Boise State Broncos: Its Not Attitude; We Are That Good

Boise State goes about their football business one game at a time. The Duck game is in the past; its only value at present is to re-examine game films for game improvement. The next target is Miami of Ohio and they will be taken seriously.

There are no for-sure wins, no easy targets. The Bronco’s coach, Chris Petersen does not allow his players to think like that. That concept is like a sucker punch, “If you didn’t see it coming you were not prepared” (Lace Banachek).

Coach Pete instills the “be here now” ideology. Past performance and future hopes, dreams, etc. are not what is important to BSU football. At BSU it is not about trophies, awards, adulations, etc; it is about team play and winning the next game in line. It is about getting good grades, and being a fine community representative.

Coach Pete’s philosophy is to give 110 percent when you are in a place to give it. If you’re in the community, you’re not studying, and not playing football, so represent yourself, your family, and your school with dignity and honor. If coach has a curfew be where you’re supposed to be when you’re supposed to be there.

Most recently Coach Petersen was criticized for not giving Byron Hout a one or two game suspension for his part in the agitating of LeGarrette Blount, which led to Blount sucker punching Hout (for football's version of the shot heard around the world). Everybody was covering that situation, it like the Duck pre-game hype; it grew quickly out of proportion.

Oregon, which usually is soft on suspensions and team violations, knew they had no other choice than to dismiss Blount from the team, and they did but only as an active player. Boise State coach Pete is usually very hard on his players.

Whether a star player, or not, is found to have caused trouble count on it, he will pay the price. Enter Titus Young, who drew a short suspension at the beginning of the '08 season. He needed a further attitude adjustment and he got it, suspended for the remainder of the season (and he didn’t even have to hit someone to get it). Titus knew he was wrong and is now obeying the system.

Coach feels he can help Hout realize his error in judgment handling it his way. I would imagine that Byron, if asked, would gladly take a three-game suspension like the one handed to Canadian Bacon prior to fall camp then to answering to Coach Pete at any given moment.

Being a Bronco footballer is hard fought and honest. There is not even one Bronco that is not about team, and that is what makes the Boise State Broncos winners. And that’s another story. Go Broncos.