Boise State Football: Better Late Than Never

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You're going to need some bigger defensive backs.

Ok, so FFBSU hasn't been the blog of record for Spring football. Things are busy 'round the water cooler, and I didn't even get to hit up the much-too-early-on-a-weekday first and second scrimmages (to recap: 1st scrimmage=yay offense, 2nd scrimmage=yay defense).

So, I packed up the family last Friday to take in the annual "Blue and Orange" game (which this year had more of a Blue and White hue to it)—the reliable end to Spring ball and a signal to diehard Broncos fans that football is an agonizing four months away.

The format, as everyone knows, was a bit different this year. Coaches Kwiatkowski and Pease both "drafted" their offensive and defensive lineups—Kwiatkowski electing to draft the "all-star" squad and Pease putting together a more modest squad.

Of course, Coach Pete got in on the fun by playing God and striking down star players that flew too close to the sun.

The game, and the weather, were great. A crowd that I would put in the 10-12,000 range enjoyed seeing the new format and seeing some normally defensive players line up for the offense and some 2008 redshirts saw their first gamelike action.

In true Bronco fashion, the game had its own exciting conclusion as the White team, built up to the Bad News Bears of the Blue, stormed back from a 10-0 deficit and got over on the "injury"-riddled Blue team behind some trickeration and opportunistic defense.

Austin Pettis, now donning the number two jersey that Tanyon Bissell vacated last year, did his best Bissell impersonation and tossed a lofty reverse pass to a wide-open Tyler Shoemaker for the go-ahead score.

Shoemaker may have been the biggest star of the scrimmage, showing the faithful that last year's decision to put him on scholarship was not a gamble after pulling down both of the White team's TD's and finishing with 138 yards receiving.

After the game, we let the future Bronco down on the turf—he headed right for the high jump mats—D'oh!

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