Game Facts

  • Date: Saturday, September 21st @7:45 PM MST
  • Location: The Blue
  • Weather at kickoff: °71
  • Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
  • Odds: Boise State by 41.5
  • TV: FS1
  • Radio: 670 KBOI/Here or Stream
  • Commentators: Eric “BRIDGES” Collins (Play by Play) and Mr. Spencer Tillman (Analyst)

Other facts

1. Big Whoop

Portland State cancelled their last matchup thanks to a whopping cough outbreak on the team. Team doctors have cleared things though, so we should be good to go.

2. S O L D O U T

Boise State has sold out the first three games of the season. Good work JD, and good work all of you!

3.  THREADZ

My perhaps controversial take on Bronco Twitter last night was that this is my favorite uniform combo, and I stand by that. Night game whiteout should be a lot of fun too.

4. Happy Birthday, Matt!

May he get many targets tomorrow.

5. Blowouts?

Look, there are a lot of reasons to think we will win this game by a lot. Throwback to the most lopsided Boise State game I can remember in quite some time.

Streaks

Boise State – Lost 1

Portland State – Lost 2

Best Name On Their Roster

Jacques Badolato-Birdsell, RB

Just a truly exquisite name. Were he a Bronco, we could call him “Birdman” or “Ja BB Gun”, I mean the nickname potential is through the roof. But since he’s not on our team, should he drop a pass or miss a block on Saturday, we can simply say “Birdsold”.

Best Picture On Their Roster

Peyton Wing, LB

I forgot to grab his position when I pulled this picture, but I have to say, linebacker somehow checks out.

Players To Watch

Dante Chachere, QB

Chachere threw for one TD and ran for two more against Wazzu. Since it seems like we’re gonna get a lot of practice against mobile QBs this year, it’s a good place to start.

Tyreese Shakir, DB

Look, we all know how well members of the Shakir family play on The Blue. Shak 2 lead the team in tackles in their last outing against Washington State, and just be careful is all I’m sayin.

Keys to Victory

Don’t Get Whooping Cough

I know the doctors said it was all good, but should the Broncos get whooping cough, it would be bad.

“Just right” Amount of Jeanty Carries

Look, we need to advance the Heisman agenda, but we need to keep him around. A 60 point win with a Jeanty injury is a loss in my book.

Clean Up

Tune up games are for getting things right. We need to get the passing game back on track from the second half of Oregon, and we need to get our special teams units back in shape. I’d say throw a couple TD bombs and get a punt block in there while you’re at it.

Score Prediction

I consider myself to be a cautious person when it comes to game predictions. That being said, Portland State lost by 30 to a middling FCS team in Weber State. Add that on top of a team missing players from whooping cough and not having started practicing until Wednesday??

A lot can happen, but this might be the most lopsided game we’ve seen in a hot minute over here.

Boise State 63, Portland State 7

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