In the words of the penguins in Madagascar:
This was not what you would call a “fun” game to watch, but alas.
Penalties, injuries, and turnovers were the stories of this game.
Penalties: had nine penalties for 94 yards. That’s a lot. Fresno State also had some penalties too (nine for 58 yards). Seemed like the refs wanted to be part of this game and they made their presence knowwn.
Injuries: Maddux Madsen and Jason Steele headlined a laundry list of injuries for the Broncos. Sire Gaines being down for a bit wasn’t helping the anxiety either but he came back in the game.
Turnovers: The Broncos had three turnovers, all involving Max Cutforth. The first interception came off a Lauter deflection. Sucks because that counts against Cutforth despite him hitting Lauter where he needed to. The second was a strip-sack on the next possession. The pocket looked decent but inexperience didn’t help. The third was a bad toss to a defender streaking across.
Oh and a blocked field goal. So. That’s cool.
There were some bright spots (that weren’t Fresno State related). Malik Sherrod had a decent showing with 67 yards of 10 carries and a long of 44.
Chase Penry had 44 yards on five catches and the sole Boise State touchdown.
Overall this is a game you put in the trash compactor and let it crush. And then burn said trash compactor. And then bury those ashes 20 feet underground. Then salt the ground to make sure nothing ever grows there.
The Broncos have a bye next week and then face an even better defense in San Diego State on November 15th.
Thems the breaks.
GO BRONCOS!
BSU needs to do some serious soul searching, coaches and players both. They looked lack luster, as one commentor said “they look hungover”. There was, is, no fire in this team on offense. The D played well but had no rest and wore down. They, the D, made some stupid penalty mistakes that cost points. The O couldn’t get anything going. Special teams were not so special again. This game was a dumpster fire from the get go, that’s a coaching issue. Hopfully the trash compactor works and this game causes a “come to Jesus moment”, anything short of that… Read more »
They did look hungover
This was a humiliating defeat to a mediocre team.
I just hope they can salvage the rest of the season because I doubt they’ll play for mwc championship this year. Its funny? Did we as bronco fans ever think we’d get to the point that a 9-3 record is a failed season? Some programs would be elated to be bowl eligible and downright ecstatic to be 7-5 or 8-4. Now that my anger has waned im comforted by the fact the mwc has enough honor not to give boise a bowl game on their home field. That’s the ultimate insult. We’ll leave that to new Mexico fans. Hopefully espn… Read more »
Yes, we have a spoiled fan base. But fans have a level of expectation that should be demanded. Tackle well. Take care of special teams. Compete. We didn’t do those things today and haven’t done them consistently well this year. Something has to change. Running the ball up the gut 90% of the time has to stop. I get it. Nate Potter would say it’s 20 different plays and the fans don’t know what they are talking about. Watch the top tier teams in the country play. You will see that the universal truth is still the truth. Speed kills,… Read more »
Nathan Carroll, I believe, said it best: this season was lost in the portal in the offseason, when SD did not go after a QB.
Think about it, seasons were saved because of transfer QBs, Cozart, Henderson, Sears.
I read an article about NIL and how SD valued player retention instead of hitting the portal.
From the stands, it appeared that SD and the coaches had lost control of the sidelines.
24 hours later. More than any time this year, now is the time to be a fan, and support the Broncos.
I.agree. But we must not coddle them either
After several days of pondering, I’m thinking that the suspension of Marshall is a much broader indication of this teams heart and mindset.
There is a deeper issue than talent, there is something wrong with team chemistry. I wish I knew what the problem is, but I can only hope that the coaches can address it and get the right people playing. If not we will just see more of the same.
I could not help but think the same thing.
Bringing in a player who has baggage delutes the culture that is trying to be maintained. The program’s reputation is built on recruiting OKG and quality recruits, not a place where second chances are handed out to troubled kids.
This is what I’ve been alluding to the past few weeks-we’re a machine whose internal cogs are one tooth off from being in sync. Most often, it’s easier to fix the synchronization problem than it is the find which cog is off. We need to find that cog badly.
Great observation. I would argue that we have seen worse. That year Jalen Henderson would sub in for Bachmeir was the worst I’ve ever seen. I have never seen a team react so differently to one player changing. It was a completely different team with Henderson on the field. So I don’t think it’s one player., but rather a lack of leadership and identity. The team rallied around Jeanty last year. He was a generational talent and a Heisman candidate. The team rallied. This team has talent, but no leaders on or off the field. The offense is nothing to… Read more »