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WAC boss: Boise State struggling to find opponent for 2011
Several high-profile programs have turned down a chance to play a home game against Boise State in 2011, WAC commissioner Karl Benson said Tuesday. Boise State - with help from ESPN, Benson said - has been shopping for a game to fill out its 2011 schedule. Benson isn't sure of the exact number ...
Boise State hires PR firm to boost BCS chances
sports.espn.go.com — The Western Athletic Conference is using Boise-based PR firm Scott Peyron & Associates to help Boise State's... football team in its push for a BCS bowl. (more) Boise State hires PR firm to boost BCS chances
Boise St. Engages PR Firm in Attempt to Gain BCS Game
Boise St. Engages PR Firm in Attempt to Gain BCS Game
bizoffootball.com — On the surface, something seems precarious about Boise State University hiring public relations firm Scott Peyron &... Associates to help increase their chances at a BCS bid. Alumni, students and parents would be expected to react with something like: “They’re using our tuition and tax money ... (more) Boise St. Engages PR Firm in Attempt to Gain BCS Game
Boise State is willing to pay to remind the BCS of its existence
Boise State is willing to pay to remind the BCS of its existence
rivals.yahoo.com — Back at the end of September, Boise State hit No. 5 in both major polls , and... a round of stories came out wondering, "Wait a minute -- can Boise State play for the national championship?" The consensus then was "No," because of ... (more) Boise State is willing to pay to remind the BCS of its ...
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The Wiz of Odds — ... Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman: Several high-profile programs have turned down a chance to play a home game against Boise State in 2011, Western Athletic Conference commissioner Karl Benson said. "They're running into a situation where nobody will schedule them, nobody will take them." ...

Thursday morning buffet
Get The Picture — ... if we’d have come and had a little more focus, we could have came out with a ‘W.’ ” Oy. The Locksley punch-out story gets stranger and stranger. So does the Slick-Rick-gets-ripped-on-Facebook story. What happens if Diddy picks Chuck Amato to succeed Mickey Andrews as the FSU defensive coordinator?  ‘Cause I’m betting that the Chest ain’t Jimbo’s first choice.  Or his fifty-third, for that matter. If this is accurate, shame on every D-1 school that’s turned Boise State down. ...

What A Surprise: Boise State Still Can’t Get A Date
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... (”Give me liberty or a decent schedule or whatever!”) The difference between the two teams, however, is that USC can get pretty much anyone, anywhere, at any time. Whether it’s money or influence or just the opportunity to have USC on your schedule, whatever. They’re never hurting for opponents. Boise State, on the other hand, can’t fill their 2011 schedule with a decent opponent, and it’s been this way for years. The IDAHO STATESMAN has more : Several high-profile programs have turned down a chance to play a home game against Boise State in 2011, WAC commissioner Karl Benson ...

Temper, Temper! - Living in New Mexico Makes People Angry!
College Football Guys.com — ... there a violent gene, in a human, that kicks in once you have spent too much time above 6,000 ft? Billy "The Kid's" violent escapades were made possible by the relative ease of escape that the terrain in New Mexico offers. Unfortunately for the University of New Mexico Athletic Department even their famous "Pit" isn't going to be deep enough to escape from these transgressions. "Paul, (Paul Krebs, UNM Athletic Director) Boise State's new PR firm is holding on line one for you." ...

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