By Chadd Cripe
ccripe@idahostatesman.com

Boise State coach Chris Petersen on Monday held his last press conference before the team travels to San Diego on Friday for the Poinsettia Bowl.

Here were some of the highlights (full audio available here):

-- Defensive lineman Steven Reveles (broken arm) might return after missing the final five games of the regular season. Defensive ends Shea McClellin (knee) and Mike T. Williams (knee) will not. End Jarrell Root (broken leg) also is out.

Redshirt freshman Billy Winn, a tackle, has been practicing at end and is listed as the co-starter at Williams’ end spot for the bowl with true freshman Byron Hout. Hout, a converted linebacker, and All-WAC sophomore Ryan Winterswyk are the team’s only healthy ends.

-- It’s still unclear how much senior tight end Chris O’Neill (broken foot) will play. He has not practiced in pads yet, but he has said he expects to play. He hasn’t played since Oct. 1.

“I assume he’s going to suit up and be out there, but we’ll see how much he can actually play,” Petersen said. “He’s been out a long time.”

-- No decision has been made yet on whether sophomore wide receiver Titus Young will return to the team next year. Young has been suspended since the Oct. 11 game at Southern Miss.

“We haven’t resolved his issue yet,” Petersen said.

-- The Broncos’ redshirts scrimmaged in the snow on the blue (turned white) turf Sunday afternoon.

“There was 5 inches of snow,” Petersen said. “You couldn’t see a thing. It looked like 1940 old time football … guys coming out with faces full of snow. And then we had the world’s hugest snowball fight afterwards.”

-- Petersen cracked up the room when he talked about searching for ways to beat TCU: “I invite everyone in Boise to come into our offices and help us figure it out. … I’m just kidding. But I might as well invite them, because they’re going to have the answers anyway — whether they’re invited or not.”