MSU Red Cedar Message Board

It is very common for power conference teams to undergo a transformation over the course of a season. When a team plays top competition week in and week out, they tend to discover their own weaknesses and learn how to improve their game. It's okay though... I wouldn't expect you to understand.

Boise State would be lucky to finish above .500 if they played a true power conference schedule. You guys chicken out by only playing 1 power conference team a year.

And that has 0 relevance to MSU's game against Boise. MSU IS the 1 power conf. team Boise is playing, so MSU had better be ready.

He said Georgia got better as the season went on, not that it had anything to do with BSU. He also didn't say that was the case for any of the other games that BSU won.

Last year MSU was a much much better team by about half way through the season. This kind of thing happens all the time, some teams get better, some get worse.

Every team BSU has beaten is later said to be 'a different team now'. Every single time.

Man, this game is so far away. That's a bummer.

I can already see how BSU is gonna try to handle our defense. Real quick, short passes to take pressure off their O-line. I really can't imagine them daring to try anything else given what they have coming back.

I think it's gonna work for a while and be absolutely maddening. They might not score a lot but I think Boise will move the ball, much like YSU did.

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd I'm spent.

While this might be true, it's the games like these that BSU gets up for big time. It's their superbowl. They'll bite us in the ass if we're not prepared. I like our returning team and their demeanor, their work ethic and their attitude. Frankly, it's a great game to open up with. And it's dangerous.

How badly would Boise beat Alabama? Probably not a fair comparison.

How badly would Boise beat the New England patriots? Their success is nice, sorry if I think it's a little inflated given they usually play no more than 2 teams with a pulse all year. Playing against a good team in game 1 and game 13 must be nice. You get a whole offseason to prepare for game 1 and a month for game 2. In between you play a schedule that makes the BIg East look like the NFC East.

Are you also a Michigan or ND fan? You sure like to talk about the past.

You lose almost all of your starters on D and Kellen Moore. No one, not even Bama or LSU, recovers from that effortlessly in week one and plays at their usual high level. Boise will be on the road in a snake pit, at night, in the season opener, against the best and most-seasoned defense in the conference - a top 5 unit nationally. You are going to lose.

Last game of the season too. Better have the division locked up by then

Cmon Rocky you are better than that. Team rushing offense stats are misleading when you factor in teams with dropback quarterbacks vs. option/running qb's. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe if you look at the rb per carry average, MSU was in the top half of the conference.

I am the one that said 42-17.

The down vote one is on the right, the upvote is on the left. I have correctly predicted our last two seasons results.

Ok, so Boise has been great and will continue to be strong. If we do not come out firing we will get toasted. They return a good offense unit, except they do not know who their QB will be. According to Coach Peterson, they are all doing great. google ccripe to get all the details.

Returning D-line starters 0-5, returning linebackers 1-3, defensive backfield http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2012/04/03/ccripe/ebo_makinde_hopes_solidify_boise_state_football_teams_depth_corn (hope link works) if not google ccripe it is not looking good for them.

I think our D is going to be special. Boise's O will be in a hostile environment, with a new QB.... Which QB?

Our O is facing a new starting D almost across the board. On O, we have an experienced line and running backs, Sims will be healthy and we know who our QB will be. He will get all the reps and will have the support of the team.

I am excited for this year and I am predicting a blow out. If you down vote me fine, but man up come September.

42-17, start of a great season.

No disrespect to Boise. They have played anybody anywhere to their credit. I just think we are coming back strong and they have some rebuilding to do. Could I be wrong, yes. but I do not think so.

I am ready for some football