Boise State's surprisingly secret path to the Big 12?

[Spaztecs]

On 5/29/2024 at 6:13 PM, agswin said:

Not sure of all of the reasons behind it, but BSU does carry an awful lot lore of trucks, truckers, truckstops, etc.

Perhaps one of the Bronco's could enlighten a little and help the board understand.

What is this all about?  I assumed it is just good-natured ribbing sorta like when Utah State gets called the cow college.

It really seems to get their ire up.  Is there more to the story?

 

 

 

Says a fan of the School whose Stadium is named by a Convenience Store chain.

[OrediggerPoke]

Did the writer of the article obtain his degree from Boise State?

[Nevada Convert]

On 5/28/2024 at 2:04 PM, madmartigan said:

Well Utah fans have taken to calling the Big 12 the "truckstop" conference. This really fits Boise as many of their grads spend a lot of time in such places. I think this is the secret path not laid out at all in the article. 

That was quite a write up by Kevin. Well, ironically, it just so happens that big Kev’s nickname is “Big 12” for eating a truck stop twelve different times. I sure hope that he, instead, re-directs his energy and focus towards avoiding the big heart attack that’s coming. 

 

 

[Nevada Convert]

On 5/30/2024 at 7:34 AM, Spaztecs said:

 

Says a fan of the School whose Stadium is named by a Convenience Store chain.

The Aztec Stadium is named after Snapdragon Fireworks (Made In Taiwan). Is that much to brag about? 

[NorCalCoug]

I particularly loved this line:  “The Broncos football and basketball programs are competitive enough to draw fans and win championships.”.

Cool story….   

[Beaver-Poke]

On 6/1/2024 at 1:57 AM, Nevada Convert said:

The Aztec Stadium is named after Snapdragon Fireworks (Made In Taiwan). Is that much to brag about? 

And at least Maverick employs Americans. 

[Nevada Convert]

On 6/1/2024 at 11:09 AM, Beaver-Poke said:

And at least Maverick employs Americans. 

And gee, let’s choose a stadium title sponsor that’s about to get invaded by China and possibly won’t even have a product to sell anymore. That would be like choosing Kernel in Ukraine back in 2019. But no one really thought Putin would ever invade Ukraine. China invading Taiwan in the next couple years seems much more likely. 

[Raz]

On 5/29/2024 at 6:56 PM, justsurvive said:

Sadly, local media in Idaho has been soft and silly over the years.  Ted Dawson(KBCI/CBS) and David Augusto(KTVB/NBC) come to mind.  KTVB cutting a U.S. Men's Olympic basketball game short for coverage of a Kristin Armstrong (Olympic Gold Medalist) celebratory parade composed entirely of kids in August of 2008 also comes to mind.  (Yes, the game was out of reach, but to cut off a game of the Redeem Team for a parade that nobody really cared about really made people disgusted and disappointed.)

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”
― Richard P. Feynman 

[Raz]

On 5/31/2024 at 11:47 AM, OrediggerPoke said:

Did the writer of the article obtain his degree from Boise State?

I did... but a massive BINGO to you!

[4UNLV]

On 5/29/2024 at 5:13 PM, agswin said:

Not sure of all of the reasons behind it, but BSU does carry an awful lot lore of trucks, truckers, truckstops, etc.

Perhaps one of the Bronco's could enlighten a little and help the board understand.

What is this all about?  I assumed it is just good-natured ribbing sorta like when Utah State gets called the cow college.

It really seems to get their ire up.  Is there more to the story?

 

 

I’m not a bronco but apparently at one point boise was a junior college with a truck driving school. 
 

And then there’s USU’s choo choo. 
 

[VandalPride97]

My favorite BSU coach was mentioned...

[Spaztecs]

On 5/28/2024 at 12:34 PM, Shaker said:

SDSU will get a big 12 invite before any other west coast team gets an invite.  

And that Conference will subsequently fall apart.

See the Big Least and Pac10.

[BoiseStateOfMind]

The only way we're getting anywhere near the Big 12 is buying a ticket to a Big 12 game. I don't know how anyone still gets hyped up for realignment BS anymore when it ends the same way every time.

[---I GREEN INFECTION I---]

On 5/28/2024 at 10:34 AM, Shaker said:

SDSU will get a big 12 invite before any other west coast team gets an invite.  

 

What are you doing here?  Aren't y'all in the BIG Least?

 

[tailingpermit]

On 5/31/2024 at 12:47 PM, OrediggerPoke said:

Did the writer of the article obtain his degree from Boise State?

Majority of our homers didn’t attend college or graduated from the University of Idaho. 
 

Right @VandalPride97?

[OrediggerPoke]

On 6/2/2024 at 7:46 PM, tailingpermit said:

Majority of our homers didn’t attend college or graduated from the University of Idaho. 
 

Right @VandalPride97?

From my experience - The article did not appear to be the level of work of someone with a University of Idaho degree.  

[Chalsean]

On 6/3/2024 at 6:03 AM, OrediggerPoke said:

From my experience - The article did not appear to be the level of work of someone with a University of Idaho degree.  

fify

[agswin]

Fair enough.

Reasonable assessment.

[tailingpermit]

On 6/3/2024 at 8:03 AM, OrediggerPoke said:

From my experience - The article did not appear to be the level of work of someone with a University of Idaho degree.  

You’d be surprised. 

[OrediggerPoke]

On 6/3/2024 at 12:18 PM, Chalsean said:

fify

No.  I believe that Colorado State awards degrees.