Broncos vs. a Wolf Pack

I watched the BSU vs. Reno game this last Friday, cheering vivaciously for the Broncos, making up for the fact that I hadn't worn my game day gear that night.  The game started as I had thought it would, and it continued how I had hoped it would, the Wolf Pack gave a good fight and the Broncos did their usual greatness.  Unfortunately, the ending was NOT what I had expected at all... In my opinion, the officials weren't very fair towards the Broncos in that game, calling things that were stupid or not even legitimate, and there was one instance that I remember clearly enough to reference that the officials just didn't call a clear and obvious pass interference that a Reno player made against a receiver at all...

As you can tell, I really like Boise State, haha. I get pretty into the games if they are decently interesting, which isn't very usual since the Broncos kind of steam roll over everyone they play.  This game was very intense, and I was pretty upset when it ended, let me tell ya.

Being an avid Bronco fan, I thought about how biased I might be towards my team in that game against the Reno Wolf Pack.  Perhaps the Broncos simply didn't play that well this night, but as I look back over their previous games and the scores and the stats behind those scores, I begin to wonder if I really am all that misplaced in my support.  Maybe BSU is just really that great of a team.  So far, thinking back, I have never been happy with the Boise defense, and I have never thought of Brotzman (the kicker who missed the two would've-been winning field goals) as being an incredible player.  However, I have never seen the offensive blocks let so many players through to Kellen Moore (the quarterback, for those of you who don't live on Earth or just don't watch football haha); he's never been sacked so much in this entire season.

I concluded that, as much as all these people try to say that Boise State is such a stupid team or overrated or just lucky (which is a load of crap) or whatever, I think that BSU legitimately is an excellent team.  They won 24 games straight before that game, if I recall correctly.  And I'm pretty sure there aren't too many college teams out there with that kind of a record.  People seem so quick to bash on Boise State, saying that they aren't really all that great, just lucky.  Now with this loss there isn't much they can say, they got what they wanted, BSU lost, now what?  Maybe the loss was for the best.  I mean, every team has a chance of losing, perhaps it's unfair calls by the officials or just an off night.  No matter what it is, Boise State will still do well in the games to come and they will probably get invited to play a bowl game against Ohio, which would be a good game really.  Yeah, this loss dashed all hopes of that BCS Bowl game we all were wanting, but I think Boise State will still get the last laugh.

Referenced:
Boise State Broncos Blues: Team Misses Out on Opportunity for BCS Bowl Game
How Did Boise State Turn into the Most Hated Team in America?