.

Kickers remind me of goalies.. they're all quirky, either really hot or really cold, and when things go bad - the wheels fall off.  I hope this hasnt happened to Brotz. I feel like we're going to need him at some point this year...