By Chadd Cripe
ccripe@idahostatesman.com

On the same day that the Boise State athletic department gave the media a tour of the new Stueckle Sky Club, football coach Chris Petersen went old school with his team meetings.

The Broncos held their team meeting Tuesday morning on the mats in the wrestling room and their special teams meeting in one of the dungeon-like rooms under the east grandstands in Bronco Stadium.

Those were the rooms some of the Boise State coaches used when they played for the Broncos, as recently as the late 1990s. Players wore parkas in the meetings rooms under the stands while preparing for the 1999 Humanitarian Bowl.

Since then, the athletic department has built a football office complex, an indoor practice facility and the $37 million Sky Club.

This is the first time Petersen has used the old meeting rooms. The decision was prompted by a discussion among the coaches about “old school.”

“Our point was the facilities are awesome — we love them trying to be the best and build the best — but you don’t need that to be the best,” Petersen said. “That comes from practice and how we lift weights and how we treat players.”

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The highlight from Tuesday's practice: Freshman quarterback Kellen Moore rolled wide left and hit senior tight end Chris O’Neill. O’Neill made a diving catch in the front corner of the end zone.