Well, that happened. Despite some late game heroics from Maddux Madsen and Stefan Cobbs, the Broncos let a late lead slip away on a walk-off field goal from UCF’s kicker.
Ashton Jeanty had a monster game in his start, racking up 212 yards combined rushing and receiving, along with a touchdown.
Taylen Green got dinged up with a supposed twisted ankle, and ended up benched shortly into the 3rd quarter.
UCF won the coin toss and elected to receive.
FIRST QUARTER
UCF starts on their own 25 after a touchback, worked into BSU territory on big 49-yard pass and run for 11, then picked off on the BSU 3 by Alexander Teubner.
Boise State took over on their own 3, working into UCF territory until a huge Taylen Green pass got called back for “lack of possession” before the receiver went out of bounds, and BSU ended up punting.
UCF took over at their own 20, and had a quick drive culminate in a long field goal.
UCF 3 – BSU 0
Boise State took the ensuing kickoff out to the 28, then worked a shovel pass and some grinding run into a 38-yard Green to Jeanty pitch and catch and the lead.
UCF 3 – BSU 7
BSU’s kickoff went for a touchback, and UCF took over at their own 25, working into Boise State territory before the BSU defense stiffened up for a turnover on downs at the 13.
SECOND QUARTER
BSU’S drive from the 13 went to about midfield before a booming punt backed UCF up to their own 3.
UCF worked from their 3 to the BSU red zone thanks to an untimely BSU penalty extending a huge run, but ultimately settled for 3 thanks to the defense pulling off another stand.
UCF 6 – BSU 7
UCF booted the ensuing kickoff for a touchback, and the Broncos squandered a weird drive by ultimately booming another punt to the UCF 16.
UCF punted after a quick three-and-out, and BSU took over on their own 31.
The Broncos took a short drive to a career-long field goal for Jonah Dalmas.
UCF 6 – BSU 10
BSU’s ensuing short kickoff resulted in a huge return by UCF to their own 49. The Bronco defense forced yet another field goal by UCF.
UCF 9 – BSU 10
BSU messed around for about a minute before halftime.
HALFTIME: UCF 9 – BSU 10
UCF kicked the second half off with an out of bounds kickoff, and Boise State’s opening drive of the third quarter resulted in a rough Taylen Green pick in the UCF redzone.
UCF once again drove into BSU territory, only to be picked off on a miraculous deflection in the endzone.
The next drive started with Taylen Green behind center, before he left the game with cramps (per Coach Avalos’s postgame presser), then Maddux Madsen took over before a BSU punt to the UCF 12.
Both teams played dueling punters throughout the rest of the 3rd, before UCF took a long drive for 6 and failed at 2 point attempt to start the 4th quarter.
FOURTH QUARTER
UCF 15 – BSU 10
Mad Dog Madsen took the BSU offense on a grinding drive into UCF territory, calling his own number on a 4th down play where he trucked a UCF safety for a conversion. Madsen hit Mr. Static Shock himself on a strike where Stefan Cobbs kept himself upright and drove to paydirt. Madsen’s conversion attempt went incomplete in the back of the endzone.
UCF 15 – BSU 16
BSU’s kickoff to the UCF 4 sparked a return to 20, but UCF’s run game ground the clock and the field down for a walk-off field goal attempt. After Coach Avalos attempted a freeze, UCF’s kicker boomed it true
It was a fun game anyway. Defense gave up chunk after chunk of yards. Coach should have pulled green much sooner, it was obvious in the second quarter that he wasn’t feeling right.
Going to be a rough season. Idk how the season would go if Ashton goes out. TG doesn’t look like he’s gotten any better from last year. Ik BSU lost by 2 but UCF out gained BSU by 150 yards. Honestly what’s Andy’s buyout/ contract up?
That was rough. Both sides played with a lot of heart. I have no complaints with the effort from anyone. Defensive scheme is not good. DB’s might be good but who knows when you give the receivers 15 yards of cushion at the snap. Linebacker group has talent. Offense has some serious talent. Play calling was stale and predictable. We may be on to something with Madsen. He looks like a baller. That’s all I have to say about the game. To be honest I’m pretty down on the whole situation. If there ever was a time that we needed… Read more »
I’m getting really frustrated with the secondary, how can they be giving the receivers such a HUGE cushion and then they still end up WIDE OPEN all the time?
I know right? I mean it makes sense when they catch a quick hitter and run for 6 or 7 yards. But how are they consistently streaking across the middle wide open?!?! Isn’t that the point of the huge cushion? To prevent that!!! It’s weird. But I feel like I have had that complaint about our defense for years. The difference was that in the past we had game changing athletes at key defensive positions. While we have some great talent on defense, nobody has emerged yet as a player that can blow up a QB on a pass rush… Read more »
14 burned last 2 games.
Well, that was fun until it wasn’t. I was at the WHOLE game. My impressions: • Green is ruined (irreparably?). Hamdan (or Avalos? Or????) have turned an athletic phenom with unique playmaking ability into an over-thinking head case. He is NOT a defense reading, pocket passer!!!! Learn to use what makes him special or turn it over to Maddux Madsen. • Hamdan’s play-calling is bland and it sucks. • Avalos is NOT the answer. He has no ability to inspire his team, give help on the offensive side of the ball, or make in-game adjustments. He is a good DC,… Read more »
I disagree on Green. I think he is a better QB than he was last year. His throws look better. Far more accurate. The unfortunate part is that last year he was so far away from being a capable passer that even with this improvement, he is still not an effective passer. He’s not a pocket passer. Period end of story. Koetter recognized this and said, we will run the ball, then run the ball and then run it. Follow that with a run and then SNEAK ATTACK PASS. Bush should have adopted this with maybe a little more passing.… Read more »
Andy is the leader but he’s not dropping balls. Players need to execute plays. DB’s getting burned giving up big play. Defense is a work in progress. I think they will find their way. Coaches need to make adjustments in real time.
Joe p, I do agree that the players are not executing at a high level. But, that is part of my point. Don’t get me wrong, Andy is a great dude. I wanted him to come here. But, he is 17-11 in 2 full seasons + 2 games. For comparison: Hawkins lost 10 times, but didn’t reach double-digit losses until season 5. Petersen lost 12 times, but he didn’t reach double-digit losses until season 8. Harsin lost 19 times, but didn’t reach double-digit losses until season 4. Maybe Andy can turn it around. BUT, all I ever hear him say… Read more »
It’s rare to find a nice guy and a good coach, Pete for one. However nice Pete appeared to be, I still wouldn’t want to be in his crosshairs. Andy, to me, just doesn’t inspire. And I’ve said this from day one. The day an HC steps to the lectern, he has to be in full command. Andy’s now in his third year; nuff said.
Plus, I don’t think Bush is the answer either.
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Well, as you all did, I noticed some things. The defensive scheme needs a reboot. It didn’t work last week, and it didn’t work this week. It seems we’re back to a vanilla playbook. The spark isn’t there as it used to be, although the defense came up with a few heads-up plays. Taylen Green has been changed, and I’m not sure that’s a good thing. It seems that, instead of what appeared to be some instinctual plays last year, this year (thus far) is more of a calculation game instead of a reaction and taking what you’re given. Our… Read more »
The Punter is an absolute weapon. And his punts look terrible at first but they are all so fantastic!!! It’s weird.
Also, that freshman running back isn’t getting enough love!! He had jaw dropping speed on that run. He may not be ready to take a handoff into a big boy college football line, but give that kid the ball in space! Maybe play him out of the slot?
AFFan1982, I mostly agree with you, and the refs absolutely did suck. Still, isn’t “We beat ourselves more than they beat us” a recurring theme with the Avalos regime (as it also was with the end of the Harsin era)?
I think you nailed it with your question….
Hard to believe that New Mexico, Hawaii, UNLV, San Jose State, etc have better records than Boise right now.
Even Idaho has a better record.
I agree that the Offense seems bland & cardboard like. The defensive schemes are awful & Taylen Green is trending in the wrong direction. No offense, but a 5’10” QB (Madsen) is not the answer.
Unless a miraculous turnaround is in order then I think it’s time to think outside the box & look outside the family tree for new leadership.
I seem to remember another QB that was about 5’-10” that did pretty damn good round here….
And his name was Nick Patti!!! Get in losers, its time to ride the Patti Wagon!!!!!!!
I couldn’t wait for a Nick Patti analogy; Goodwin’s law.
No soup for you!
Breadstick?
Here’s something I have speculated about since last year. Green, to me, is not NFL material as a QB. Perhaps a receiver. So, I thought as soon as a guy comes along better than Green, he goes to WR, where he might really blossom and have a shot at the NFL.
There’s something to chew on.
I am curious if that last field goal was a miss would this team still suck? Would people be calling for the coaches to be replaced? That one kick moves a lot of emotion. We played better than week one. Green has had three different offensive coordinators. It mate take them a little while to figure each other out. Our defense played with heart. Yes there was mistakes. Yes there is some stuff to clean up. And we have a pretty good football team. I am confident we can go undefeated from here on out. If we are going into… Read more »
Very fair and good question. I’m not seeing a whole lot of difference in the Udub game a UCF. The only difference; a good team played and an average team played. The Broncos have good talent. Looking back, the Broncos have always recruited above their weight. Not so much this year (so far) and last year. Everyone I know of was calling for a statement in the UCF game. And I think we got it. If this and other posts seem to be a bit Debbie Downer, well, that’s the type of thing that makes players come to Jesus, and… Read more »