Fourth quarter

9:49 — Boise State 52, Utah State 21: Doug Martin 6 run (Brotzman kick)

Third quarter

12:56 — Boise State 42, Utah State 14: Jeremy Avery 32 run (Kyle Brotzman kick)
Key play: A pass interference call on Utah State gave Boise State a first down on third-and-3.

5:49 — Boise State 42, Utah State 21: Michael Smith 12 run (Kyle Brotzman kick)
Key play: The Aggies faked a punt and got the first down.

Boise State caravan

Boise State is encouraging fans traveling to Logan for the Utah State game to meet in the Bronco Stadium parking lot at 8:30 a.m. The “Bronco Fan Caravan” will leave at 9 a.m. with a police escort.

The Broncos are encouraging fans to adorn their vehicles with Boise State paraphernalia and the stadium Bronco Shop will be open at 7 a.m. and have specials. Fans are encouraged to wear orange to the game.

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How wide open is the Fiesta Bowl when it comes to finding teams for this year’s game?

Consider that the bowl is not sending representatives to any football games this weekend. Part of the reason is because there are very few good games to attend. But uncertainty is the other reason.

“Things are up in the air. In this case probably more so than any other year,” said Fiesta Bowl spokesman Tony Alba. “It doesn’t make sense to go out and do anything. We’ll regroup on Sunday.”

Brian Murphy
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The coaching carousel has begun. It is officially rumor mill season in college football.

UNLV: Idaho coach Robb Akey and former Boise State coach Dirk Koetter are among the names that are being thrown around at UNLV, which fired Mike Sanford. Fresno State coach Pat Hill also makes the list. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Dan Hawkins’ name pop up if he is let go at Colorado.

First quarter

Boise State 8, Idaho 0 — Austin Pettis 2 pass from Kellen Moore (Kyle Efaw pass from Pettis), 12:11
Key play: Linebacker Aaron Tevis recovered a fumble by Idaho quarterback Brian Reader on the Idaho 15. Four plays later, Pettis caught a fade route in the end zone. It is the 10th straight game with a touchdown catch for Pettis. That is a school record.

• The is apparently a bit of a power outage at the stadium that has resulted in ESPNU losing its signal from Bronco Stadium. Yikes!

More plane talk

Horizon Air has gotten plenty of free advertising this week, thanks to Idaho athletic director Rob Spear’s decision to not fly on a Boise State-themed plane to Boise.

The plane will make two passes over the stadium before Saturday’s Idaho-Boise State game at Bronco Stadium.

The pilot of the plane will be Sherman Blaser, the father of former Boise State tight end Sherm Blaser. Sherman Blaser has three children who have graduated from Boise State and his youngest son currently attends Idaho.

Scheduling problems — or not

I had a chance to sit down with Idaho athletic director Rob Spear on Wednesday in Boise to discuss all things Vandal.

Unfortunately, Spear’s decision not to fly on the Horizon Air's Boise State plane did not come up.

Here’s what we did discuss:

UPDATE: 12:40 p.m. — Meant to mention this earlier, but ESPN Radio host Colin Cowherd called for Boise State coach Chris Petersen to be a serious candidate for the presumed soon-to-be-vacant Notre Dame job at the end of the year.

Cowherd said the Irish should offer the job to Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald first and then come after Petersen if they decided to part ways with Charlie Weis.

It appears the two non-BCS teams to the Bowl Championship Series bandwagon is gaining steam.

I’m in danger of getting run over as I still don’t believe a bowl game will take Boise State over USC or a team from the Big Ten.

First, the case for two non-BCS teams.

ESPN: Both of its bowl prognosticators have Boise State in a BCS game — vs. Florida in the Sugar and vs. Iowa in the Fiesta.

Fourth quarter

BOISE STATE 30, LOUISIANA TECH 28
Scoring play: Dennis Morris 5 pass from Ross Jenkins (Nelson kick), 14:07
Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards, 2:23

The Bulldogs surprised the Broncos with an onside kick and took it all the way down the field.

BOISE STATE 38, LOUISIANA TECH 28
Scoring play: Austin Pettis 12 pass from Kellen Moore (Moore to Shoemaker), 7:41
Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards, 1:57

Moore hit Kyle Efaw on a 40-yard pass play to move the Broncos into Louisiana Tech territory.

BOISE STATE 45, LOUISIANA TECH 28