By Chadd Cripe
ccripe@idahostatesman.com
Boise State freshman defensive end Jarrell Root will miss the rest of the season with a broken leg, coach Chris Petersen announced Monday.
Root was injured during Saturday's game against Utah State.
Root, who is a regular contributor as a backup, has nine tackles, 2.5 sacks and a pass breakup. He played at Capital High.
Freshman Byron Hout likely will help fill the void caused by Root's injury.
In other injury news, linebacker Tim Brady and offensive lineman Kevin Sapien are expected to play this week. Offensive lineman Cory Yriarte is doubtful.
The Broncos have not yet decided on the offensive line combination for this week.
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Boise State and Idaho will play for the Governor’s Trophy on Saturday in Moscow.
We’re trying to come up with a better trophy idea — something more fitting for Idaho. If you have any great ideas, post them in the comments at the bottom of this blog. We’ll run the best ones in Saturday’s paper.
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It was Boise State Appreciation Day on the WAC coaches teleconference Monday.
Here are some excerpts:
Brent Guy, Utah State: “Any mistake you make they have the ability to magnify and it starts to snowball on you.”
Dick Tomey, San Jose State: “They have a program that is very mature, that probably doesn’t have a lot of holes in it. They’re superior at this point in everything they do. And anybody who doesn’t believe that, then they haven’t been paying attention. You can’t dominate the way they have over a period of time and not be doing everything a little bit better. … Their program is clearly the class of the league in every respect.”
Pat Hill, Fresno State: “Boise’s got the best talent in the league by far, and they’re very well coached.”
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Boise State coach Chris Petersen isn’t interested in the share of the WAC title the Broncos can clinch by winning Saturday.
“We really haven’t focused on it because that wouldn’t be our mantra to take back half the WAC,” Petersen said.
Petersen said he doesn’t want to accept a trophy, regardless of how the season plays out, until the end of the season. The Broncos could clinch the outright title in their second-to-last game.
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The Broncos will practice in the Caven-Williams Sports Complex this week to prepare for the game in the Kibbie Dome.
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Damn, Jarrell was a solid
Damn,
Jarrell was a solid player, he will be missed. Let's hope that leg heals fast, and Jarrell will be even better next year. Byron Hout is a stud out there, he pursues relentlessly and will fill in nicely. Let's hope for no more injuries.
Governor's Trophy
"The Great Potato" Trophy
this says it all
Great job Root!
Fantastic freshman year, Jarrell. We're wishing you a speedy recovery.
Governor's Trophy...better than nothing...but not by much
Something like the "Spud Cup" would have been appropriate and a heck of a lot more interesting than the Governor's Trophy. Why not make it fun? A giant potato-shaped trophy would have been unique and notable. Do most fans even know there is a trophy commemorating this rivalry? A football shaped trophy for a football rivarly?...wow that must have taken some real thought from Kempthorne's office.
I like the idea of a trophy for the annual rivalry, but unfortunately former Governor Kempthorne had to make it about himself.
Washington has the Apple Cup rivalry. Oregon has the Civil War. Idaho could have had something like "the Battle for the Spud Cup." Unfortunately, we're stuck with the Governor's Trophy...better than nothing...but not by much.
How about
a football shaped trophy, of course, but the football is a footballish shaped POTATO with lacing and fat white stripes on the pointy ends!
Oh - or we could also consider customizing it for the winner. If Boise wins, it can be a big shiny laser printer sitting atop a column. If Idaho wins it, it can be a Giant Palouse Earthworm skewered atop a column! (I didn't make this up. Google Palouse Earthworm and prepare to crack up!)
I think I got too much sun today.
JRoot
Great year man! Get healthy soon!
Deonte Jackson charged
I just heard that the local newspaper in Moscow reported that Deonte Jackson has now been charged with assult and battery in regards to the fight last week. So far Akey and Spear aren't responding. There may be more arrests forthcoming.
It will be interesting to see if any action is taken.
Deonte Jackson...
Can you imagine what Coach Petersen would do to those kids for that? They'd be so suspended...
Rivalry Trophy
I'm tired of people always making reference to potatoes when it comes to Idaho. Especially when it comes to Boise State Football. Idaho is the GEM State not the potato state. So I propose a battle for the Diamond in the Rough Trophy or The Hidden Gem Trophy. Both make reference to Idaho being the gem state and they both sound much better than the Governor's Trophy.
Governor's Trophy
Keep it the way it is because it will always be coming to BSU but if Idaho should ever win again they should surround the outside of the trophy with bars. That way the players can feel at home looking at their trophy through bars....kind of like the Moscow jail.
Or
have a football on top of a bathroom stall for the team up north if they win!
or
a shoe underneath a bathroom stall....
Garnet Chalice
Idaho is the Gem state because it's one of only 2 places in the world to find Star Garnets.
Other variations:
Star cup
Garnet cup
Star chalice
Etc..
Please do not use anything associate with potatoes, I beg you!
The Timezone Trophy!
Have a really nice clock studded with Star Garnets be the trophy. Idaho and BSU are in different timezones, the winner gets to take the trophy and set it to their time for a year. It would definitly be unique! And also don't use anything with potatoes, it is so over used.
Star Garnets clock
Actually, that is an awesome idea. And I love the reference it would make to the time zones...good one Farmerboy!
Now let's just make sure it's set on mtn. time always!
Framerboy
I really like the clock idea. Hey Statesman if you actually track this site you should get this idea to someone quick so the new trophy can be in place for Saturdays game.
Four quarters.
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Yah, the Star Garnet Trophy (or somesuch) is the better idea. The potato isn't a North Idaho thing - big crops up in the Palouse are wheat and peas/lentils.
Potatoes
Where are Idaho potatoes grown? All I see in Southwest Idaho are sugarbeets?
Suitable trophy
How about a Peregrine Falcon Cup? It would make as much sense as that STUPID pigeon Big Dumb Dirk Oked for the Idaho quarter when he was governor.
Son, that falcon could swipe your toupe at 200 mph...
and leave skid marks on your Rogaine-free Zone of a cranium!
If you wanted to tell a kid where to go (it was a young boy that suggested it) and put a Tater Tot on it *MADE IN ONTARIO, OREGON* you really have no spirit of life left in your Michael Jordan-endorsed head.
It's a damned 25 cent piece, play a video game.
Big capital I
Big capital "I" with a star garnet on top. Call it "Idaho's Trophy" and then keep it at BSU all the time. I like the clock idea also. No Potatoes!! I was in Kantucky once and when someone heard I was from Idaho they told me "Yea, I know Idaho, when I buy Potatoes it has an Idaho on the package." Great!! That's how we're known back east.
Really it's the
"Soon to be discontinued" trophy.
When BSU moves on and Idaho falls back to the Big Sky they won't play anymore anyway. So no point in wasting time coming up with something catchy.
So far I like the star garnet clock idea best...
There could be a ceremony post game to set the clock to the proper time of the winning team.
University Place Cup
You could give a University Place building shaped cup to the loser. Wait the Vandals already have a real life University Place Cup!