Monday, May 19, 2008

Welcome to the OBNUG Hall of Fame



There are many ways to memorialize our favorite Boise State Bronco football players. Bedroom shrines, lower back tattoos, and naming children come immediately to mind. Yet we at OBNUG feel that the special performances in Boise State history deserve a special place, and until the city of Boise turns the capitol building into Bronco Mecca, that place is going to be here on the Internets of OBNUG.

We are proud to announce the official beginning of the OBNUG Hall of Fame. Each summer we will look forward to enshrining deserving candidates who have had a hand in the success of Boise State football. In true OBNUG fashion, we will do so with humor, perspective, and horrible bias, and our Hall of Fame will be unlike any other you have seen.

Most hall of fames reward careers and longevity. Not us. We want to enshrine nominees under the following criteria:

  1. A singular moment, performance, or action
  2. A significant impact on the history of Boise State football
Those two rules are the main laws of OBNUG's Hall of Fame. So for instance, instead of nominating Brock Forsey for his stellar career, we would instead nominate a particular performance against Fresno State. We are seeking fantastic individual performances or plays that made an impact on the team we love. Also, we are always up for nominees that rhyme with "Binfiddie."

Best of all, we want you, our loyal reader, to take part. For each nominee, we will allow a voting process to determine whether or not the candidate gets inducted. Seventy-percent or higher and they're in. Also, we value feedback and opinions on each of the candidates and on nominees you would like to see entered.

Hopefully, this will help make the summer go faster. And hopefully, Marty Tadman gets inducted multiple times.

Monday: Links with seniority



Story of the day:

BCS projections from the past [Fox Sports]

Pete Futiak at FOXSports.com has projected the matchups for every BCS game this fall, and his pick for the national title game has major deja vu vibes.
FedEx BCS National Championship: Ohio State vs. Florida
Not again!

Even worse, Futiak failed to mention any non-BCS conference team in his predictions. No BYU, no Fresno State, and no Broncos. See if we ever read FOXSports.com again (for the first time).

Other links:

Boise State's bloated 2009 QB class [Fight Fight BSU]
We hope these hot QB recruits rank high in benchwarming.

Fiesta Bowl finish loses another highlight contest [Webzini]
Somewhere, Bob Stoops sneers and rubs his hands together.

Jerard Rabb finishes up his degree [Idaho Statesman]
Drisan James lateraled Rabb's diploma to him.

BSU men's track wins title [Idaho Press-Tribune]
Golfer Merritt loses in playoff [Idaho Press-Tribune]