By Chadd Cripe
ccripe@idahostatesman.com
The Boise State football coaches have had to get creative this year to fill the tight end and fullback positions — positions that were expected to be filled by veterans.
Starting tight end Chris O’Neill is out with a broken foot. He had 10 catches and two touchdowns in four games.
Starting fullback/tight end Richie Brockel has been limited by an injury. He hasn’t missed a game, but coaches have seriously reduced his playing time to help him heal and have moved him out of the backfield.
In their places, sophomore Tommy Gallarda, freshman Kyle Efaw and freshman Dan Paul have been asked to learn on the fly.
Gallarda has become an important blocker at tight end. Efaw has 10 catches, with a 15.1-yard average. And Paul, a former linebacker, has impressed everyone with his passion at fullback.
“The thing I love about Dan is he’s not always on the right guy, but he’s always going full speed,” tight ends coach Chris Strausser said. “He’s a fun guy to watch play.”
We’ll have a feature on Efaw in Thursday’s edition of the Idaho Statesman. Efaw is coming off a breakout game last week at New Mexico State — five catches for 78 yards.
That performance followed games in which he had a key fumble (Hawaii) and two drops in the end zone (San Jose State).
“That was kind of a low point on the year so far,” Efaw said of the San Jose State game. “It kind of sucks that you get your one or two opportunities and you blow them. I guess you’ve got to keep your head up and try for your next opportunity.”
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Boise State coach Chris Petersen has been named to the watch list for the Paul “Bear” Bryant College Coach of the Year award. Petersen won the award after the 2006 season.
Petersen was among 20 coaches named to the watch list. Others include Nick Saban of Alabama, Mack Brown of Texas and Bob Stoops of Oklahoma — all former winners.
Petersen is 31-3 in three seasons at Boise State. He has the Broncos, who are 8-0, ranked in the top 10 for the second time during his tenure.
Five to 10 finalists will be named in December. The winner is announced in January.
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Where is Deschutes?
Has anyone seen Deschutes around?
where
Must have ducked out since his team is falling way short of expectations. With or without quarterbacks they proved they should never have been ranked.
All
rivers lead to the Ocean. Is Boise River out there too?
Think
there waiting for a BSU loss so they might be back next year!
Jerry Lambert ect...
theres so many of those guys....Tomellen River ect.. what about the Hawaii fan who promised to be back? Hopefully we get all the Vandal retards next week so we can make fun of them.
Ect???
It's etc. not ect. Please don't make Idaho look so illiterate, and yes my wife catches me using, "I got..." instead of, "I have" every once in awhile. The joys of growing up in the back woods. At least I know how to play Dueling Banjo's and that's on my electric acoustic guitar.
lol!
I'm laughing at your posts! I have sort of followed these guys you are talking about (deschutes etc) and they are truly fun to read.
As for the Vandal retards, they're baaaaaack!
Let the fun begin
I went 1/2 way to an Associate's at TVCC and then...
it got too expensive and they dropped my curriculum after which they played Millionaire with the secretary (Susan Shaw) and she played the lightning round in prison. Then there was the elderly couple for whom I did lawn work for over 12 years. They were misers, no children except 10 UNfixed cats, ate Meals on Wheels food, house was a wreck, they were nice but if I asked for a dollar raise ONCE in every two years the nonagenarian husband might look at me as if I wished to kill him...
Mowed, watered, weeded and trimmed the hedges and never more than 8.50. I liked my job a lot but hey...they went to a nursing home prior to 9/11 and when they died the college got $400,000 and they renamed the Administration Building Barber Hall.
Thanks, Chukar U.
College has it's place, just not under my heels.
As for all the English Majors, keep it Private.
There is a big diffence
There is a big diffence between not being able to use proper english and grammar, and just plain old mistyping a word. This isn't a class room so quit grading like it is high school again.
Twice
Thought he would like to know, I know I would, it betters me when I am corrected. Sorry if you feel like you're in high school again. If I was talking to you and you had a booger in your nose I would tell you and I would hope you would do the same for me.
Oh, by the way, etc. is short for etcetera meaning-and others esp. of the same kind. That's always baffled me and now I know for I am better b/c of this post. I thank you Frasier.
bluephan
I have a degree in English Lit so maybe I should make sure I dont look like a hick...I find it kinda ironic blue the spelling of your name...is that French?
Bluefan
I went with that one but forgot my password so I came back as bluephan. Tried to change it to Blueballs but they wouldn't let me on with that one.
Bluephan
It was the make Idaho look so illiterate comment that bugged me. Telling someone in person that they have a booger in their nose, is a lot better versus announcing it for everyone to see or hear. Correcting someone's writing is perfectly fine as well, but doing so and then calling them illiterate is a bit much. JLandon may have a slight touch of dyslexia like I do. Either that, or he just didn't bother to go back and recheck his spelling.
All I am saying is if you correct people with the intent of bettering them, kudos. If you do it to belittle them, then no soup for you!
Bdeises, stdueis hvae swohn taht the mnid dosne't acutlaly raed all the lerttes in wrdos. You can mpssilel evrey wrod, and you wlil sitll be albe to unsdretnad waht is wirettn asonlg as you get the fisrt and lsat ltteres paceld crortcely. Cool, huh?
That last
sentence...tricky, kinda hurt my eyes reading it but I get you point. Didn't mean to call anyone illiterate and sorry it was taken that way. This is BSU UI week so let's hear some smack. Go to the forums also.
No smack talk for me
I don't get to talk smack talk since I am not a fan of either team. I guess I will be rooting for some good old fashioned, smash-mouth football. Although as a service to all these insane Idaho/BSU fans, I will be glad to point out any and all mistakes made by both teams.
Frasier
define smash mouth football for me? I mean if your looking for a good game on both sides of the ball you better flip on something else. If you looking for someone getting smacked in the mouth and falling down and getting smack some more then by all means tune in for that!
You mean JJ is going to
You mean JJ is going to cheap shot someone again? hehe
I didn't say it was going to be a good game, or even a close game (although anything is possible). I just want to see some smash-mouth football. 22 players on the field, moving full speed, playing balls to the wall for 60 minutes.
LIKE I SAID
in the above post!
Let's turn this into a drinking game..
everytime you read a comment from a bonehead (like a fan, coach, et al) who calls BSU a donk, donkey, etc... you take a shot!
Wait. Your liver is tooo valuable of an organ for this game. Belay that order...
Now that's an idea!!!!!
I'm for that!
I would think tequila for donkey comments, and rum for vandal comments.
Either way, the liver is going to be on hurting status.
Rum?
Good point there. But Rum seems more like a Pirate drink... Vandals were Scandinavianish, weren't they?...how about Mead? Might be tough to find, but well worth the search.
Whatever the case, it will be a fun game. Vandals seem like they are improving this year (an opinion taken totally from reading these posts though - I have not had a chance to see a single game of theirs)
Long live your liver, Frasier!
I did find some mead on a
I did find some mead on a trip to Yellowstone this last weekend. Made with honey and a picture of a Viking on the label. Road trip anyone?
Frasier...
...you found MEAD? I want to have your baby.
What an offer!!! I guess I
What an offer!!! I guess I would have to produce the mead first:)