• Murphy: More teams should go for it on fourth down
• Boise State football over the years
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Go for it, coaches. Yes, I'm talking to you Chris Petersen. And you, too, Gary Andersen at Utah State and college football coaches everywhere.

For a six-game stretch this season, Boise State junior cornerback Brandyn Thompson was a combination of mistake-prone and snake-bitten.

The Boise State football coaches compare Utah State quarterback Diondre Borel to a basketball point guard.

Facts and figures

The Boise State football team lost a key blocker but not a captain with the injury to senior tight end/fullback Richie Brockel.

BCS Chances

When the Idaho Vandals reflect on their latest debacle on the blue, they'll focus on one number.

• Murphy: Rivalry remains far from competitive
• Coach Petersen postgame press conference
• Pettis breaks record with 14th TD catch
• Seven turnovers spell doom for Vandals
• Listen to Brian Murphy's BSU-Idaho postgame wrapup
• Photo gallery: Boise State vs. Idaho
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Idaho is still collecting slights instead of victories in its football rivalry with Boise State. Saturday's 63-25 Bronco Stadium beatdown added several to the former category, while doing nothing to move the Vandals closer to the latter.

When the Idaho Vandals reflect on their latest debacle on the blue, they'll focus on one number.

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Boise State junior wide receiver Austin Pettis even won a game of rock, paper, scissors to determine the order of interviews after Saturday's 63-25 rout of Idaho.

Businesslike Boise State coach Chris Petersen always seems to be so serious. Outgoing Idaho coach Robb Akey always seems to be having so much fun. But that isn't the whole story - there is plenty more to their personalities.

• Murphy: If trends hold, be ready for a fast start and furious finish
• Point-counterpoint: Idaho vs. Boise State

A message to Boise State fans: Arrive early. And one for Idaho fans: Stay late.

Statesman sports editor Mike Prater is a Harris Poll voter and a Heisman Trophy voter. Columnist Brian Murphy is covering the Broncos throughout the 2009 season. Each week, they discuss a different topic in our Bronco GameDay section.

A Treasure Valley radio station has put its own spin on Boise State football this season, airing parody songs before every game.

Boise State junior kicker Kyle Brotzman says his troubles from the left hash are technical, not mental.

The renewed excitement for Saturday's BSU-Idaho game is a shot in the arm for businesses that sell merchandise, food and drink to fans.

• Boise State vs. Idaho rivalry over the years

What genius came up with the idea to paint a plane BSU colors, then said genius invented another brilliant idea to fly it over the Vandal-Bronco game?

FROM BOISE: HOUSE DIVIDED - A CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Boise State wide receivers coach Brent Pease didn't recognize the name Austin Pettis.

Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore and Houston quarterback Case Keenum have played a game of can-you-top-this in recent weeks in the NCAA stats.

FROM BOISE: BEST FRIENDS HAVE LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP

A couple of former Borah High wide receivers will lose their longtime Boise State receiving records if junior Austin Pettis continues his current pace.

The salary for Boise State's Chris Petersen ranks at about the midpoint of Football Bowl Subdivision coaches, according to a database compiled by USA Today.

Facts and figures

FROM BOISE: EVEN ORANGE TUXEDO MAN NEEDS A TICKET

BRONCOS WANT MORERUN BALANCE

Ah, rivalry week.

FROM BOISE: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE STUDENTS

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Two ranked teams are better than one. That was the rationale behind ESPN's decision to send its "College GameDay" show to Fort Worth, Texas, this week to broadcast from the Utah-TCU game. Both are ranked in the top 16 of the Bowl Championship Series standings.

For the first time in a decade, the Boise State and Idaho football teams will meet Saturday with each owning at least seven victories. And for the first time ever, it appears both will play in bowl games in the same year.

Memo to ESPN: Bring "College GameDay" to Boise for next Saturday's Idaho-Boise State rivalry game.

• Murphy: Mistakes turn potential rout into close victory
• Moore's pick six helps Bulldogs get back into the game
• ESPN GameDay still a possibility
• Listen to Brian Murphy's BSU-La. Tech postgame report
• Photo gallery: Boise State vs. Louisiana Tech
• Read more Boise State football news

RUSTON, La.

RUSTON, La. - One bad decision nearly spoiled another outstanding day for Boise State sophomore quarterback Kellen Moore.

FIRST QUARTER

RUSTON, La. - Gene Bleymaier is getting a cold response from Bowl Championship Series-conference teams as he searches for a game to open the 2011 season.

ESPN had several conversations with Boise State this week about bringing its College GameDay show to the Nov. 14 Boise State-Idaho game at Bronco Stadium, sports information director Max Corbet said.

• Murphy:Toughness is one of Moore’s most overlooked qualities
• WAC suspends official for blown call at BSU
• Point-counterpoint: Should conferences suspend game officials for blowing a call?
• Listen to Brian Murphy's Boise State vs. Louisiana Tech game prediction
• Boise State football over the years
• Read more Boise State football news

• Murphy:Toughness is one of Moore’s most overlooked qualities
• WAC suspends official for blown call at BSU
• Point-counterpoint: Should conferences suspend game officials for blowing a call?
• Listen to Brian Murphy's Boise State vs. Louisiana Tech game prediction
• Boise State football over the years
• Read more Boise State football news

Few things on the football field are more nerve-racking for Boise State fans, coaches and players than the sight of quarterback Kellen Moore struggling to get off the turf after a big hit.

Instant replay official Michael Goshima will serve a one-game suspension this weekend after he failed to overturn a call in a game last weekend between San Jose State and Boise State.

Statesman sports editor Mike Prater is a Harris Poll voter and a Heisman Trophy voter. Columnist Brian Murphy is covering the Broncos throughout the 2009 season. Each week, they discuss a different topic in our Bronco GameDay section.

This wasn't the type of hit that makes SportsCenter or triggers a collective "ooh" from the crowd. No, the hit that sidelined Boise State running back Matt Kaiserman for more than two months was, as he put it, "pretty mundane."

It was easy for college recruiters to dismiss Jerrell Gavins because of his size.