Boise State clinches at least a share of the WAC title with the victory.
Austin Pettis (left ankle) was on crutches and in a walking boot after the game and will be re-evaluated Monday. Coach Chris Petersen called it a sprained ankle.
Fourth quarter
Boise State 44, Nevada 33: Tray Session 23 pass from Kaepernick, 1:16
Boise State 44, Nevada 26: Kirby Moore 6 pass from Kellen Moore, 5:08
Boise State 37, Nevada 26: Kyle Brotzman 27 field goal, 10:55
Third quarter
Boise State 34, Nevada 26: Vai Taua 76 run (Drake kick), 2:23
Boise State 34, Nevada 19: Tommy Gallarda 21 pass from Kellen Moore (Brotzman kick), 2:40
Boise State 27, Nevada 19: Ricky Drake 37 field goal, 9:38
Key play: A pass interference penalty on Brandyn Thompson gave Nevada a first down at the BSU 29. Without the penalty, Nevada would have faced a fourth down at the BSU 44.
Second quarter
Boise State 27, Nevada 16: Brandon Wimberly 3 pass from Colin Kaepernick (Drake kick), :03
Key play: Kaepernick's 20-yard pass to Brandon Wimberly on third-and-15 kept the drive alive.
Boise State 27, Nevada 9: Virgil Green 6 pass from Colin Kaepernick (Drake kick failed), 3:38
Key play: Kaepernick ran for seven yards on third-and-8 and the Wolf Pack picked up the fourth-down try on a pass to Green to move to the BSU 19.
Boise State 27, Nevada 3: Dan Paul 1 pass from Kellen Moore (Brotzman kick), 9:59
Key play: Doug Martin had two third-down conversions on short passes in Nevada territory.
Boise State 20, Nevada 3: Ricky Drake 26 field goal, 13:36
Key play: Nevada running back Vai Taua gained two yards on third-and-4 from the Boise State 10, leading to a field goal attempt.
First quarter
Boise State 20, Nevada 0: Dan Paul 3 pass from Kellen Moore (Kyle Brotzman kick), 4:20
Key play: Kellen Moore completed a 34-yard pass to Kirby Moore on third-and-6 at the Nevada 43.
Austin Pettis limped off the field after the extra-point try. He was apparently injured on the two-point conversion attempt.
Boise State 13, Nevada 0: Dan Paul 18 pass from Kellen Moore (Austin Pettis run failed), 9:03
Key play: Nevada did not go for it on fourth-and-1 at its 36, instead punting to Boise State. Boise State converted on fourth-and-1 at the Nevada 29.
Boise State 7, Nevada 0: Titus Young 95 kickoff return (Kyle Brotzman kick), 14:45
Key play: After some controversy about the opening kickoff — Boise State sent its kick team out there and then ended up returning the ball — Young bobbled the ball and then picked it up and returned it for a touchdown.
Pregame
It seems that everyone agrees that Boise State’s Fiesta Bowl (and BCS) hopes rest with Oklahoma defeating Oklahoma State in Saturday’s bedlam game.
We’ve been saying this locally for weeks. Now the national media has picked up the storyline.
Click here to read L.A. Times’ story.
Click here to read SportsIllustrated.com's story.
• Reps from the Orange, Sugar and Fiesta bowls will be in attendance tonight.
• Click here to listen to my audio prediction.
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Kellen Moore
Will dominate the game tonight. Kapernickle is going to get shut down.
Watched Bama just barely pull it out again.
HOpe they get some nice girls to entertain the bowl reps.
The Yellow Dandelion of Texas
Texas just squeaked by Texas A & M also.
I will be curious how Texas will fare come Sunday's polls for barely getting by an unranked team.
Same thing for Bama, barely getting by the War Eagles, too.
Will they still be # 2 and # 3?
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It won't affect them at all...they played "real" schedules...lol.
Plane Tickets
If BSU wins tonight I'm buying my plane tickets for Phoenix before the price goes up!
Ok St.
If OSU wins I hope you plan ahead and buy your OSU orange...lol...that's who you will be cheering for!
Whoa.
Oklahoma ST. needs to lose for me to buy. I wasn't briefed on what kind or how good the entertainment was tonight for the bowl reps.
Pitt is losing right now. hmmm.....
R U ready
for some football?
Those guys at Pitt and WVA play some hard hit'n ball. See ya later Pitt.
Oh my god! Did you see that?
Yes, Ready Here
Just sittin' here in front of the wide screen with some Donko buds, surrounded by leftovers from yesterday (stacks of turkey and ham sandwiches, pies, and such). And of course, lots of good cold manly Vandal Beer.
Game starts in 5 minutes.
Check in at half.
Go Donkos.
The Power of Mark May
The guy is spooky..........First off, he orchestrates a power outage against Idaho, and now he helps engineer a late 4th quarter drive for his almam mater Pitt, to tie their game with West Virginia.........LOL, Sure seems like the guy has sumpin' goin on after he disses BSU every chance he gets.
Do we miss our kick-off? or does it get pushed back?
Missed the kick off, AND a
Missed the kick off, AND a faboo kickoff return dang it.
Mark May can now have a big old cup of
shut the BAD WORD up!
You never thought he was hoping you'd make him?
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Like a midair collision with a tugboat
What is this?
Camouflage football? Get some real football turf.
Can't see the ball. Can't see the players. Looks like a Sears parking lot.
Is it just me whining?
Bitter?
Hello Omikey..........Shouldn't you be worried about Oregon State?...TOMORROW? That said, I went back and read a bunch of your posts after our last skirmish, and really, you cracked me up quite a bit. Very funny, good job.
Not till Thursday night.
Thanks Border. It's serious but it still just game. Have fun.
Yes it's just you. Got six figures? Buy one of your own.
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Like a midair collision with a tugboat
Young....Whats UP
Great run and No Celebration!!!!!!!
Terrible
This is painful to watch. It would be nice if it was at least a good game.
nice game planning nevada
Okay, Nevada doesn't cover the back in the flat on 3rd and long. Got it, Martin can get 10 yards anytime.
And Nevada never covers the fullback on passes in the red zone. BSU exploits this three times in the first 25 minutes. I see that.
Is Ault retarded?
Thompson beat yet again.
Thompson beat yet again.
and again.
and again.
and again.
and again... touchdown.
Typical Boise
Typical Boise to let up and let a team get back into the game. BSu better score over 45 or they might lose this game. Their DB's are going to get burned in the second half, so be prepared.
Lovers Not Killers
Yeah, you could almost see BSU letting up halfway through the second quarter.
It's like they think it's over. The fire goes away and the tenor of the game is different.
Still no killer instinct.
No desire to step on Nevada's throat and crush hard.
And, yes, right out of the gate starting the second half, Nevada is going to go to work on BSU's DBs. For sure.
If Pettis is out for the game...BSU is done.
If Pettis is out for the game...BSU is done.
why not
Have a BSU v.
The state OK again?
That sounds like a great Fiesta Bowl line-up.
ready for the second half
hopefully we score early & often.
Second half is starting now
Scoring is good, but our biggest concern is to contain Kapernick.
Seems like our D is sleeping, specifically our D backs.
And getting to have more and more sloppy tackles as the second quarter progressed.
Go Broncos. Get it together for 30 more minutes
34 points
That should hold em off the way this game is going. Both teams seem to be not into it offensively. Defense from these two teams seems odd..... Uh oh... what a hole Taua is gone. Wow. I guess we still got a game here.
Turnover!!!.... hang on to your hats
Watch former BSU Sprinter on World Cup Bobsled Race
Saw this while watching skiing on Universal Sports Network.
Go to fibt.com. Scroll down to "On Demand Streaming" then click on "Video on Demand" then to page 2 of 3 to watch Heats 1 and 2 of the 2-Man Bobsled World Cup Races to see former Boise Sprinter as the BrakeMan on the USA III Sled.
The USA III Sled is the last sled to go on the first heat.
FTB...
you are correct. With pettis gone for the night, BSU is done.. Nevada has controlled this game since the second quarter.
oh ye of little faith
martin's shoving it down their throats now
regardless of outcome tonight...
Pettis out is not good.. I bet this game goes right down to the last minute of play in regulation. And it will be a heartbreaker for one of these teams...
Pettis Being Gone Is Not That Critical
The problem we have is our D right now.
Pettis being out for the game is not the most critical element that is missing. He doesn't play defense.
Our D has got to tighten up. They seem tentative - hitting hard, yes, but too tentative to commit.
Offense
Our offense is sputtering again...
fumble?
Does anyone know why Nevada got the ball on the fumble when the play was blown dead?
My thoughts exactly....
Play was blown dead, it cannot be over-turned.
fumble?
but it was blown dead before the recovery was made
Number 6 in the nation?
Number 6 in the nation? Really? Didn't look like a top ten team tonight. Not even close. Have fun in your none BCS bowl, boise state and fans.
first of all it is NON not
first of all it is NON not none. and have you been listening to the game? Neither of these teams is a slouch.
An Outhouse Is Such A Smelly Place
outhouse:
The game is not over yet.
Besides, Nevada ain't no cupcake team.
They are the hottest team in America, at this moment, according to all the pundits.
We will win this game and we will go to the Fiesta Bowl.
Why do you care?
65 AP Voters, near 100 harris poll voters & 6 non-baised computers...
or 1 knuckle head from Idaho?
Oh...and the coaches too. My bad.
But you're still a knuckle head.
freshman fumble... end-zone drop...
Still think Pettis isn't a big deal?
Even Pettis drops one once in a while
Yeah, I still think our Defense is more important right now than the loss of Pettis.
TD!!!
Sweet mama
ouch...
Now Ackrey... Too many injuries this season.. I hope it is not serious.
DJ Harper
Matt Kaiserman
Richie Brockel
Austin Pettis (?)
Derel Ackrey (?)
We need our peeps for a bowl game
You forgot...
... Tyler Shoemaker. The Fresno, Idaho, and Nevada games have been costly to the Broncos. I'm hearing on the radio that Shoe should be back for a bowl. Hopefully Pettis, too. Harper, Kaiserman, and Brockel are done for the year. Not sure about Akrey. It's interesting that for Senior Day next week, the only senior that will be playing is Kyle Wilson.
Any questions????
WHO IS YOUR DADDY???