Boise State tweaks uniforms for 2011

It appears that Boise State will be tweaking its uniform designs for the upcoming football season...

Lunchtime Links: May 31

Here are some links for news around the West today:

• Gonzaga hoopster Demetri Goodson is leaving the school to play football at Baylor.
• The four-star recruiting coup for New Mexico, Calvin Smith, is now leaving the program to move closer to home.
• Nebraska QB Cody Green is leaving the school, and is rumored to be considering Boise State as his transfer destination.
• Here's a goodie: Terrelle Pryor shows up to a team meeting yesterday in a new sports car? Really? Really.
• Here's a fun Jimmer Fredette highlight video edited to be a late-80s Nintendo game.

Five Steps to College Football Perfection

As an unwashed American football fan there is nothing quite like Saturday afternoon's come fall time. The pageantry and emotion of college football is something to behold. It washes over this great nation of ours from Labor Day to New Year's, bringing memories of games won and lost, and stories which speak to the soul. The game, however, is not without flaw. I submit to you five rule changes that would remedy what I consider small residue on the nearly-spotless garment of college football. (EDITORS NOTE: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER LAME ANTI/PRO BCS ARTICLE. YOU ARE FREE TO CONTINUE READING)

Rate That Uni: New Mexico

Up next in our Rate That Uni series is New Mexico. The Lobos made some uniform changes a couple seasons ago. Do our panelists like it? And give us your voice as well: how do you like the look of the New Mexico Lobos? Vote in the poll at the bottom and leave your comments as well.

** Editor's Note: UNM is primed to get new football uni's as early as this season.**

A College Football Premier League?

Where would a school like ECU land?

Two days ago, Tony Barnhart of CBSSports.com wrote an article about a premier-league-type divide in college football. He allows some conspiratorial-like speculation to consider if there are ulterior reasons behind all the new, booming television deals and research into providing athletes with full-cost scholarships.

What would this new league look like?

Rate That Uni: Colorado State

After yesterday's polarizing post on the bright uniforms of Boise State, we continue in the Mountain West and move southeast to Fort Collins, for the Colorado State Rams.  It appears our panelists are slightly disenchanted by CSU's new uniforms they debuted in 2010.

After reading our thoughts, tell us what you think in the poll at the bottom of  the post, and feel free to leave comments.

Rate That Uni: Boise State

Second up in our Rate That Uni series is Boise State. Besides racking up the most wins in the last decade, the Broncos have garnered much attention from their blue-turf field as well...but what about their uniforms?

Our panelists definitely have opinions on this matter. Read up, then tell us what you think in the poll below!

Rate That Uni: Air Force

Today starts the beginning of our Rate That Uni series, and today, we kick things off with the Air Force Falcons.  Join us for the next few weeks as we share our opinions on college football uniforms from around the West, and make your vote count as well!  Each post will have a poll at the bottom where you can give your own ratings to the uniforms.  Results will be compiled and shared when we have completed posts for each conference.

We welcome John Cary who joins us in our look at college football uniforms. John has gone back and forth with us on Twitter in discussions on many uniforms, so we're glad to welcome him for this special series.

BYU and ESPN attempting to bring the bacon

If even just most of the rumors now coming out about BYU's future schedules are true, even BYU fans couldn't have imagined such a compelling national schedule like the one the Cougars seem to be rolling out.

The long-rumored agreement with Hawaii that became official today, which has BYU playing Hawaii "almost annually" through 2020, is the official BYU scheduling news of the day.  The names in the rumor mill, however, are interesting. Very interesting.

How Twitter Changed My Sports Fandom

Twitter has completely changed the way I intake, view, and digest the sporting experience.

The day was December 6, 2009. I had recently signed up for Twitter and was finding my way. The BCS Selection Show was about two hours from beginning. As a fan of Non-AQ football, I was excited to see where undefeated Boise State and undefeated TCU would be placed in the Bowl Championship Series. I was scrolling through tweets from commentators predicting where each team would end up. Then it happened. Pete Thamel of the New York Times and Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports broke the story. TCU and Boise State were going to play one another in the “Separate But Equal” Fiesta Bowl. Instantly I had inside access. This has happened again and again.

In what other ways has Twitter changed my sports fandom?

UNLV and Arizona agree to 4-year basketball series

Earlier this morning, new UNLV head coach Dave Rice tweeted an announcement of a verbal agreement with Arizona to face off in basketball.

I am personally pleased with this announcement.  College sports are very much a regional thing, and while it is important for many schools to make news nationally, regional non-conference matchups like this are what makes college sports fun.  Now if college football could just catch on...

CFB Examiner Podcast - Conference transitions, BYU rumors, and a look at the 2011 season

Our own Brett Hein joined CFB Examiner's Kevin McGuire for the No 2 Minute Warning podcast today.  The discussion centered around MWC and WAC expansions, BYU independence, and what to expect in the 2011 season.

Editor's Note: A technological glitch seemed to have omitted praise for Air Force, who was noted as a consistent competitor in and out of conference.

Legendary Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry elected to CFB Hall of Fame

The National Football Foundation Board of Directors announced today that former Air Force head coach Fisher DeBerry has been elected into the College Football Hall of Fame.

More than well deserving, DeBerry led Air Force to a 169-109-1 record in his 23-year tenure in Colorado Springs. His teams posted 17 winning seasons, including 12 bowl bids in which the Falcons went 6-6. Especially important at the academy was that DeBerry captured the Commander-in-Chief trophy 14 times outright in his 23 years.

The full press release from Air Force is here.

It's Official: Utah-BYU back on ESPN

ESPN made official today what has been expected since BYU and ESPN announced their TV deal: the Utah-BYU rivalry will be back on ESPN. The Worldwide Leader announced that the September 17th matchup in Provo will be televised on ESPN2. What may not have been expected, however, is that the game will fill a primetime slot, kicking off at 7:15 pm MT.

The 2011 game will mark the first time the rivalry has aired on ESPN since 2004, when the original-BCS-busting Utes capped their perfect season with a blowout victory over the Cougars.

FootballPHDs: Utes have the right dose

The folks over at FootballPhDs have their Pac-12 review up. It will surely be the cause of some discussion. Utah is slated to finish at 11-1 in the regular season. FootballPhDs foresees the Utes beating both USC and BYU on the road in September. They have the Utes winning the Pac-12 South and facing off with Oregon in the inaugural Pac-12 Title Game.  By all intents and purposes, this would be the greatest possible scenario that fans of the Crimson could expect.

What do you think? Are the Utes primed for a run at the Pac-12 Title in their first season as members of the conference?

WAC to discuss expansion on June 14

WAC commissioner Karl Benson told The Idaho Statesman today that the WAC is meeting on June 14 to discuss further expansion.

The Zombie WAC, as Denver aficionado Brendan Loy so affectionately calls the beleaguered conference, seems to be shoring itself up as a viable conference, at least non-football wise.  One has to wonder, however, if the WAC can survive without ensuring its future as a football conference.

2011 UFL Draftees

2011 UFL Draftees
Player	Pos	School	Rd	Overall	Team
Ryan Colburn	QB	Fresno State	1	3	Sacramento
Martail Burnett	DE	Utah	1	4	Virginia
Jamel Hamler	WR	Fresno State	6	29	Sacramento
Kyle Nelson	TE	New Mex St	7	33	Omaha
Kainoa LaCount	OL	Hawaii	7	34	Sacramento
Wynel Seldon	RB	Wyoming	8	40	Virginia
Keith Grennan	DE	E Washington	10	47	Hartford
Keanemana Silva	S	Hawaii	10	49	Sacramento

2011 NFL Draftees

2011 NFL Draftees
Player	Position	School	Rd	Overall	Team
Andy Dalton	QB	TCU	2	35	Cincinnati
Colin Kaepernick	QB	Nevada	2	36	San Francisco
Titus Young	WR	Boise State	2	44	Detroit
Dontay Moch	DE	Nevada	3	66	Cincinnati
Austin Pettis	WR	Boise State	3	78	St. Louis
Vincent Brown	WR	San Diego St	3	82	San Diego
Curtis Marsh	DB	Utah State	3	90	Philadelphia
Alex Green	RB	Hawaii	3	96	Green Bay
Greg Salas	WR	Hawaii	4	112	St. Louis
Chris Prosinski	DB	Wyoming	4	121	Jacksonville
Taiwan Jones	RB	E Washington	4	125	Oakland
Julius Thomas	TE	Portland State	4	129	Denver
Davon House	DB	New Mex St	4	131	Green Bay
Kealoha Pilares	WR	Hawaii	5	132	Carolina
Marcus Cannon	OL	TCU	5	138	New England
Brandon Burton	DB	Utah	5	139	Minnesota
Shiloh Keo	DB	Idaho	5	144	Houston
Jeremy Kerley	WR	TCU	5	153	NY Jets
Nate Enderle	QB	Idaho	5	160	Chicago
Chris Carter	DL	Fresno State	5	162	Pittsburgh
Caleb Schlauderaff	OL	Utah	6	179	Green Bay
Colin Jones	DB	TCU	6	190	San Francisco
Virgil Green	TE	Nevada	7	204	Denver
Andrew Jackson	OL	Fresno State	7	210	Atlanta
Brandyn Thompson	DB	Boise State	7	213	Washington
Malcolm Williams	DB	TCU	7	219	New England
Jimmy Wilson	DB	Montana	7	235	Miami
Daniel Hardy	TE	Idaho	7	238	Tampa Bay
Michael Person	OL	Montana State	7	239	San Francisco
Demarco Sampson	WR	San Diego St	7	249	Arizona