Air Force’s assassination squad did their job well last week, leading to a host of Bronco injuries (namely on the defensive line, per usual) I’ll admit it made me the slightest bit nervous, not to lose, but to be at risk of an annoying game, ya know? Well, my fears were quelled it would turn out.
1st Quarter
So not quite RIGHT away. Both teams traded 3-and-outs, but then the fun began. Caples wears #20 now on punts to avoid dumb penalties, and the offense looked great on drive #2. Staying true to Coach Pete’s halftime analysis, “Boy-zee has always been a run first team”. Holani got what felt like 80 runs with a couple nice catches by Cobbs and McAllister. It would turn out that we only had 5 plays and we did it in turbo speed, just under 2 minutes.
Before I get too far, DIVINE OBICHERE might as well be Divine OBITUARY. With Matlock out, not only did he not miss a meat, he was an absolute monster. 7 tackles, 4.5 TFL, and 2 sacks. Un.Real. Hogans also played great in place of George Tarlas. Granted, the whole defense was playing out of their minds today.
Officials were pretty lame today, dumb reviews and a lot of flags, but I suppose you can’t hit a man that decides to leap in the air?
2nd Quarter
As the second quarter offense got rolling, it became clear that McAllister is the greatest football player of all time. The redshirt freshman was anywhere and everywhere in the first half, clearing carving himself a role. Taylen Green just looked awesome all the way through, with excellent throws every which way, hitting Riley Smith on a nice tiptoe TD.
In the meantime, the defense was suffocating, and the CSU QB kept doing these weird little shovel passes. It was of course to no avail, but they looked cute! He got sacked a lot. 5 times.
Unfortunately, this lead to the worst part of the game. Our secondary always seems to give up a few huge plays. Many more open Rams receivers dropped potentially dangerous passes as well, but CSU came up with an 80 yard bomb untouched to paydirt. I’m still a little worried about that y’all, BYU week incoming. {end rant}
Cobbs almost has the greatest catch of all time, snatching an interception and turning it into a pot of gold, but they overturned it. They hate fun, of course.
3rd Quarter
First drive of the half, Taylen Green had me standing up from my couch after this one. 6’6 and this shifty is gonna get us some NCAA violations. That’s a Heisman move if I’ve ever seen one.
The funniest play of the entire game was an attempted run by CSU on 4th and 1 in their own territory, down 35-10. In a shocking turn of events, the defensive line reaches the RB as soon as he gets the ball. Beautiful stuff really.
HAT TRICK HOLANI puts the game at a comfy little spot, and he had himself a nice little game really.
4th Quarter
We thought that would be the end of our scoring tirade, but we were blessed with another one! An Oscar worthy performance from Aussie punter JFR (who had an amazing game) gave a roughing the kicker call that brought us to paydirt once more. Taylen Green could not be lassoed all night, even when they blitzed 9 guys, he would just do another loop and voila! TD.
Just thought this was funny. Virtually no hope for the Rams.
What did you think? I got to say I enjoyed a stress-free game, and the development of TG has been nothing short of fantastic to watch. BYU week next up!
Our defense was absolutely stellar tonight with the exception of one play, the Rams 75 yard touchdown pass.
#10 T aGreen is maturing before our eyes. 75 % completion rate, 2 TD’s and 305 yards! Great job!
Holani 100+ yards and 3TD’s!
Great team effort! This is the Broncos we all expected and yearned to see all season!
Go Broncos!
Stress free games are they best! I was watching with my son and he commented “I forgot how much fun it is to watch games like this”. I couldn’t agree more.
BYU will be interesting, but I think we got it.
Great game tonight, looking forward to the next one.
I don’t think anyone can question TG’s arm. Made a couple bad decisions but it was likely becuase he trusted his receivers.
Great win.
Devine is devine.
Eleleyon, if he keeps it up, will be testing Holani and Jeanty for snaps.
Another great definsive display. But man giving up the big plays. I guess it’s better than having them beat you down play after play.
Any questions about Green’s ability to throw the ball should now be put to bed. Some of those passes were rockets.
This kid is gonna be special. Good pocket awareness, consistently going to his second and third reads, accurate, good anticipatory throws.
Yes, Colorado State is bad. He did what good QBs do to bad teams.
We’re totally ready for BYU. I wouldnt have dared to think such a thought a month into the season but here we are ready to add to the cougars epic collapse.
For a while, I thought the gold and white uni’s of CSU somehow magically hid the penalties they got away with. I had two holds, a facemask, and a motion penalty not called. That’s without going back over any footage. Even my wife, who doesn’t know a lot about the penalties, caught them! As far as the defense, well….other than the one ‘oops’ in there, they were lights out! Seriously, 3 YARDS RUSHING????? Granted, CSU is a dumpster fire right now but, that is still incredibly impressive. Their star RB, who had some eye-catching stats the previous three games, held… Read more »
Quick shout out to the new writers, I’ve followed OBNUG and the new home….this sense of humor and writing style just takes me back to a happier time. Kudos, I appreciate you.
3 Rushing yards?!? 3!?! That is impress! Even with Matlock and Tarlas out. We got some solid d-line depth and defense as a whole. I was listening to the radio and watching on tv with the sound off. The radio is a bit ahead of the tv broadcast. I would hear “Green to pass…and it’s caught!!!” Over and over. I still have a bit of anxiety every time I hear “…to pass” but this was refreshing. It sort of took me back to Kellen days where the ball would leave his hand and I would excitedly wait to see who… Read more »
Boise was on a 30 game streak of not getting 500 yards of offense, which finally ended last night (514).
Boise already has more rushing touchdowns that last year (16 to 15), and needs 7 yards to pass last year’s total of 1,444. I think the running game is working
Most excellent outing. Great win. Pump the brakes on Green’s arm though. He had a couple passes that should have been intercepted. Against a team that isn’t the lowly Rams, it would have been a different story. The deep ball is not his friend… yet. Having said that, he was seeing the field well and anticipating the crossing routes. All really great news!! Think the future is bright for him barring a disaster OC hire. Also, think it’s great that Obichare is feeling it on the field. He needs to be careful with those celebrations though. Nothing worse than following… Read more »
So now that we’re several games in to the Green/Koetter offense – I want to re-ask a question I asked after game one: Can anyone explain *why* this team looks night-and-day different than with Hank/Plough at the helm? Not a criticism of Hank at all – simply acknowledging that from one week to the next our offense went from sputtering and anemic to a finely tuned high-output machine. Sure; there were two personnel changes – but that doesn’t explain why the O-line and Holani seem to be reborn. Different schemes? Execution? Taylen’s mobility? A renewed sense of belief and optimism?… Read more »
Reply to “thatdadlife” What a great conversation sarter. Likely thousands of other fans have wondered the same thing. There is such a thing as a sub or un conscience revolt on a team. Here is a part of what I mean. Obichere mentioned in his presser that what Taylen Green has been doing is not surprising. He’s been doing it all along in practice. Players sometimes don’t play as well when they think a second team player is playing with them, when the best guy is on the sidelines. They revolt–unitentionally, until the best player is promoted to starting. (I… Read more »
@Inigo: I have observed that same phenomenon myself a few times. Among many teams and sometimes even in the old Southwick/Hedrick days (not to this same degree though). I guess I was hoping it wasn’t that simple – but sometimes it just is what it is on the surface. It did definitely feel like that subconscious “vote of no confidence” thing. One thing we know for sure now – everyone is pretty bought in. And I agree – hate to see things go how they have for Hank and that he’s a good guy. Something about the time and place… Read more »
To Boise;
The arm is fine, it’s the decisions. I know that’s what you meant.