Category Archives: Boise State

Early odds out on college football

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Posted on June 20, 2011 by rgagliardi

The Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas recently released early odds on some of the higher-profile games in college football this season. Here is the link to the site: http://blog.philsteele.com/2011/06/20/golden-nugget-lines-for-2011-marquee-games/ The Nugget sure likes Boise State, especially in the Mountain … Continue reading →

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MWC to play eight league games in football

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Posted on January 19, 2011 by rgagliardi

The Mountain West Conference will play eight conference games in football in both 2012 and 2013. The league is slated to have 10 teams starting in 2012. The actual schedule has yet to be released. Teams will play four conference … Continue reading →

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Colorado, Utah not good enough for Pac-10?

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Posted on August 27, 2010 by rgagliardi

Check out this article from the San Francisco Examiner http://www.sfexaminer.com/sports/Dickey-Latest-additions-to-Pac-10-Conference-not-all-positive-101138474.html And many of you may have heard or seen this, but here’s how the BYU to the WAC deal fell through. … at least to this point. Still no official … Continue reading →

Posted in Boise State, BYU, Moutain West Conference, MWC Expansion, Utah

Sunday stories

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Posted on August 22, 2010 by rgagliardi

News and notes from around the Mountain West. Like Wyoming, several teams had scrimmages Saturday. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/21/defense-starts-offense-finishes-sdsu-scrimmage/ http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100822/SPORTS/8220332/Offense-exposed-in-scrimmage http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/utes/50146805-89/camp-utes-utah-receiver.html.csp http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/50146909-88/nelson-mendenhall-yards-quarterback.html.csp http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/50146842-88/byu-state-conference-football.html.csp http://www.gazette.com/common/printer/view.php?db=colgazette&id=103416 http://www.golobos.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082210aab.html http://www.statesman.com/sports/collegefootball/boise-state-and-tcu-sour-the-bcs-soup-872132.html?srcTrk=RTR_95649

Posted in Boise State, BYU, College Football, Colorado State, Fall Camp 2010, Football, Moutain West Conference, San Diego State, TCU, Utah

UW to face five top receivers

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Posted on August 10, 2010 by rgagliardi

Wyoming will face five receivers named to the 2010 Biletnikoff Award Watch List, given to the nation’s top receiver: –Vincent Brown, San Diego State –Philip Payne, UNLV –Eric Page, Toledo –Austin Pettis and Titus Young, Boise State Here are some … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Force, Boise State, Fall Camp 2010, Moutain West Conference, Receivers, San Diego State, Toledo, UNLV Tagged

Sunday news and notes

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Posted on August 8, 2010 by rgagliardi

Here is my story in Sunday’s paper on Wyoming freshman linebacker Oliver Schober. It’s a pretty interesting story on how he got here and the impression he’s made on his teammates and coaches. http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2010/08/08/sports/19sports_08-08-10.txt UW has sold about 7,500 season … Continue reading →

Posted in Boise State, BYU, College Football, Colorado State, Dave Christensen, Fall Camp 2010, Moutain West Conference, Recruiting, UNLV, Utah Tagged

Three UW foes in preseason top 10

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Posted on August 6, 2010 by rgagliardi

The USA Today coaches poll is out, and even though it is the preseason it is still fun to see and talk about. Three of Wyoming’s opponents this season are in the top 10: 4. Texas, 5. Boise State and … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Force, Boise State, College Football, Colorado State, Fall Camp 2010, Preseason top 25 college football polls, TCU, UNLV, Utah

WAC football media day underway

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Posted on July 26, 2010 by rgagliardi

Here is a story from the Idaho Statesman about WAC football media day. No surprise Boise State’s pick, but scroll down some and see what WAC Commissioner Karl Benson said about the MWC’s chances of BCS automatic qualification. http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2010/07/26/ccripe/broncos_not_quite_unanimous_wacs_no_1_moore_named_preseason_play

Posted in Boise State, College Football, Moutain West Conference

Stories of the day

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Posted on July 21, 2010 by rgagliardi

A few stories that caught my eye this morning scanning the Internet. Look what Boise State is doing with its student section for men’s basketball. What would you think if Wyoming did that? I often thought it would be smart … Continue reading →

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MWC teleconference on Utah leaving

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Posted on June 17, 2010 by rgagliardi

As I type this the teleconfernece is still going on and about 20 minutes long. MWC Commissioner Craig Thompson said expansion talk in the league is done for a while, and he doesn’t expect anyone else to leave the MWC. … Continue reading →

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