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Broncos love the fans, too
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You could say that the Boise State football team has a crush on its hometown orange.
The Broncos own the nation’s longest home winning streak, rising to 26 consecutive victories on the blue with the 48-20 win over Bowling Green State.
Although it was the Broncos who beat the falcons, it was also the 30,561 fans who roared in deafening glory to muddle the Falcon huddles.
“I think our crowd played a big factor,” BSU cornerback Gerald Alexander said. “Numbers might be deceiving because in Georgia there were 90,000 fans, and 30,000 here sounds way louder than that.”
The noise variance may have something to do with the reverberations off the concrete that makes up Bronco stadium.
Bowling Green rarely ever came together in a huddle. For the most part, the Falcons just lined up in a shotgun (with 3-to-5 recievers), then made the adjustments while in formation. The plays were called in, by way of hand signals, from the sidelines and Falcon quarterback Omar Jacobs would have to tell his offensive line the new play call. The noise didn’t facilitate quality communication.
“I thought it was awesome,” BSU head coach Dan Hawkins said. “But I have the double ear phone on so I can’t always tell exactly how loud it is there. For the most part they have signals, but they still have to communicate. They still have to talk. Lineman still have to hear the calls made.”
The players looked more at ease on their own field of blue.
“It feels so electric when we are here,” senior tailback and game MVP Lee Marks said. “I know myself. I get so into it when I see all of our fans in blue and orange just cheering for us. It felt so good just playing on the blue.”
“I think some of the receivers couldn’t get the calls,” Alexander said. “They were leaning in. The whole crowd and the momentum was getting to the offense and giving us a spark.”
Making the trip to Bronco Stadium can be a daunting task for any team.
“If nothing else, it’s intimidating when you are trying to run a play and you got this whole brunt of emotion bearing down on you,” Hawkins said. “That’s difficult.”
The Broncos (1-2) picked up their first win of the season against Bowling Green.
“Just going out here and getting a win is huge for our program,” Marks said. “Just to get things going and get something to learn from.”
Now the Broncos fly to Hawaii to open the Western Athletic Conference season, before coming home for-Homecoming!
“This is our field,” freshman tailback and the game’s leading rusher Ian Johnson said. “No one comes here, we don’t care who you are.”
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