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When Nevada Beat Boise St., the WAC Lost Money ... a Lot of It

When Kyle Brotzman honked a 26-yard field goal last Friday it set off a chain of events that would lead to Nevada defeating Boise State. The implications were enormous, not only for the BCS race, but also for financial reasons. With a win, Boise State could have looked forward to a $17 million payout from the Rose...

If Boise State Misses Out on BCS Bowl, Restraint of Trade Should Be Probed

On the eve of this college football's kickoff game Sept. 6 between then No. 3 Boise State and Virginia Tech in suburban Washington, D.C., Boise State president Bob Kustra and most of the Idaho congressional delegation appeared on Boise's KTVB public affairs television show "Viewpoint" and decried the BCS. Sitting on the...

Simply Winning Isn't Good Enough for Boise State

LARAMIE, Wyo. – They don't give extra credit for style, but Austin Pettis went ahead with the somersault anyway, his body flipping head over heels in the end zone, a silly stunt guaranteed to make the weekend TV highlights. Might as well, right? Anything to nudge Boise State back into the public discourse. Oh,...

What the WAC Wrote to the BCS, Maybe

Buried in the details surrounding the BCS contract extension signed by the Mountain West and the WAC was this nugget in an Idaho newspaper: "The conference (WAC) will attach a letter 'that will lay out the concerns we have and basically express our strong objection to the current BCS structure,' Boise State president Bob...

Background on Boise State

Boise State University is a public university located in Boise, Idaho. Originally founded in 1932 as a junior college by the Episcopal Church, the university became an independent institution in 1934, and has been awarding baccalaureate and master degrees since 1965. With nearly 20,000 students, Boise State has the largest enrollment of higher education institutions in the state of Idaho.

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