The Boise State players left to Arizona as the WAC Champions – a perfect 13-0 undefeated season, they left with one thing on their mind and returned with that realization. 14-0 Perfection and a second Fiesta Bowl Championship. Prior to the Montana Hoops game on December 23rd the Bronco players had a fan meet and greet and Coach Pete addressed The Bronco Nation at half time to share his appreciation and to let everyone know they were off to Arizona with business on their mind.
Business indeed. Today the team returned to a warm welcome from the governor and mayor along with about 400-500 of the faithful Bronco Nation. Coach shared his heart felt message of appreciation then he turned it over to the Kyle’s – Wilson, Brotzman and Efaw. The coaches were introduced and the crowd showed an enormous appreciation to the team and the coaching staff. The Bronco Nation showed big in Arizona and The Broncos acknowledged and were thankful of that fact. Here are a few pictures as a recap. Continue Reading
Hello Blue Turf Nation! JT the Fan here – I’m tired, my voice is about 50% gone, my head hurts from yelling from 3 hours, and I’m about as happy as anyone could be about it. 2010 Fiesta Bowl victory!
Since I was there in person, with excellent seats thanks to a few of my Idaho friends, I would feel remiss if I didn’t share my experiences from the game yesterday. These are really just some random thoughts on the game.
Due to work and a few other items, my step dad Larry and I didn’t get to the stadium until about 4:00. The party was well under way when we got there though – and I was happy to see that the Boise State fans seemed to outnumber the TCU fans about 3:1. I was also surprised by the number of Texas Longhorn fans at the game. I think a lot of them decided to drive to Phoenix, spend a few days enjoying the weather and the Fiesta Bowl, and then headed out to LA today for the title game on Thursday.
I was sitting in a networking meeting this morning and an email came across my phone from ESPN. This small personal and fan based blog was picked as their site of the day because of our great win last night. I had made my decision to delay my post and go to this meeting, which is kind of ironic. I did announce the selection at the meeting and of course the main topic of conversation was the game last night.
It’s a little weird that I am not at the game this year, but with my recent job change and simple economics I felt it was best to stay home. I must admit though, the memories from the first appearance in 2007 are still fresh in my memory.
The day before The Fiesta Bowl was The Humanitarian Bowl with Miami and Reno. The Canes were coming to Boise and with their past history of College Football dominance, I felt I had to go to the H-Bowl. Paul J (The Voice of the Broncos at that time) had offered me his 50 yard line seats and I graciously accepted, went to the gam and proceeded to freeze every part of my body. It was to say the least – Damn Cold!
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