Austin Pettis News

I predicted the reaction when I heard the rumor and tried to understand the reasoning without entertaining any of the insidious angles.

It was a race to the finish for WAC Offensive Player of the Year, and you'd have to think Kellen Moore's performance against Nevada was the difference as the Boise State quarterback got the nod over Colin Kaepernick.

The drama didn't end Saturday night when Hunter Lawrence hooked that field goal, like, 19 inches inside the left upright as time ran out to give Texas its victory over Nebraska.

By weekend's end, a committee made up of Western Athletic Conference athletic directors, Commissioner Karl Benson and the WAC's bowl partners will have made a decision on where Nevada is headed.

State will introduce five seniors before Saturday's game against New Mexico State in Bronco Stadium.

The Boise State Broncos football team have postseason aspirations on the line this weekend.

Boise State receiver Austin Pettis is out for the rest of the regular season with a lower leg fracture, coach Chris Petersen announced Monday, but he might be available for the bowl game.

One of the first distinctions anyone draws between a mid-major team and a BCS program is depth.

Friday was likely the Broncos biggest win of the season, but is appears to have come at the cost of their biggest play-maker. Boise State's student newspaper, The Arbiter, is reporting Boise State junior wide receiver Austin Pettis broke his ankle on a 2-point conversion early in the first quarter of the Broncos' win over Nevada.

Palo Verde High defensive end Daniel Godkin told the Las Vegas Review-Journal this week that he is "nearly 100 percent" on his verbal commitment to Nevada.

WOLF PACK FOOTBALL Nevada at Boise State Friday First quarter BOISE STATE 20, NEVADA 0 Nevada 0 x x x -- xx Boise St.

In January 2005, coach Chris Ault told his assistants he was going to install a concoction he dubbed the "pistol." He wanted to dramatically alter Nevada's pass-happy, shotgun offense that had just produced a losing season.

Kellen Moore had an off-night in Boise State's game at Utah State Friday night. What constitutes an off-night by Moore's standards? He threw for only one touchdown and completed only 52 percent of his attempts.

Top 25 Overview It was over when... Boise State closed out the first half by scoring three TDs in the last five minutes.

Sixth-ranked Boise State capitalized on two early Vandal turnovers and never trailed against Idaho, posting a 63-25 dominating victory on its home blue turf.

Friday night Utah State plays one of the most important football games in the history of the program.

Former Prosser High star Kellen Moore threw four touchdown passes to Austin Pettis and tied a career high with five overall, helping No.

Chris Petersen has been here before. In fact, he's been here every year he's been head coach at Boise State.

Time was that the Boise State-Idaho game was the final one of the regular season - or at least close to it.

WACO, Texas a ' Colt McCoy tied the NCAA record for career victories by a starting quarterback, throwing two touchdown passes for Texas in its 47-14 win against Baylor on Saturday.