OT - More Boise State Coaches Bolt
In addition to losing Kellen Moore and a bunch of seniors, Boise State will also have to contend with some major turnover on their coaching staff. After Florida poached their offensive coordinator Brent Pease, BSU also learned that their DB coach Marcel Yates (Texas A&M) and their special teams coach Jeff Choate (Washington State) will also be leaving. They have been fortunate that Chris Peterson is so dedicated to the program, having spurned offers from some larger schools that would have doubled his salary, but he will have his work cut out for him this season.
Despite all of the turnover, I still hope that they find a way to beat MSU.
January 12th, 2012 at 2:55 PM ^
Didn't they lose their OC last year to Texas?
January 12th, 2012 at 3:26 PM ^
Yeah, Bryan Harsin left for Texas last year. At least Pease had a senior Kellen Moore returning. Prince (the new OC) will have to break in a brand new QB.
FYI - Nick Patti is one of the guys who will be competing for the QB job.
January 12th, 2012 at 2:56 PM ^
For Washington State?
Must be a promotion...and even then....
January 12th, 2012 at 2:59 PM ^
he is a fan of Mike Leach?
January 12th, 2012 at 3:05 PM ^
no one in his family has ever allegedly killed five hookers?
January 12th, 2012 at 9:26 PM ^
No, he's a pirate.
January 12th, 2012 at 3:30 PM ^
They didn't indicate what Choate's exact title would be, but it is believed that he will be moving to a defensive coaching position instead of special teams.
January 12th, 2012 at 3:00 PM ^
Wasn't Bama hoping to land Pease?
January 12th, 2012 at 6:11 PM ^
Yes. Jim McElwain is taking over as HC at Colorado State. Pease goes to UF though.
January 12th, 2012 at 3:04 PM ^
Wow I can't wait for Sparty to think they are AWESOME after winning a close one against Boise next year, which should be the Broncos' worst team in a decade.
January 12th, 2012 at 3:36 PM ^
they played next year. That is a nice little Friday night appitizer for opening weekend.
January 12th, 2012 at 3:04 PM ^
Did not realize msu was playing bsu next year, but you have to give props to them for putting them on the schedule. Fortunately for the spartoons, it looks to b the right year to do it.
January 12th, 2012 at 3:21 PM ^
Yeah, MSU plays BSU in EL in the first game of next season. BSU had to agree to a 2-for-1, with the game at BSU in 2022, and the second EL game in 2023. Seriously.
While Sparty will probably be favored, it would be a real kick in the balls for MSU if they fail to beat a rebuilding BSU team.
January 12th, 2012 at 3:46 PM ^
about anyone else, but I see the apocolypse coming waaaaay before 2022. I really am only giving the world 5 0r 6 good years before things are pretty much wrapped up here. Sure, you will have the post apocolyptic wasteland days like in The Road, but i don't see any football being played then. I Don't see that rematch ever occuring.
January 12th, 2012 at 4:11 PM ^
poor post-apocalyptic reference. I would have gone with:
Mad Max / The Road Warrior / Waterworld / Judge Dredd
I guess I'm just a child of the 90's...
ed: I also would have settled for Fallout 3
January 12th, 2012 at 4:20 PM ^
you ain't seen nothing yet (or I should say read because don't see the movie, or do, but know that it is not the book at all despite a truly game effort).
Seriously, I would read it, but understand that you actually may involuntarily drop the book at one part, and will likely have at least one or two speepless nights before you finish it.
(I am also a child of the 90s, but Judge Dredd? Really?)
January 12th, 2012 at 11:58 PM ^
I couldn't get into The Road. I actually found it really annoying - annoying enough to make this post. To me it was obvious, pretentious, and cliched. McCarthy can write, I'll give him that. The prose is evocative, and the characters can move you. But it's like the book walked around with this big attitude of "I'm All Literary and Crap, Respect Mah Symbolism" when it really should have said "I'm Completely Derivative of Mainstream Academic/Political Class Thinking, Guns Are Bad, Hi, Oh Did I Mention I Have No Ideas of My Own But Expect You to Think I'm Super Smart? PS Guns Are Bad"
January 13th, 2012 at 12:14 AM ^
It's Cherry 2000 all day long children (Google it).
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<br>If not, it will be similar. It will always be night, lots of neon, classic muscle cars mixed with flying cars, we'll live in sectors, and there will be roaming gangs of rollerbladers in trench coats with UZIs fighting for control of the water supply and designer (glowing) drugs.
January 13th, 2012 at 9:22 AM ^
symbolism in the book, nor did I find any commentary at all regarding guns. Truthfully (and showing how much minds can differ regarding literature, art, etc.), I thought the book was void of any commentary at all regarding contemporary/political issues, almost nihlistic in its refusal to discuss or even consider the significance of current social agendas. I think the style of the writing and the name of the author made people believe that there had to be some deeper meaning, some political point, some angle, something more than the story, when really the book was very intimate character study and one of the most intense ones I have ever read. That book actually changed me, signficantly. I had not came to terms with fatherhood until I read that book.
January 12th, 2012 at 7:17 PM ^
Mad Max - 1979
The Road Warrior - 1981
January 12th, 2012 at 4:01 PM ^
2008 was supposed to be a down year. They lost a senior QB albeit a one year starter, had a freshman QB to break in, had some senior WR and senior defensive talent to replace, and all they did was go 12-0 and knock off Oregon at Autzen stadium in the process. I think they'll be just fine this season.
January 12th, 2012 at 4:15 PM ^
I sincerely hope that is the case. I don't think that they will be bad, but if they lose more than one game next season they will be savaged by the media.
January 12th, 2012 at 4:29 PM ^
They'll also be facing a Spartan team that is losing vital personnel on offense anyway, if I am not mistaken, so MSU will be taking a depleted team to Boise too. This could actually be an interesting game of decimated offenses, although watching the Broncos pull out a season-opening win would be nice.
January 12th, 2012 at 5:54 PM ^
BSU only returns 9 starters...importantly one of those is not kellen moore. To put that into perspective, http://www.nationalchamps.net/2012/earlybird/cheat_sheet.htm has BSU losing the most starters when compared to anyone in the Top 25. This will not be a top 25 team...they don't have the depth to just reload like bama when they lose so many key players and many of their coaches.
January 13th, 2012 at 1:00 AM ^
... and I think you're right: they'll reload and do pretty well. Getting talent to come to Boise must be a challenge (particularly with Oregon vacuuming up any talent interested in moving north). I doubt any school has utilized the available talent like Boise State has.
Boise is an awesome town. Great microbrewery -- Table Rock. Check it out if up there.
January 12th, 2012 at 4:47 PM ^
Wait MSU has to travel for a return game to Boise. At least that will help with the Spartan recruiting in Idaho.
January 12th, 2012 at 5:01 PM ^
Maybe that is what MSU meant about recruiting nationally. By the time the recruiting class of 2023 enrolls MSU plans on being able to pull a player or two out of Idaho.
January 12th, 2012 at 8:31 PM ^