College Football Teaser Preview - Boise State

The 2008 PLAYBOOK Football Handicapper Yearbook magazine will be on sale at newsstands nationwide July 8th.  Each week from now until the magazine debuts we will share with you a team preview excerpt , extracted directly from the magazine.  Enjoy...

BOISE STATE
Team Theme – SAME OLD, SAME OLD
The accolades are many - Winningest program this decade (86-16);  Best record the last ten years (102-24); Best home record the last five years (32-1);  43 consecutive regular season home victories; Best conference record since 2002 (46-2).  Despite it all the Broncos still don’t get the credit they have earned. Much of that lack of respect, we’re sure, is due to the strength of the conference in which they reside.  The WAC in not only a non-BCS league, it is laced with a bevy of cupcakes, rivaled only by the Sun Belt Conference.  Still, behind star back Ian Johnson (nation’s top returning RB in four categories, including rushing yards) Boise will claim another conference crown, beg for a BCS bowl bid (just 4-17 vs. BCS opposition since 1996) and likely remain the best team nobody knows. Sometimes, the more things change the more they stay the same.
PLAY ON: vs. Hawaii (10/17)