QB battle: Moore vs. Hamdan: Day 3

The most important decision in the history of the world will be made in the next few weeks, and we'll be providing daily updates on all the hype and hyperbole surrounding the Boise State quarterback competition.

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The Boise State quarterback competition is now into its third day, and we are no closer to finding out who will be manning the good ship Bronco come August 30th. Here is where things stand as of today.

Moore: Fumbled in the morning session. Looked small with shoulder pads on.
Hamdan: Reminisced about the early 1980's during line drills. Looked old with shoulder pads on.

Advantage: Push.

In the lead: Hamdan. Fortunately for him, ageism has no place among Bronco coaches.

Nailed it: ESPN has Idaho as worst team in the country

And the second year of the Robb Akey era is officially underway.

Bottom 10 [ESPN.com]

Camp notes: on with the pads, on with the fatigue

Fighting shoulder pads, heat, and the obvious emotional weight of not knowing enough facts about Jeremy Childs' suspension, the Boise State players are starting to look a little tired. The report from Wednesday's morning session was full of phrases like "wore down" and "take its toll." Just writing about it makes us want a PowerAde (purple flavor, of course).

Fortunately, the Broncos overcame the heavy legs to put in some good work in the morning session. Paint us a picture, Chadd Cripe.

The leading candidate for play of the day so far came from senior defensive end Mike T. Williams, who mauled freshman quarterback Kellen Moore from behind, knocked the ball loose and pounced on the fumble. It was a lineman's hat trick — sack, forced fumble, fumble recovery. In all, the defense recovered three fumbles in the practice.

Paint us a more vivid picture, Dave Southorn.

Some good plays were made, most notably when senior defensive end Mike T. Williams pretty much enveloped Kellen Moore from behind, popping the ball loose and recovering the fumble.

Quick! One of you tell us an amusing anecdote about George Iloka!

He is one of those unique personalities, sporting one of those late 80's flattops. He and Derrell Acrey did a handshake in the hallway at the Varsity Center like the one in the Kid 'n' Play movie "House Party."

Brian Murphy, what do you got?

Boise State junior quarterback Nick Lomax offered his thoughts on the QB derby Wednesday...

Eh, don't care.

Sounds like another good day at the office for the Broncos. The line played well in a blocking drill, and Jeremy Avery was running hard again. Does someone need to tell him that Ian Johnson is untouchable?

We'll update this post as we see fit throughout the afternoon.

WAC fall camps: hopes are high, better quit while you're ahead

The beautiful optimism of fall camp will give way to the tragic reality of the regular season before long, so WAC teams better enjoy it while it lasts.

Rest assured, they are. Here is a sampling of the high hopes at WAC schools across the country.

 

New Mexico State

Our favorite out-of-touch fanbase has some pretty unfounded expectations this season. But what's new, right?

The Aggies are expecting to make it to a bowl game this season. We think the Aggies will win between seven and nine games this season including a sweep of rivals UNM and UTEP which is something they haven't done since the 2002 season

We're not entirely sure who is expecting them to make a bowl game other than Hal Mumme, Hal Mumme's immediate family, the webmasters at holbrook4heisman.com, and crazy people.

Hyperbole courtesy of Bleed Crimson.

 

San Jose State

We always pictured Spartan head coach Dick Tomey as a sensible person, but even he can't help but get caught up in the kiddie-pool-wave of excitement surrounding his program.

Coach Dick Tomey, entering his fourth season at SJSU, said. "This should be our best team."

Not sure if that's saying a whole lot.

Blind hope courtesy of the San Jose Mercury News.


 

Louisiana Tech

The Bulldogs are throwing a Fan Fest on August 10th to celebrate success that hasn't happened yet. We did the same thing when we threw a premature Prom Date Fest in high school.

Tech fans will have an opportunity to meet and greet this year’s players, coaches and administrators during the two-hour event while obtaining autographs and pictures. Numerous activities will be available for youngsters, such as games, face painting and more.

We imagine that the more includes arm wrestling with Derek Dooley, a Taylor Bennett dunk tank, and a petting zoo.

Blatant hype courtesy of the News-Star.

 

Utah State

This week, Utah State quarterback Jase McCormick quit the team, leaving senior Sean Setzer as the leader in the Aggies' quarterback derby. Perhaps Setzer's joy over this news has adversely affected his decision-making.

"I think we can be really good this season," senior quarterback Sean Setzer said. "We have a lot of weapons; we have to play with more discipline so we can win the close games. But I definitely think we've made a big improvement over last season."

Adding, "How could we not?"

Fish story courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune

Morning paper: Boise State football links 8/6

We're already into day three of fall camp for the Broncos. Doesn't it feel good? With so much Bronco news to digest, who could blame you for slacking off of work? As such, we'll try to keep it under six posts today.

Chadd Cripe's interview with Bush Hamdan [Statesman] 
Does anyone else get the feeling that we're headed for another senior starting quarterback?

Jeremy Avery named camper of the day [BroncoSports.com]
Take that, backup running backs!

Dave Southorn's notes from newcomers camp [Dave's Blog]
Giant linemen returning kicks. What is happening out there?!

Perretta feature story [Press-Tribune]
Vinny's bionic shoulder is doing just fine, thanks.

Voyeuristic practice photos [Statue Left]
Looking at them fills our hearts with guilt...and excitement!
 
Murphy's take on Jeremy Childs [Statesman] Don't you dare keep secrets from Boise State fans. We have a right to know.

Daron Mackey spotlight [Statesman]
We expect big things from Mackey this year. No pressure.

College football burning questions [Bleacher Report]
Could Tim Tebow start at linebacker in the WAC? For Utah State, certainly.

Nevada newspaper's Boise State preview [Nevada Appeal]
Possibly drunk guy's Boise State preview [Kegeratornation]
WAC preview with charts [By the Numbers]