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CollegeRivals.org Top 25 – Week 1 (August 31st, 2008)
Sep 2nd
Week 1 of the CollegeRivals.org Poll is out. As y
ou can see USC sits on top with 6 first-place votes, but Georgia is not far behind (only 4 total points behind). Ohio State is just behind Georgia, and is not that far from the 2nd or 1st place spot, but of course, that will take care of itself in a few weeks when Ohio State takes on USC. Florida picked up one first-place vote, but still only got as many points as Oklahoma, and thus the two of them tied for 4th. It looks like the Broncos received the same treatment from the College Rivals pollsters as other polls have been giving.
If you are wondering click here to view my Week 1 Top 25 vote. To find out more about this poll please follow this link. In addition to this poll please check out the OBNUG Bronco Blogger Top 26 poll, Week 2.
| Place | Team | Points |
| 1. | USC | 309 |
| 2. | Georgia | 305 |
| 3. | Ohio State | 299 |
| 4. | Florida | 284 |
| 4. | Oklahoma | 284 |
| 6. | Missouri | 260 |
| 7. | LSU | 243 |
| 8. | West Virginia | 230 |
| 9. | Auburn | 210 |
| 10. | Texas | 209 |
| 11. | Wisconsin | 195 |
| 12. | Texas Tech | 175 |
| 13. | Arizona State | 153 |
| 14. | Kansas | 151 |
| 15. | BYU | 125 |
| 16. | Alabama | 110 |
| 17. | Penn State | 101 |
| 18. | South Florida | 84 |
| 19. | Oregon | 70 |
| 20. | Tennessee | 68 |
| 21. | South Carolina | 49 |
| 22. | Clemson | 47 |
| 23. | Wake Forest | 43 |
| 24. | Fresno State | 42 |
| 25. | Utah | 35 |
| Others Receiving Votes: | ||
| Virginia Tech-25, Illinois-24, East Carolina-21, Boston College-14, California-13, UCLA-13, Kansas State-12, Boise State-6, Bowling Green-5, Cincinnati-5, Navy-2, Pittsburgh-2, Kentucky-1, Tulsa-1, | ||
2008 CollegeRivals.org Pre Season Top 25
Jul 22nd
A few months back I was approached by Travis Normand to become a voter in the College Rivals Top 25 poll. The poll was created to give fans a voice in determining the National Champion of Division 1 College Football. The CollegeRivals.org Top 25 Fan Poll just like the AP and Coaches Poll, will not poll every fan in the country, but instead will get an educated representative/sampling of fans from across the country to voice their opinion/ballot in order to decide the Top 25. The people selected to vote are fans or more appropriately “professional fans”. Those selected come from emerging media such as Fan Websites, Newsletters, and other forms of College Football coverage outside of the mainstream media (such as the Bronco Nation Podcast). You can click and view the full list of voters here. I am very honored to be associated with this poll and even more honored that as a voter Boise State fans now have a vote. With that all said, I present to you the 2008 CollegeRivals.org Pre Season Top 25. Please feel free to leave comments or shoot me an email with your thoughts. Remember I am one of 27 voters.
| Place | Team | Points |
| 1. | USC | 414 |
| 2. | Georgia | 403 |
| 3. | Ohio State | 399 |
| 4. | Florida | 384 |
| 5. | Oklahoma | 377 |
| 6. | Missouri | 327 |
| 7. | West Virginia | 317 |
| 8. | LSU | 283 |
| 9. | Clemson | 268 |
| 10. | Wisconsin | 256 |
| 11. | Auburn | 252 |
| 12. | Texas | 242 |
| 13. | Virginia Tech | 196 |
| 14. | Texas Tech | 185 |
| 15. | Arizona State | 164 |
| 16. | Penn State | 163 |
| 17. | Tennessee | 156 |
| 18. | Kansas | 150 |
| 19. | BYU | 141 |
| 20. | Illinois | 121 |
| 21. | Oregon | 104 |
| 22. | South Florida | 58 |
| 23. | South Carolina | 56 |
| 24. | Alabama | 45 |
| 25. | Fresno State | 38 |
| Notre Dame-33, Michigan-32, UCLA-32, Florida State-25, Pittsburgh-23, Texas A&M-22, Wake Forest-22, Boston College-19, Utah-18, California-17, Miami-17, Michigan State-16, Hawaii-14, Cincinnati-13, Boise State-9, TCU-8, Iowa-6, Arizona-5, Virginia-5, Arkansas-4, Colorado-3, North Carolina-2, Northwestern-2, Central Michigan-1, Mississippi State-1, Ole Miss-1, Oregon State-1, | ||
If you are wondering click here to view my Pre Season Top 25 vote.
Is Boise State and other WAC teams for sale?
Jun 28th
Surfing the net in search of anything related to Boise State has become somewhat interesting this summer. I am not sure how I came across this, but this past year a University of Wisconsin booster offered the Fresno State Bulldogs $1.8 million to move this years home game with the Badgers from Fresno to Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The bottom line is it shows what the haves over the have-nots, but it made me think.
In 2009, Oregon and Boise State are set to play a game in Boise at Bronco Stadium, however Oregon athletic director Pat Kikenny proposed that the teams play the game in China in August 2007. I wonder what would be the price for Gene Bleymaier to make that a reality. 
Further, is there a booster from Oregon willing to put up the cash to make it happen. I wonder if Gene and company have what it takes to turn down millions. Imagine what a few extra million could do for the program.
In the end I applaud Fresno State for turning down such an offer. With the costs associated with running an Athletic program an extra million or two is extremely tempting. The refusal by Fresno State sends a very clear message to the haves, the top teams in the WAC have drawn the line in the sand and said it stops here. Fresno State is also signaling to the BCS schools games played in our home stadium are more important then selling out (Idaho please take notes).
At this point nothing further has come of the offer from Oregon, well at least that has been made public. I hope Gene Bleymaier and Boise State will follow the path of Fresno State and tell Oregon to plan on playing in Boise next year because Boise State is not for sale. With that said I ask Bronco Nation, is there a price for which Boise State should sell out?
The Face of Boise State Football
Jun 4th
Greetings Bronco Nation. No I am not dead I am still alive and kicking. After 24 episodes I figured that since I have produced more episodes then any network television show this season I would take a break until August. Also have day job that requires me to take some extra college courses, so my free time is limited. However, it does not mean I haven’t been keeping up with Boise State football news.
Of course Kevan and the guys over at OBNUG have started a podcast, after some sound issues they got help from a friend, and the sound is up to par with the great content. Drew at Fight, Fight BSU has been supplying Bronco Nation with some great posts. Aaron at Statue Left has been finding some non Bronco gems, I can say die hard Bronco fans feel just like the guy stuck in the elevator for 40 something straight hours. KITK had a discussion about Blogging, but I haven’t been able to listen due to there files being unavailable for download. Note to those running the KTIK website, its not a podcast unless you have an RSS feed to deliver it.
Speaking of KTIK, I was listening to IST on the way home from work tonight and Caves asked Coach Pete who the face of Boise State was. Coach Pete decided that in the 8 years at Boise State he had to go with Korey Hall. Not that I disagree with Coach I thought I would put the question to Bronco Nation. Below is a poll, using the same parameters of Coach Pete, I came up with this list. I am sure I am missing someone so I also included the add your own answer.
