My biggest fear is being trapped in a small room with Santa.
I have Claustrophobia.
Former Boise State Bronco, Brett Rypien, leads the other Broncos to a win
Denver is in a really weird situation here where they have a guy on the roster they gave a quarter of a billion dollars to, but can’t score worth a darn. Brett Rypien helped orchestrate an offensive “explosion” of 24 points. Maybe Denver has something there? No? Oh well then. Hopefully Mr. Rypien has done enough to at least some looks from other teams in the league.
Bronco MBB wins their ninth-straight game
Barring our own actual recap, the one from Boise State will have to do. It looks like Oakland is bad this year? Historically they’ve been ok, right? I know I have probably chosen them more often than not to go further in the NCAA tourney than I should have.
Boise State broke a winter graduation record
Which is pretty awesome! And it had some notable Broncos. If you follow that rabbit through the hole you can see what plans the recent graduates have going forward.
Athlon Sports had Frisco Bowl at no. 17
A lot of these articles (and rankings) go through my head so I don’t remember if I already posted this (probably did) BUT it’s nice to see they had it higher than some of the other lamer bowls? Though after reading through it, I bet the players still wished it was played in Miami.
Miscellinkeous
It’s close to the time of the year where we have some time off. You bored? Try Free Rider.
Early signing is Wednesday. Typically there are one or two from the class who can contribute right away; everyone else has to bring themselves up to D1 capable. It seems we are no longer getting the cream of G5 crop. It has dropped of since the arriival of the Avalos regime. The question is; can they coah them up? I’m all for giving them the time but they have and had some elite atheletes remaining from the Harsin years. They have to do exceptional at recruiting guys who can move other people around, follow blocking schemes, and be just as… Read more »
We have done pretty well in the transfer portal. If we can have another quality transfer year we should be okay with our recruits. I have a lot of confidence in Bhonapha…and I am hoping Bush is as good of a recruiter as the talking radio heads think he is. All that talk of OKG, brotherhood, building good men off and on the field, may sound like goggledigook to those outside the program, but it seems like dependable authenticity over time. We can get those kids that want to play for something special, not just a hollow big name. Initially… Read more »