I wanted to expand on some topics that didn’t make it into my column on Paul J. Schneider this morning. I’ll be updating the blog throughout the day — leading up to the scrimmage — with information gathered about the Boise State radio contract. Boise State chose Peak Broadcasting of Boise’s (KIDO) bid over one from the Citadel Broadcasting Company (KBOI) last week.

The decision ends the Broncos’ 35-year affiliation with KBOI — and Paul J.’s tenure as the Broncos’ play-by-play announcer.

• Paul J. said he would call tonight’s scrimmage like he would any other scrimmage despite it (likely) being the final Bronco broadcast of his long career.

“I’ll probably call it pretty straight. I might reminisce a little bit,” he said.

The scrimmage format allows for lots of storytelling, so I’d imagine that Paul J. will wander from the “game” action quite often.

Paul. J. said he has been touched by all the phone calls, e-mails and other expressions of thanks that he has received from the community since the news broke last week.

“It has been really gratifying. It has made me feel real good,” he said. “I’ve gotten calls from people at Boise State. The football coaches have been extraordinary. It makes me feel that the work I’ve done has been appreciated by the general public, if not by Boise State.”

He said he felt that Boise State athletic director Gene Bleymaier wanted to make a change, but added that Bleymaier never confronted Paul J. about his work on the broadcasts. Paul J. said they had not spoken about his performance in 12 years.

“He never came to me. Never said, ‘I don’t like the way you’re doing this, the way you’re doing that,’ ” Schneider said.

Though Paul J. has been stung by the decision, he said he is OK with the idea of not calling games anymore, even if his family is not.

“My life is good and I’m fine with it. I wish the reasons had been better,” he said. “But I’m OK with not doing the games. I’m just OK with it.”

Paul J. said he doesn’t want to sound as if he is angry — and in talking with him I did not get that impression. I just think he would have liked to leave on a better note.

• Boise State coach Chris Petersen, who will be in the booth with Paul J. during the fourth quarter of today’s scrimmage, said he doesn’t think we’ve heard the last of the play-by-play announcer.

“Paul J., somehow, he’ll still be involved with the Broncos, somehow, some way. I don’t know how and when and where but he’ll be around. He may be leading the tailgate parties out there and having fun for the first time in his football career. I may look forward to joining him out there,” Petersen said.

Here’s some more from Petersen on Paul J.:

“He’s just a really solid person. He has so much history here. He knows so much more about the Broncos than 99 percent of the people — not just football, but all of the sports. Those are the two things that pop out — that he’s a solid, awesome person and he’s a Bronco. He is a Bronco.”

• I asked Bleymaier if Paul J. would be honored in any way by the school.

“Paul J has done a tremendous job over the years and we want to recognize him and thank him for that. We want to recognize him and thank him for what he’s done and what he’s meant to Boise State, “ Bleymaier said. “We plan on doing that.”

When I asked him for specifics — such as the Hall of Fame or an on-field ceremony — Bleymaier said they had not gotten that far.

“There’s a number of things that we can do and I’m sure will do,” he said.

My suggestion: Name the radio booth in the new press box for Paul J.

It’s unlikely, of course, since Peak bought the naming rights to the radio booth as part of its bid. The cost: $25,000, split in two payments over two years.

Maybe since Kevin Godwin, the senior vice president for Peak, used to be at Citadel and knows Paul J., he’ll do the right thing.

• In conversations with Paul J. and Citadel market manager Sandy Gamblin, both said that KBOI would attempt to become like ESPN in its heavy pre-game and post-game coverage. See if you follow: Though ESPN doesn’t have NFL games on Sundays, the network is still a go-to for NFL pre-game and post-game coverage on Sundays.

“We are not going to go away,” Paul J. said. “Like ESPN is during the National Football League with good pre-game shows, we’re going to be like that. Boise State will end up benefiting. (KIDO) better strap it on. We’re going to have great Bronco coverage. We’re going to work hard at it and they better work hard at it, too.”

Full disclosure: KBOI is considering using Idaho Statesman employees, including myself, during its pre-game and post-game shows. I did not learn this until yesterday, though it was part of KBOI’s meeting with Boise State.

Apparently, the committee, led by Bleymaier, did not exactly warm up to the idea of the Statesman having a presence on Bronco broadcasts.

• The Idaho Statesman obtained documents relating to the process on Thursday after its open records request was filled by Boise State. Among the more interesting documents in the file was the “scorecard” used by the committee. Officially called the “Radio Rights RFP Evaluation Form,” it has grades for each of the four bids in seven categories.

In addition to Peak and Citadel, Impact Radio Group submitted two proposals. They scored 458 and 454 points, respectively. Peak won with 665 points. Citadel had 651.4 points.

Citadel won in the categories that related to history, taking 100 points in “experience in sports broadcasting,” “history of successful performance in the radio industry” and “financial stability of company.”

Peak won in the categories that related to the current bid, taking 100 points in “financial terms and benefits as detailed in the individual proposals,” “other benefits” and “programming and creativity of proposal in support of BSU.”

No one was awarded 100 points in the “status and draw of sports commentators” category, though Peak — which has not named its broadcast team — received 98 points. Citadel, with Paul J. and Jeff Caves as its team, received 89 points.

The lowest score either bid received was an 80, for Citadel in the “programming and creativity of proposal in support of BSU” category. That 20-point difference made a huge difference.

Citadel did not seem to get much credit for things it has done in helping promote Bronco football.

According to the KBOI proposal, the company spent more than $35,000 to provide radio acts for the BSU Alumni homecoming party in downtown Boise.

The proposal said it would continue to host the “World’s Largest Tailgate Party,” in August, continue to broadcast the spring game and continue to have a live event for Signing Day on sister station KTIK.

The proposal talked about Bronco Notebooks each weekday on KBOI and a Final Four giveaway each year.

Peak representatives said “there would be weekly Boise State promotions on all (six) stations” during their meeting with Boise State. In their promotions answer in the bid, Peak does not mention anything other than radio spots, billboards and announcements. There is a proposal for “a giant one day blitz early in the year to promote Bronco Women’s Basketball” from Peak.

The proposal also mentions other BSU events that take place at Bronco Stadium or Taco Bell Arena, including the World’s Largest Tailgate Party and scrimmages.

The grading is very subjective in a few of these categories, to say the least.

In its “Letter of Justification,” Boise State said that “Peak’s interview presentation demonstrated a true enthusiasm for having these broadcast rights, and the willingness to create a mutual partnership that would put Boise State in the highest regard.”

One of the most specific reasons listed in the letter is that Peak provides “in-game radio presence for Bronco Major Corporate Partners that has been lacking to this point as an external media benefit.”

• According to Boise State’s “Intent to Award a Contract” that it issued on April 3, the deal is contingent upon Peak “finalizing the regional Bronco Radio Network” by May 15.

During the March 7 meeting between representatives of Peak and Boise State, Peak said it was “98 percent confident, especially in the Idaho markets” that it could secure a network. Peak said it had “secured nine stations in seven markets” to carry Boise State football.

Peak also said “setting up the network would be a challenge, but (it was) very confident we can make it happen.”

Peak said the network could “possibly” be for basketball, too.