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Blog Swap: Rockets Respond

Published Thursday, Sep 15th, 2011 By Cliff Marks Jr.

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Here is the link to Let’s Go Rockets post. They are a class act and were great to work with! This is the second year we have had the pleasure to team up with OBNUG. Last season we had a similar opportunity with the Va Tech blog Gobbler Country. Below are the Let’s Go Rockets answers to questions from BTN.

 

1.) Boise State is known for it’s Blue Turf. The Rockets play in the Glass Bowl, could you tell us about the name and its origins?

The Glass Bowl is so named because of the heavy impact of the glass industry on Toledo, also known as the Glass City. Several large glass companies have their origins in Toledo and the industry has always been a driving force in Toledo’s economy.

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Scouting the Toledo Rockets

Published Wednesday, Sep 14th, 2011 By Aaron Rodney

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Records & Series Meetings:

#4 Boise State:  1-0 (0-0 MWC)

Toledo:   1-1 (0-0 MAC) (Glass Bowl 26,248)

Last Meeting:

57-14 Boise State in Boise, ID (2010)

All Time Series Record:

1-0 Boise State

Last game:

Boise State defeated Georgia 35-17 in Atlanta, GA (Sept 3)

Toledo lost to #17 Ohio State in Columbus, OH 27-22 (Sept 10)

Coaches:

Boise State:

Chris Petersen is in his Sixth season at Boise State with an overall record of 62-5, 38-2 in the Western Athletic Conference and 0-0 in the Mountain West Conference.

Toledo:

Tim Beckman is in his 3rd season at Toledo with an overall record of 14-13 and 10-6 in the Mid American Conference.

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Let’s Go Rockets – Blog Swap Answers

Published Wednesday, Sep 14th, 2011 By Cliff Marks Jr.

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Blue Turf Nation contributor Derek Castle answers questions for the Toledo Football Blog Let’s Go Rockets. You can follow Derek on twitter @Keleka24

 

1.) Boise State has a unique position in college football and in the minds of college football fans after years of repeated success playing the “outsider”. What advantage / disadvantage does being in that unique role afford your program ?

  Boise State’s role of underdog or “Cinderella” has helped it build a huge national following.  For a school that is perceived as having such little tradition or history as far as most college football fans are concerned, there is quite a large following of fans across the country and even the world, that 10 years ago may have never even heard of Boise State University.  This has helped Boise State grow both its athletics and academics at an astounding pace.  On the flip side are the fans and media who feel we have not earned our place in college football because of lack of tradition and history.  Because of Boise State’s short history in FBS football, there is a lack of credibility with mainstream media and traditional college football fans, to the point where many of our football team’s greatest achievements are dismissed as luck, or success that could not be achieved or sustained in the “big boy” conferences, or “week in and week out”. 

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Blog Swap – Rocket Style

Published Tuesday, Sep 13th, 2011 By Cliff Marks Jr.

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We have been in contact with the crew at Let’s Go Rockets and we have agreed to do a five question blog swap. Here are the questions we have asked them:

1.) Boise State is known for it’s Blue Turf. The Rockets play in the Glass Bowl, could you tell us about the name and its origins?

2.) Your game last week was a victory of sorts can you tell us your thoughts on the game with Ohio State?

3.) Boise State fans have traditions during the game. We chant Boise… State and we help the announcer with his first down calls. What can we expect from the Toledo fans?

4.) What are the expectations for this game? Do you have a prediction?

5.) You still have a great number of tickets available. What does it take for you to sell out The Glass Bowl?

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An ElvisEYE view of the Boise State – Georgia Festivities

Published Thursday, Sep 8th, 2011 By Cliff Marks Jr.

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Will aka Blue Elvis  from Bronco Country provided us with some great shots from the Boise State – Georgia festivities at the Chik-Fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta. You can follow Will on twitter: @BadWillHunting

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Thoughts To Think About

Published Wednesday, Sep 7th, 2011 By Heath Dreger

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My First Thought: it is important to respect the journey of a season. So much was made of the opener against Georgia and rightfully so, it is rare, at least for most programs, to start a season with a game against a ranked opponent in a bowl like atmosphere. The aftermath however is controlled to a certain degree by the fans. As big as the win against Georgia was for the program it is only one game of a football season, it is easy to get caught up in all the outside noise. My plea to the fans is this “enjoy the win, enjoy the season and enjoy Boise State football”. The off seasons are long the seasons are short, there is plenty of time to talk about where Chris Continue Reading

Boise State’s Annual Quest: Worthiness

Published Sunday, Sep 4th, 2011 By Cliff Marks Jr.

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After an eight month off season the heart of the Broncos has been exposed once again. With the continuing speculation of worthiness we again move forward into a new season. Yesterday the twitter feeds spoke of the naysayers before the game and the excuse mongers after the SEC win. The majority of the national talking heads were predicting defeat at the hands of a more powerful SEC team. There were a few that predicted a win from Boise State and actual statements of worthiness of the number five pre-season poll position, but they were fewer and in the minority.

We experienced the typical swing in the opinions of the game announcers from ESPN who began the game with talk of Georgia and the SEC superiority to the final thoughts of “on any given Saturday”. One announcer even spoke of strength and toughness only later to say the Boise State lacked depth. Is there anyone other than those of us that are Boise State fans that truly believe?

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Boise State Position Series ’05 vs ’11: Running Backs

Published Friday, Sep 2nd, 2011 By Heath Dreger

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2011 present and exciting time for Boise State fans at the RB position. The reason why, Doug Martin, as Doug returns for his senior year many believe he is the most physically gifted tailback BSU has ever had. With him also returns senior tailback DJ Harper, unlike Martin the excitement with DJ is a met with caution as he returns coming off a back to back season that was ended with torn ACL’s. In 2005 Boise State came into the season with a whole group of RB’s who were all experienced and showed value in different areas of the game, making this a strong running back by committee group. There was also a young RB, who at the time, not many knew who he was, x-factor, freshman, tailback, Ian Johnson.

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Boise State Position Series ’05 vs ’11: Linebackers

Published Wednesday, Aug 31st, 2011 By Heath Dreger

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In 2005, Boise State came into the season with some question marks at Linebacker. They had a former walk-on in Colt Brooks moving into the starting position, and juniors Chris Barrios and Korey Hall taking center stage in wake of the loss of Andy Avalos. Looking into 2011, you don’t find those question marks with the starters both being seniors. Aaron Tevis, and Byron Hout return to the lineup. The questions of 2011 reside in the backup role’s where you find juniors Tommy Smith, and seasoned vet junior J.C. Percy. Both of whom have played minutes but will be asked to step up and take on a larger role in 2011.

Linebackers 2005: Coming into the 2005 season many people understood Korey Hall (Jr. 6’1 231 lbs) was a special player. He was a sophomore who learned from another great player in Andy Avalos. The kid from a small town in Idaho had a work ethic that couldn’t be matched. After that though questions were being asked, you had another Idaho guy in Colt Brooks (Jr. 6’1 209 lbs) slated to start at the SAM linebacker spot, he was a proven special teams player having won special teams player of the year in 2003, but split playing time in 2004. Finally at the WILL linebacker spot you had 3 inexperienced men competing for the starting role. Those men were Chris Barrios (Jr. 5’11 220 lbs), Josh Bean (So. 6’4 6’2 229 lbs) and Jared Hunter (Jr. 6’4 225 lbs).  Expectations for this group were mixed, on the one hand you had Korey Hall who was coming off of a 1st team All-WAC season. On the other hand, you had a group of guys that had never been asked to play an entire season as the go to guy. Colt Brooks proved over a career to be a very valuable linebacker. Colt though was obviously very undersized coming into this season at 209 lbs, a lot of teams have safeties that carry more weight. From there Barrios, Bean, and Hunter all shared time but none ever established themselves as a go to linebacker.

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Boise State Position Series ’05 vs ’11: Quarterbacks

Published Monday, Aug 29th, 2011 By Heath Dreger

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When looking back at 2005 the most sensitive subject for Boise State fans, Jared Zabransky.  For most Georgia fans, that same name brings back memories of domination. When looking at the upcoming match up September 3rd, Georgia fans feel like they are going to be reliving the past. Another big name Boise State QB is coming into Georgia who is going to receive another “reality check”. After all Jared Zabransky came to the game in Athens with a lot of hype, and we all saw what happened in that game right? For the most part, from an outsider perspective, I am sure that perspective works. What is the reality of the situation though? Is Kellen Moore coming into Atlanta much like Zabransky went into Athens before him?

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