Arbiter 11-10-11 Wrap

The Gridiron Wrap Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011

Kick-off at 1:30 p.m.

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Boise State vs Texas Christian

Inside this Wrap Game Preview Bronco Brothers Boys of the Offensive Line

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Frog Defense 26 21 43 51

Devin Johnson

Johnny Fobbs

Junior 5-10/188

Senior 6-1/213

Jason Verrett

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Sophomore 5-10/180

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Kenny Cain

Senior 6-3/237

Junior 6-1/210

Jonathan Anderson

D. J. Yendrey

David Johnson

Stansly Maponga

Junior 6-4/265

Junior 6-4/273

Freshman 6-2/270

Sophomore 6-2/265

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53

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Senior 5-10/181

90

Cory Yriarte

Chuck Hayes

Charles Leno Jr.

Kyle Efaw

Senior 6-6/295

Sophomore 6-3/289

Senior 6-1/282

Senior 6-2/291

Sophomore 6-3/294

Senior 6-4/227

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74

55

78

80

20

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22 Bronco Offense Senior 5-9/208

No. NAME 27 Jay Ajayi 28 Phillip Hogan 28 Dillon Lukehart 29 Lee Hightower 30 Travis Stanaway 31 Antwon Murray 32 Jonathan Brown 32 Jake Hardee 33 Tommy Smith 34 Taylor Loffler 34 Kirby Moore 35 Zach Keiser 35 Darian Thompson 36 Aaron Tevis 37 Ebenezer Makinde 38 Corey Bell 38 Raphiel Lambert 39 Drew Wright 40 Tyrone Crawford 41 Dan Goodale 41 Kharyee Marshall 42 Jamal Wilson 42 Matt Wilson 43 Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe 44 Chris Roberson 45 Travis Saxton 46 Bryan Douglas

POS WT RB 6-1 RB 5-6 LB 6-1 CB 6-1 S 5-11 CB 5-11 NT 5-10 TE 6-3 LB 6-1 S 6-4 WR 6-2 RB 5-9 DB 6-1 LB 6-3 CB 5-11 NT 5-11 RB 5-7 RB 5-9 DE 6-4 K 5-9 DE 6-1 FB 6-1 LB 6-1 DT 6-3 C 6-1 LB 6-1 CB 5-9

HT CLASS 208 FR 165 FR 200 FR 170 FR 203 SR 176 SR 220 SO 236 FR 227 JR 200 FR 205 SO 185 FR 180 FR 232 SR 172 SO 200 FR 210 JR 198 JR 276 SR 183 FR 216 SO 230 FR 228 SR 307 SO 232 JR 214 FR 162 FR

No. NAME 47 Dan Paul 48 J.C. Percy 49 Billy Derome 49 Brad Elkin 50 Dakota Shackleton 51 Mitchell McCarthy 53 Beau Martin 54 Michael Ames 55 Chuck Hayes 56 Dustin Kamper 58 Robert Ash 61 Joe Kellogg 62 Chris Tozer 63 Adam Sheffield 64 Brenel Myers 65 Matt Paradis 66 Thomas Byrd 67 Rees Odhiambo 68 David Cushing 69 Tyler Horn 70 Zach Waller 71 Greg Dohmen 72 Marcus Henry 73 Nate Potter 74 Cory Yriarte 75 Faraji Wright 76 Jake Broyles

POS WT FB 6-1 LB 6-1 NT 5-11 P 6-2 LS 6-1 LB 6-0 DL 6-2 OL 6-4 OL 6-2 LB 6-1 DT 6-3 G 6-2 OL 6-3 OL 6-4 G 6-2 OL 6-1 C 5-11 OL 6-4 DT 6-1 DE 6-4 OL 6-5 OL 6-2 OL 6-2 OL 6-6 OL 6-1 OT 6-3 OL 6-4

25 Senior 5-11/213

Aaron Tevis

Senior 6-0/239

Senior 6-3/234

94

Jonathan Jones

83 Senior 6-4/215

36

Billy Winn

Michael Atkinson

Shea McClellin

Senior 6-4/273

Senior 6-4/300

Junior 6-1/320

Senior 6-3/255

90

99

5

Junior 5-11/196

92

Jeff Olson

Kyle Dooley

James Fry

Blaize Foltz

Robert Deck

Logan Brock

Senior 6-4/300

Senior 6-3/315

Junior 6-3/290

Junior 6-4/310

Senior 6-4/290

Senior 6-3/260

62

55

64

66

78

80

Josh Boyce

82

Sophomore 6-0/203

Ed Wesley

34 Junior 5-9/200

Casey Pachall

Texas Christian University

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HT CLASS 290 SO 278 SO 260 JR 242 SR 243 SO 170 FR 210 FR 181 FR 185 FR 153 JR 203 FR 228 FR 232 SO 250 JR 213 SR 295 SR 288 JR 258 SR 269 SO 240 SR 281 JR 268 SR 296 SR 285 FR 320 JR

Jamar Taylor

Tyrone Crawford

40

Antoine Hicks

POS WT OL 6-3 OL 6-3 OL 6-3 TE 6-4 DE 6-4 WR 5-9 DE 6-5 WR 6-1 WR 6-0 K 5-5 TE 6-5 TE 6-1 TE 6-3 TE 6-2 WR 6-1 DT 6-4 DT 6-1 DE 6-3 DT 6-4 LB 6-1 DT 6-3 DL 6-3 DT 6-1 DT 6-4 DT 6-1

Senior 6-3/206

Byron Hout

Ebenezer Makinde

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No. NAME 77 Spencer Gerke 78 Charles Leno 79 Bronson Durrant 80 Kyle Efaw 81 Nick Alexander 81 Dallas Burroughs 82 Samuel Ukwuachu 83 Troy Ware 84 Cory Brehm 84 Michael Frisina 85 Holden Huff 86 Kyle Sosnowski 87 Gabe Linehan 88 Chandler Koch 89 Tyler Shoemaker 90 Billy Winn 91 Greg Grimes 92 Shea McClellin 93 Justin Jungblut 94 Byron Hout 95 Darren Koontz 96 Jarrell Root 97 Chase Baker 98 Jeffrey Worthy 99 Michael Atkinson

Cedric Febis

Senior 6-3/213

Hunter White

Sophomore 5-11/172

HT CLASS 250 SR 222 JR 191 SO 194 SR 209 FR 210 FR 253 SO 291 JR 291 SR 212 SO 262 FR 299 JR 305 JR 300 FR 277 JR 286 SO 288 SR 296 FR 267 FR 256 FR 296 SR 270 FR 280 FR 300 SR 282 SR 291 JR 278 SO

Bronco Defense 8 16 George Iloka

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Senior 6-0/191

Doug Martin

No. NAME POS WT HT CLASS 2 Matt Miller WR 6-3 215 FR 3 Chris Potter WR 5-9 158 JR 4 Jerrell Gavins CB 5-9 175 SR 5 Jamar Taylor CB 5-11 194 JR 6 Dextrell Simmons NT 5-10 203 JR 7 D.J. Harper RB 5-9 210 SR 8 George Iloka S 6-3 216 SR 9 Grant Hedrick QB 6-1 191 FR 10 Jeremy Ioane S 5-10 197 FR 11 Kellen Moore QB 6-1 191 SR 13 Blake Renaud LB 6-2 235 FR 14 Trevor Harman P 6-2 203 SO 14 Jimmy Laughrea QB 6-2 197 FR 15 Tyler Jackson WR 6-1 193 JR 16 Cedric Febis S 6-3 202 SR 16 Joe Southwick QB 6-1 197 SO 17 Geraldo Boldewijn WR 6-4 200 SO 18 Aaron Burks WR 6-2 191 SO 19 Josh Borgman CB 5-7 172 JR 20 Mitch Burroughs WR 5-9 187 JR 21 Malcolm Johnson RB 5-11 198 SR 22 Doug Martin RB 5-9 215 SR 23 Eric Agbaroji CB 6-1 195 FR 24 Hazen Moss CB 5-11 197 JR 25 Hunter White NT 5-11 206 SR 26 Quaylon Ewing-Burton CB 6-1 184 SO 26 Jake Van Ginkel K 6-1 175 FR

No. NAME 1 Tekerrein Cuba 2 Jason Verrett 2 Trevone Boykin 2 Hans Ingold 3 Chris Hackett 3 Brandon Carter 4 Casey Pachall 6 Elisha Olabode 7 Greg McCoy 9 Jamie Byrd 10 Brian Alexis 10 Matt Brown 11 Skye Dawson 12 Kolby Griffin 13 Antoine Hicks 14 Drew O’Connell 14 David Porter III 15 Rick Settle 15 David Bush 16 Chris Atterberry 17 Sam Carter 18 Travaras Battle 19 Antonio Graves 20 Ethan Grant 20 Joel Hasley 21 Johnny Fobbs 22 Jercell Fort 23 Trent Thomas 23 Johnny Catalano

Matt Miller

Kellen Moore

Junior 5-9/186

13

Greg McCoy

Spencer Gerke

Mitch Burroughs

Senior 6-2/212

41 Freshman 6-3/208

Nate Poter

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Senior 6-1/213

Tank Carder

Ross Forrest

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Tyler Shoemaker

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No. NAME 24 Quincy Aldridge 24 Mark Filus 25 Kevin White 26 Matthew Averyhart 26 Devin Johnson 27 Travoskey Garrett 28 James Bailey 28 Sam Hall 29 Matthew Tucker 30 Geoff Hooker 30 Aundre Dean 31 Cale Patterson 31 Chris Scott 32 Waymon James 33 Kris Gardner 34 Ed Wesley 35 Tanner Brock 36 Chris Kim 36 Deryck Gildon 37 Ross Evans 37 Kitt Livingston 38 Ryan DeNucci 38 Danny Heiss 39 Laderice Sanders 40 Greg Burks 40 Justin Rose 41 Jonathan Anderson 42 Austin Terry 43 Tank Carder

Sophomore 6-5/216

POS WT HT CLASS S 6-2 190 FR WR 5-11 190 FR CB 5-10 174 FR TB 5-7 170 FR S 5-10 188 JR CB 6-1 186 FR S 6-2 200 FR WR 6-0 185 JR TB 6-1 218 JR S 5-10 180 FR TB 6-0 215 JR P 5-11 185 JR S 5-10 185 JR TB 5-8 203 SO LB 6-1 238 SR TB 5-9 200 JR LB 6-3 250 JR S 5-10 190 SO LB 6-2 225 FR PK 5-9 185 SR S 6-1 180 SO PK 5-10 170 FR LB 6-0 199 FR LB 6-1 230 FR LB 6-1 222 JR TE 6-2 230 SR S 6-3 208 FR DE 6-3 228 FR LB 6-3 237 SR

No. NAME 44 David Stoltzman 46 Trey Gregory 47 Anson Kelton 48 Luke Shivers 49 Stephen Bryant 50 Daniel Shelley 51 Kenny Cain 52 Ross Forrest 53 David Johnson 54 Marcus Mallet 55 Kyle Dooley 56 Christopher Cisi 56 James Dunbar 57 Davion Pierson 58 Nick Tutcher 58 Bryant House 59 Carter Wall 60 Matt Johnston 61 Jon Lewis 62 Jeff Olson 63 Justin Trejo 64 James Fry 65 Brady Foltz 66 Blaize Foltz 67 Michael Clifford 68 Trevius Jones 69 Tayo Fabuluje 70 Sean Cady 71 Michael Thompson

POS WT HT CLASS LB 6-0 212 JR SN 6-2 190 FR P 6-4 280 SR FB 6-0 220 SR TE 6-5 242 FR SN 6-1 228 JR LB 6-1 210 JR DE 6-4 265 JR DT 6-2 270 FR LB 6-1 216 FR OG 6-3 315 SR LB 5-9 195 SO OT 6-6 305 SO DT 6-2 318 FR OL 6-4 255 SO DT 6-4 267 SO C 6-5 290 FR OT 6-5 300 SO DT 6-2 275 FR OT 6-4 300 SR OG 6-4 305 JR C 6-3 290 JR OG 6-4 300 FR OG 6-4 310 JR OL 6-3 285 SO OG 6-3 310 JR OT 6-7 317 SO DE 6-3 200 SO C 6-4 345 FR

No. NAME 72 Bobby Thompson 73 Eric Tausch 74 Ty Horn 75 John Wooldridge 76 Jamelle Naff 77 Spencer Thompson 78 Steven Spencer 78 Robert Deck 79 Nykiren Wellington 80 Logan Brock 81 Bailey Desormeaux 82 Josh Boyce 83 Jonathan Jones 84 Dominic Merka 85 LaDarius Brown 86 Corey Fuller 88 Cam White 89 Walker Dille 90 Stansly Maponga 91 Matt Anderson 92 Ray Burns 93 Jeremy Coleman 94 D.J. Yendrey 95 Blake Roberts 96 Chuck Hunter 97 Jon Koontz 98 Cliff Murphy 99 Braylon Broughton

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Boise State-TCU preview A Horned obstacle in route to a BCS bowl game John Garretson

Online Sports Editor The time has finally come. The anticipation is building, the excitement is brewing. An uncanny rivalry built from previous bowl games, unmatched by even the in-state adversary Idaho Vandals.

The first and last time the two teams will meet as conference opponents. The Texas Christian University Horned Frogs (7-2, 4-0 in Mountain West) are in town this Saturday to attempt to dethrone the Boise State Broncos (8-0, 3-0).

Boise State fans have been waiting anxiously for this game to arise, ever since the Broncos joined the Horned Frogs in the Mountain West in 2010 and university presidents decided the controversial match up would take place in Boise as opposed to Fort Worth because of TCU’s conference exit to the Big East, which they turned down to accept an invitation to the Big 12.

You can bet TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson would like a recall on the vote for the game location with all the talks of Boise State heading to the Big East.

All three match ups between the two teams have occurred within bowl games, starting off in 2003 with a Boise State 34-31 victory in the Fort Worth Bowl, then in 2008 where TCU evened the score with a 17-16 win at the Poinsettia Bowl and in 2010 when the Broncos took the lead in the series with a 17-10 decision in the Fiesta Bowl.

Both programs have had winning credibility to their names, specifically since 2008, TCU has had 43 wins and only five losses, which trails Boise State’s 46 wins and two losses by three. It’s naïve, however, to rule out that the Horned Frogs play against ranked teams, as they have gone 3-1 against in their last four games against Top 5 ranked teams, most notably a 21-19 win

over Wisconsin this past year in the Rose Bowl.

While TCU hasn’t had the same success it had last year, with an opening 50-48 loss to Baylor and 40-33 loss to Southern Methodist University, the Frogs still carry momentum into this Mountain West game, having remained undefeated in conference play this season with a 21 Mountain West game win streak on the line.

Anchoring the TCU offense, ranked eighth nationally in points for (41.6), is sophomore quarterback Casey Pachall, who’s replaced prized Horned Frog and current Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton. Pachall has done well taking over the reigns as a sophomore, throwing for almost 2,000 yards, 19 touchdowns, five interceptions and an eighth ranked passer efficiency of 160.3, just one of two sophomores in the Top 10.

TCU’s running game, or better the three-headed dog, consists of sophomore Waymon James (652 yards rushing), junior Matthew Tucker (532 yds) and junior Ed Wesley (528 yds) is something for the Boise State defensive line to be aware of. There’s no slacking for the secondary either, with sophomore Josh Boyce posing as a receiving threat with 46 receptions for 704 yards and six touchdowns. Keep in mind that Boise State junior cornerback Jarrell Gavins is out for the season and junior starting cornerback Jamar Taylor was out with an injury against UNLV. The Horned Frog defense has been a bit porous this year, allowing 22.3 points per game, but with senior linebacker Tank Carder (46 tackles, 3.5 for a loss) in command, the Boise State offensive line must remain aware.

Arguably the biggest game to be played at Bronco Stadium, it’s going to take all four quarters for one of these two teams to surrender a loss.

Senior D.J. Harper looks to continue his success this week.

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Brother duos ignite The Blue Wyatt Martin Sports Editor

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Some of Kellen Moore’s options at wide receiver include younger brother Kirby along with brothers Mitch and Dallas Burroughs. an opportunity that we both saw and that we really wouldn’t have any other time in our life.”

With little brother Dallas seeing more and more playing time with each game, Mitch has been the one to help make his brother’s move to Division-I football as smooth as possible.

“It’s a big transition from high school to college, especially when you’re playing right away. (I) just tell him to take a deep breath and try getting him extra film time,” Mitch said.

Both sets of brothers knew they would like to pursue football after high school, but never really planned on being on the same team.

“We always talked about playing college ball, I don’t know if we talked about playing together,” younger brother Kirby said.

“We both knew that we wanted to play football at the next level. When I got the opportunity I definitely took it. That was kind of his goal after I committed, he wanted to come here and play with me,” Mitch said.

The Moore and Burroughs brothers have found a great deal of success playing in blue and orange, but they know that the ride won’t last forever.

“I’m really close with Kellen,” Kirby said. “We only have a few more months here (together), so we try to make the most of it.”

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November 10, 2011

Boise State building success up front Broncos’ offensive line not worried about limelight; more concerned with winning and keeping their Heisman candidate safe Ty Hawkins Journalist

The No. 5 ranked Boise State Broncos (8-0) football team boasts one of the most potent offensive attacks in the country.

Names like Kellen Moore, Doug Martin and whichever receiver is the flavor of the week, garner a majority of the press from the media.

Ask any offensive coordinator at any level of football where the offense starts and they will tell you it starts with the guys

up front, the offensive line. They create the pocket and passing lanes for the quarterback, open up holes for running backs and take care of the overall dirty work for the offense.

Being an offensive lineman isn’t exactly the most glamorous position on a football team, but the front five are what make it possible for the 11-man offense to function, one of the things that makes football the ultimate team sport.

A small group within a collective unit combine to achieve a common goal, one play and one

drive at a time.

“For us to be effective, all five of us have to work together and be on the same page,” senior offensive tackle Nate Potter said.

“As a team we have to do that, but it all starts up front with us making sure we make the right calls and doing the right thing.”

The feeling of knowing that they helped spring a big run is all the notoriety these guys need.

“I love looking up and seeing Doug go for a big run,” sophomore tackle Charles Leno, Jr. said.

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offensive line of became famous when they won a pair of Super Bowl titles in the ‘80s; fans began calling them the Hogs.

Boise State likely won’t reach that kind of hype, and they’re just fine with that.

“We don’t want to be in the spotlight, we want to be behind the scenes,” senior tackle Nate Potter said.

Moore, with his record breaking ways and constant Heisman Trophy chatter may be the sexy pick for ESPN packages, but it’s actually Potter who has the NFL scouts salivating.

At 6-foot-6 and 300 pounds, the former Timberline High product in Boise that has the potential to follow in the footsteps of former standout Bronco lineman Daryn Colledge and Ryan Clady, now playing for the Arizona Cardinals and Denver Broncos respectively.

Leno, Jr. could be headed down a similar path, too. He’s a guy who can move well, who coaches have been waiting to take that next step which seems to be happening this season. Rumor has it that if he were three inches taller

he would have played college basketball, a notion he simply laughs off.

This is isn’t the first time either of them has been interviewed, and it likely isn’t the last.

They aren’t worried about making the front page; they’re more concerned with doing their jobs and winning.

“Every game has a different challenge and I try to rise up to the occasion,” Potter said.

“That’s the life of an offensive lineman and we like it that way.”

The Bronco offensive line has done an incredible job of keeping quarterback Kellen Moore safe all season, allowing a total of four sacks through the first eight games.

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