SIDELINE

Bronco skier invited to nationals

Boise State freshman skier, Zuzana Charvatova, has qualified for the NCAA National Ski Championships which will be held March 7-10 at Steamboat Springs, Colo.

An at large qualification is based on skier’s finishes and times during the NCAA Regional Championship and the regular season.

At the RMISA/NCAA Regional Championship, this week, Charvatova, from the Czech Republic, finished 10th in the slalom and 14th in the giant slalom.

Her best finishes of the season were at the Utah Invitational in Park City (Jan. 11-12) where she finished ninth in the slalom and 12th in the giant slalom.

Football to play three games on ESPN

Three games televised by the ESPN networks, and a home non-conference game against a Pac-10 Conference opponent, highlight the 2006 Boise State University football schedule. Gene Bleymaier, Director of Athletics at Boise State, made the announcement last week.

Two of the Broncos’ home games will be broadcast live by ESPN2. The first will be on September 7 (Thursday) against Oregon State University, with the other at Bronco Stadium against Fresno State on November 1 (Wednesday).

The Oregon State game is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. (MST) and the Fresno State game is set to kickoff at 6:00 p.m. (MST).

ESPN will also televise the Broncos’ game at the University of Nevada on November 25 (Saturday), but will announce at a later date which of its cable channels will televise the game.

The Broncos open the season at home on September 2 (Saturday) against Sacramento State. Boise State, and Sacramento State are working on possibly moving the game to August 31 (Thursday) to allow a full of week of preparation for the Broncos’ game against Oregon State on September 7.

Boise State completes its non-conference schedule with trips to the University of Wyoming on September 16 and Bowling Green State University on September 30.

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