A Silent Giant
Who is this Boise State football team? A team that nobody knew. Where did they come from? This isn't Oklahoma you know! From silence to success. This is how to describe Boise State Broncos football. You just didn't hear much about this football program before the 1999 season. A switch from one conference to another for the 2002 campaign may have helped.
However, the football program became really well know beginning with the 2006 season. 3 perfect seasons over a 5 year time span. Somebody awoke this sleeping giant. Maybe it was the critics saying they had no competition. A team with a definite advantage when playing on their home turf. Not losing a home game in about 5 years. That's hard for any team to accomplish but this is Boise State we're talking about here.
Perfect Season #1
Could a team like Boise rise to the top? Could a Bronco team actually go undefeated? Well, this happened back in the 2006 college football season. A season which seen a non-BCS school catapult themselves into greatness.
How could this "sleeping" giant beat a giant that's been awake for years? A somewhat surprise call to try a 2-point play to win the game. The only team to go without a loss in major college football for the 2006 season. Now, this football program we never heard of has awakened all college football fans alike.
You just had a team from a lesser conference finish with a better record than any other power school in college football. This performance by Boise State had fans all over the nation starting to notice this once silent football team. They're not silent anymore!
Another Unblemished Campaign
3 years later there couldn't be another perfect season. This sleeping giant has awakened but it couldn't possibly happen again. This time they even bettered their record from the 2006 season. Instead of getting 13 wins they had 14. Yeah, 14 wins with no losses again. Only the 2nd time in history a college football team had won 14 games in a season with no losses. Another victory in the Fiesta Bowl. This time against the Horned Frogs of TCU. Now, are you asking who's Boise State? You just had a team not well known a few years ago & now they have two perfect seasons in 4 years.
Odd Looking Home Field
What does traditional mean in this case ? It means something that we're grown accustomed to over time. Well, in this case can you say "blue"? Boise State football plays home games on what's called a Field Turf. The odd thing is the turf is not the color we're used to watching games played on. All other college football games are played on a green colored surface. However, Boise chose to color their field blue back in 1986. It hasn't changed colors since. It may look weird to us but the fans of the Broncos have been doing this for nearly a quarter of a century. I wonder if they feel they're watching the "Smurfs"?
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