PreGame HYPE:
Honest,
Broncos are struggling
09/15/03 PAUL BUKER OregonLive.com
Fortunately for Oregon State, all is not well at Boise State, where head coach
Dan Hawkins has built a powerhouse program that so outclassed its Western
Athletic Conference brethren last season it was borderline embarrassing.
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Broncos
look familiar
Despite sometimes sloppy play, Boise State
boasts nation's second-longest win streak
By Brooks Hatch Mid-Valley Sports
Too many penalties. Too many turnovers. Problems scoring in the red
zone. A poor third- and fourth-down conversion rate. Sound
familiar? The same problems that beset Oregon State in its first two
football games cropped up for Boise State this past Saturday in a
tougher-than-expected, 24-10 victory over Idaho. BSU also routed Division I-AA
Idaho State 62-0 on Sept. 6 in its opener. (more...)
BSU
not satisfied after beating Vandals
Nick Jezierny The
Idaho Statesman
Times are good when a 14-point road win over an in-state rival doesn't please a
head coach. Welcome to the current state of Boise State football, where
Bronco coach Dan Hawkins wasn't too happy after the Broncos beat Idaho on
Saturday in Moscow. "It's a lot more than that," Hawkins said.
If we
played a clean game and won 24-10, I'd have no problems. We have a lot of things
to still clean up. (more...)
Boise
St. coach sees game as life lesson
Dan Hawkins uses philosophy to teach and motivate his
team, which will play Oregon State Saturday.
CHADD CRIPE
Gannett News Service September 17, 2003
BOISE, Idaho Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson often is
called a Zen master.
Boise State football coach Dan Hawkins could be a Zen apprentice.
Hawkins has spent the
past decade compiling 154 pages of quotes, plays, diagrams, flow charts and
personal thoughts in support of what he calls his "thesis
philosophy." "It's
a piece of art, and it's something that's
always in process,"
said Hawkins, the former Willamette University coach who led the Broncos to a
12-1 record and No. 15 AP poll ranking last season. Someday,
he would like to use the information to write a book. He's
a voracious reader of psychological and autobiographical texts, and his favorite
is Jackson's "Sacred
Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior." (more.....)
Proving
time arrives Saturday
Broncos are the Beavers' stiffest non-conference
foe in seven years
By BROOKS HATCH Mid-Valley Sports
Boise State isn't the only team playing at Reser Stadium this Saturday with
something to prove. It's also a "prove-it" game for Oregon
State, which wasn't overly impressive in victories over Sacramento State and New
Mexico State and was downright brutal in its loss at Fresno State.
"They're not just a lay-down team; they're a really good team with a really
good coach," junior Kanan Sanchez said of the Broncos (2-0), who will
provide the sternest test thus far for the Beavers (2-1). "We're
going to have to come out and play hard. Every game we play is going to be like
that because everybody is going to doubt us through the season. We're gonna have
to come out and show everybody who Oregon State is every week." Boise
State is the flagship program of the Western Athletic Conference and is anxious
to prove itself against BCS-conference opposition. So the Beavers are treating
the showdown with the winningest program in the Northwest over the past five
seasons just like it was a Pacific-10 Conference encounter.
Bronco's
face challenge in Corvallis
Todd Gabriel Special to
The Arbiter September 18, 2003
The Boise State Broncos take their show on the road this Saturday in
their third game of the season. The undefeated Broncos travel to Corvallis to
match up with Pac-10 powerhouse Oregon State. The Beavers are 2-1 this season,
their only loss came in a close battle against WAC’s Fresno State,
16-14. Boise State played a couple of tune-up games against Division I-AA
Idaho State and the University of Idaho – neither of which posed much of a
threat to the Broncos. (more...)
Head
to Head
Boise State vs. BCS opponents since 96 season
Nick Jezierny The
Idaho Statesman
Boise State gets its first shot at a BCS school this season, and
its only shot, though the Broncos are downplaying that motivation heading into
today's game at Oregon State. "We're not making a big deal of
that," said coach Dan Hawkins, whose team beat Iowa State in the 2002
Humanitarian Bowl for the program's first win over a BCS school.
OSU's
pieces falling into place
Steven Jackson, Brandon Browner will play against Boise State
By BROOKS HATCH Mid-Valley Sports
The biggest piece of Oregon State's developing offensive puzzle will be in the
lineup today when the Beavers (2-1) meet Boise State (2-0) in their final
non-conference game of the season. Junior tailback Steven Jackson, the
linchpin of a unit that has chugged ahead in fits and starts through three
games, has recovered from a strained left knee and will start. Jackson has
rushed for at least 128 yards in his last eight regular-season games.
Jackson
confident he's ready to go
By BROOKS HATCH Mid-Valley Sports
He's not a definite go just yet. But if there's no residual
swelling or stiffness today in Steven Jackson's left knee stemming from
Thursday's practice, Oregon State's standout junior tailback will play against
Boise State on Saturday. Jackson strained his
left knee in a 28-16 victory over New Mexico State this past Saturday and has
been treated with kid gloves all week.
Boise
State can push Beavers in a number of directions
09/20/03 RACHEL BACHMAN
Four games into his second tenure at Oregon State, coach Mike Riley faces a
potential day of reckoning. By coincidence, Riley faces the other top
finalist in the Beavers' coaching search in the spring. By coincidence, that
man, Dan Hawkins, happens to coach a high-scoring Boise State team looking to
secure a national reputation by beating its first Pacific-10 Conference team.
Adding drama is that the Beavers (2-1) are coming off two so-so games and a
terrible one, and the Broncos' idea of struggling is winning by 14.
Post-Game Reaction
Oregon
State 26, Boise State 24
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) -- Derek Anderson threw for 408 yards and James Newson
had nine receptions for 208 yards as Oregon State held on to beat Boise State
26-24 on Saturday night, ending the Broncos' 14-game winning streak. Ryan
Dinwiddie was 19-of-36 for 334 yards for the Broncos (2-1), who missed a chance
to take the lead with 7:32 left when Tyler Jones' 32-yard field-goal attempt
sailed wide right. The Beavers (3-1) followed with a clock-eating, 17-play
drive that ended with Anderson kneeling at the Boise State 16 as the final
seconds ticked off.