When the No. 24 Boise State Broncos take on the No. 13 Michigan State Spartans, they will be without four players who have been suspended by the university, Boise State announced prior to the game.

The sole starter of the four suspended players is senior long snapper, Chris Roberson, who earned a one-game suspension for violation of an... [Read More]

Joe Southwick has been chosen to start at quarterback for No. 24 Boise State against No. 13 Michigan State.

The junior will make his first career start after spending two seasons backing up four-year starter Kellen Moore, who started more winning games than any quarterback in major college football history. Southwick is 40 for 54 for 400 yards with two touchdown passes in his... [Read More]

Air Force players S Anthony Wooding, Jamil Cooks, WR Mikel Hunter, WR Brandon Hirneise, and TE Devin Durden aren’t with the team, and the Falcons appear to be planning as if they could be without them the whole season. Coach Troy Calhoun said the players weren’t suspended, but he confirmed they are not with the team, which began training camp Friday. Calhoun said the five... [Read More]

The NCAA said Friday it will reconsider scholarship sanctions imposed on Boise State's football program. In a 25-page decision, the NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee concluded that the scholarship penalty announced last September, in addition to Boise State's self-imposed sanctions, was "excessive such that it constituted an abuse of discretion." Boise State's voluntary... [Read More]

Tailback Asher Clark, Air Force's second-leading all-time rusher, has been kicked out of school less than a week before graduation as a result of an investigation into illegal drug use, The Gazette of Colorado Springs has reported, citing unnamed sources. School spokesman David Cannon confirmed to the newspaper that Clark, a four-year starter for the Falcons, is no longer enrolled but would not... [Read More]

Boise State is scheduled to join the Big East Conference on July 1, 2013, but there are indications the Broncos are considering remaining in the Mountain West. An industry source told CBSSports.com that Mountain West representatives met with Boise State officials earlier this week to persuade the Broncos to remain in the MWC. Adding to that possibility is that the Broncos still haven't formally... [Read More]

Four CSU freshmen are recovering from a savage beating they say they suffered at the fists and feet of fellow students and university football players following a late-night party Friday in Fort Collins. “It wasn’t really much of a fight. It was basically just a beating,” said freshman John ‘JD’ Haley, 19, who suffered a black eye, cuts and bruises while trying to protect his friend during the... [Read More]

Boise State and Utah State will resume their old conference rivalry starting in 2014.Athletic officials at both schools announced Friday they have reached agreement on a two-year, home-and-home series.The Broncos and Aggies were once members of the Western Athletic Conference, but Boise State exited the WAC last year and joined the Mountain West Conference. The Broncos are expected to join the... [Read More]

One of four TCU football players accused of selling marijuana as part of a six-month drug sting has been charged.Cornerback Devin Johnson is charged with three cases of delivery of marijuana between one-quarter ounce and five pounds of marijuana. Johnson and three others are accused of selling marijuana to undercover officers, sometimes arranging deals around practices.

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Four football players were among 17 TCU students arrested on drug charges Wednesday, and an arrest warrant for one of the players alleges that at least three players were dealing drugs.According to the warrant, one of the players also said that drug use was widespread on the Horned Frogs' team.According to Fort Worth police, the players arrested are: junior linebacker Tanner Brock, junior safety... [Read More]

Boise State coach Chris Petersen has made assistant Robert Prince the team's new offensive coordinator.Prince served as wide receivers coach and passing coordinator last season, his first back in Boise after a seven-year break. Prince previously coached Boise State wide receivers from 2001-2003 before taking jobs with NFL teams.Prince's promotion comes just days after Brent Pease left Boise State... [Read More]

Boise State coach Chris Petersen appears to have reached agreement with the school on a $375,000-per-year raise and new five-year contract, according to a report in The Idaho Statesman on Tuesday.The entire contract, coming 10 days after Petersen led the 12-1 Broncos to a MAACO Bowl win, is subject to approval by the State Board of Education in February.The board on Wednesday unanimously approved... [Read More]

The Sheraton Hawaii Bowl will feature a team from the Mountain West Conference in 2012 and 2013.The move, announced Wednesday, comes as Hawaii moves from the Western Athletic Conference to the Mountain West starting next season.Bowl operator ESPN Regional Television reached an agreement with the Mountain West to be a part of the bowl game that's traditionally played on Christmas Eve.Under the... [Read More]

Wyoming and football coach Dave Christensen have agreed in principle on a new five-year contract, the school announced Saturday.Christensen has led the Cowboys (8-5) to two bowl appearances in his three seasons at Wyoming.Wyoming lost 37-15 to Temple in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl on Saturday.

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Boise State coach Chris Petersen unleashed his frustration with the BCS on Monday, telling local reporters that "everybody is just tired" of the system. The No. 7 Broncos (11-1) were left out of the BCS for the fourth time in eight years. They were passed over as an at-large selection in favor of No. 11 Virginia Tech (11-2) and No. 13 Michigan (10-2). The Hokies have not beaten a team... [Read More]

Colorado State has fired athletic director Paul Kowalczyk and replaced him with former Rams quarterback John C. "Jack" Graham, the university announced Thursday. Amid Kowalczyk's dismissal, football coach Steve Fairchild's future at the school is uncertain, sources told ESPN's Joe Schad on Thursday. Under Fairchild, the Rams are 3-8 overall and 1-5 in the Mountain West. They have lost... [Read More]

Kellen Moore is about to get a big new downfield target. Boise State coach Chris Petersen said Monday the NCAA has reinstated wide receiver Geraldo Boldewijn, one of three Broncos with Dutch ties who have missed games this season due to eligibility issues. Boldewijn, the biggest and fastest member of the Bronco receiving corps, is practicing with the... [Read More]