Man, was I ever anticipating the first Boise State University football game of the 2005 season. Ranked 18th in the nation (the first time we had ever been ranked in the pre-season top 25), we were going to have a coming out party against 13th ranked mighty Georgia. BSU fanatics were predicting a Bronco blowout. 44-22, 51-24, 48-14, were some of the scores being predicted by ill-informed, utopian, marijuana-smoking fans. While I didn't think we would beat the 'Dawgs, I thought that we could hang with them and come off looking respectable to a national ESPN-watching audience.
What a disappointing game! Our highly-touted quarterback, Jared Zabransky (pictured above), personally accounted for 6 turnovers, including 4 interceptions. He also muffed a snap and fumbled the ball. Pathetic! He apparently was reading his press clippings. The fair-haired boy couldn't make a decent pass to save his life. He was named one of college football's "Gamebreakers" by Sports Illustrated. He lived up to his billing. We never had a chance to compete thanks to his incompetence. The final score was 48-13. As Coach Dan Hawkins tersely worded it, "We got spanked."
Lori and I had invited Scott and Bianca, Marc and Talisha, and Brent and Rochenda over for a football party. By the time it was over, Brent was sick (literally; it was the football or the flu, I'm not sure which), Marc was muttering to himself, and I was wishing we had planned an evening of watching Gaither videos. Not a good time.
It was so bad that the highlight of the evening included looking at the Waggoner wedding photos. Not that there's anything wrong with the pictures; I look good. It's just not what I envisioned.
Hopefully, we can beat Oregon State next weekend.
Photo Credit: Joe Jaszewski/The Idaho Stateman
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