In Defense of Boise State

Boise State does not take up that much of the year.

The regular season runs September through the end of November, sometimes the very beginning of December. We get 6-7 home games a year depending on whether or not we play Hawaii at Hawaii. We usually travel to one to two away games a year. December is spent preparing for our Bowl game which takes place in late December or early January. We usually revel in or comiserate our bowl performance into late January. Letter of Intent week occurs in February when all of the High School Seniors sign up to join the team. February contains the NFL combine where our Broncos who have finished up college ball perform at an NFL camp in front of all of the scouts and coaches in order to increase their stock in the NFL draft. In February we also have Pro-Day when our players who didn't get invited to the combine perform drills and other feats of strength in front of NFL scouts and coaches. Spring ball runs from March through April with two scrimmages and culminates in the Blue and Orange Game. The NFL Draft also occurs in April. May through July is usually pretty quiet and drives us crazy. We grow rabid in our anticipation of teh upcoming season. By July, we are rehashing the same conversations, predictions, scenarios and arguments that we've talked about dozens of times before. During this time we scheme on which away games we will go to and also discuss buying a 1970's conversion van for tailgating but we never do get it. August starts Fall Ball with three scrimmages and finally we kick off the season again in September. The fall is teh best time of the year for us and we start getting a spring to our step in late summer.

So as you can see, it doesn't take up that much of our time.