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Senior Day success Broncos move past Rams, pursue a share of Mountain West title John Engel
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on the blue with one interception and three tackles. Linebacker Tommy Smith lead all Broncos with seven total tackles. “The coaches put together a good game plan,” Smith said. “Everyone was playing fundamentally sound defense. Overall we just played a heck of a game.” Despite finishing the home schedule strong on the blue, the season is far from over for the Broncos. Next week, Boise State will challenge Nevada for the rights to the Mountain West Conference crown. Head Coach Chris Pe-
teresen anticipates a difficult challenge in Reno and believes his team is making necessary strides to defeat the Wolf Pack. “We’ll find out in two weeks if we’re where we want to be. We’ll have a good test over there. We’re making progress,” Petersen said. Boise State has become reliant on their defense, as well as a dependable running game, to defeat opponents in the 2012-13 season. Despite the deficiencies in Southwick’s skill set, however, Petersen believes the quarterback is more than ready to lead the
Broncos to a conference title. “It always starts with the pass protection. I think Joe’s been doing a good job and he sees things out there really well. He can sniff out blitzes and he can see those things. He’s making strides,” Petersen said. Anything less than undefeated is normally considered a disappointment in Boise, but the Broncos are focused on winning this year’s Mountain West title. With continued improvements this coming week in practice, it will be difficult to stop Boise State from obtaining their goal.
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After six years as a member of the Boise State football team, senior running back D.J. Harper knows a thing, or two, about senior day. On the Broncos’ first play from scrimmage, Harper weaved through Colorado State defenders on his way to an 80-yard touchdown run. Harper finished with 107 yards and two touchdowns on the ground in Boise State’s 42-14 win over Colorado State. Redshirt junior quarter-
back Joe Southwick completed 17 of 20 passes for 216 yards and two touchdowns through the air. “That’s exactly what I was hoping for. I told myself, ‘All right let’s make something happen on your last game on the blue,” Harper said following the win. The Broncos dominated in every facet from the kickoff, taking a 35-0 lead over the Rams in the first half. Boise State’s defense, one of the only consistencies this season, limited Colorado State to 229 total yards of offense in the win. Senior cornerback Jamar Taylor finished his career
After nearly 30 years of planning, environmentally-friendly geothermal heat is now flowing on the Boise State campus. Extending geothermal service across the river to Boise State has been a primary goal since the city’s system began operating in 1983. Boise Mayor David Bieter, along with Boise State President Bob Kustra and officials from Congressman Mike Simpson’s and Senator Mike Crapo’s offices, took part in a ceremony to “turn on” the system Friday, Nov. 16, in front of the Micron Business and Economics Building. For the ceremony, heated water, turned down to about 110 degrees from a natural 170 degrees, was piped through the fountain in front of the building. The geothermal water is piped across the river underneath the Capitol Street Bridge and is used in several buildings on campus. “Powering our campus with geothermal energy reflects the university’s commitment to innovative solutions, environmental
stewardship and economic judiciousness,” Kustra said. “We are excited to be part of the expanded service network across the Boise River. The presence of geothermal will reduce our energy costs as well as provide hands-on research opportunities for our students and faculty in cleanenergy development.” Approximately 600,000 square feet of building space on campus are now heated by geothermal energy. The Administration Building, the Student Union Building, the Environmental Research Building, the Morrison Center, the Multipurpose Classroom Building, the Interactive Learning Center, the Math and Geosciences Building and the Micron Business and Economics Building are all connected to the system. “It’s wonderful to see the expansion of Boise’s geothermal system, one of our city’s greatest natural assets,” Bieter said. “By extending this clean and efficient form of energy across the river, we are helping
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A display shows how geothermal energy is used to heat campus buildings. Boise State become more sustainable, lowering its energy costs and making this rare amenity available to more private businesses. This project could not have been done without the partnership between the city, Boise State and our congressional delegation, and it demonstrates the kind of success that can be achieved by working together toward a common goal.” A majority of the funding for the project came from federal appropriations won through the efforts of Crapo and Simpson. Funds from both the Department of Energy and the Department of Housing and Urban Development were
used in the project. Thursday’s ceremony concludes the first phase of the Boise State geothermal extension project. Next summer crews will extend the pipeline further down University Drive. The final phase of the project will be completed in 2015 when the geothermal pipeline is brought over the Broadway Bridge and connected to the existing pipeline on University. The connection will close the loop on the Boise State system. The City of Boise has operated a geothermal district heating system since 1983. Natural geothermal water around 170 degrees is pumped from the ground
near St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, distributed through the downtown area and re-injected into the geothermal aquifer near Julia Davis Park. The system now serves 81 buildings, heating approximately 3.8 million square feet of building space. Several buildings benefiting from this lowcost, environmentally friendly heating source are publicly owned, including the Federal Courthouse, City Hall, Boise High School and the Ada County Courthouse. In the course of a year, the system circulates more than 190 million gallons of water through approximately 13 miles of pipeline. arbiteronline.com