Written Recognition vs. Visual Recognition.

It's always a rush to do something great in sports, especially in football, one of Americas favorite pass time. 
When you're young and in High School and playing football most of the time you want to be recognized to get scholarships or even the popularity of being the kid who made the winning touch down etc. And when you are the one who makes that move and you get recognized in the local paper for the play that got you the touch down it makes you feel like a little celebrity. 
For example, I like to brag about this and my younger brother hates it, but he is a Sophomore in High School at Capital and gets to suit up and sometimes play for varsity. Their homecoming game against Boise High was last weekend, he ran a 90 yard touch down and got recognized in the paper as a statistical leader. But that doesn't bring back that rush that he felt or we felt watching him run the field. 
My dad had taken a video of it as well an I love to watch it over and over because it's that pride that comes with the rush of him standing out on the field. My dad always takes videos of him playing and made a video of his last years season to some AC/DC music to make it more intense. I watch that one a lot too, just like with pro sports when they have the greatest plays, play backs.


http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/10/12/2811430/varsity-extra-scoreboard-friday.html
Sam Brixey

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=649015721785231 
The play that made the paper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8TIadI1-3M&feature=youtu.be
Granted not all of the plays in the video are that great and its kind of shaky, it was taken from my Dad's cell phone, but I think it is a good example of how music can play apart in how the image is perceived. 

High School Football Parents

    So this week I went to my Brothers High School football game. What I observed, and honestly have in the past is the attitudes the parents and the coaches can get. The coach from the other team came over to my Brothers coach and screamed at him to control the game, his team was losing. I'm not sure what he meant, and I don't think anyone else did but himself. Was he saying that he wanted us to not be so hard on them? I mean it was a blow out and everyone figured it would be, but if you know your team isn't at its best why would you, as the grown adult coach, come and scream at the other coach? 
    My brother has played football since he was little with flag football, so over the years he's grown up with the same kids on his teams, even through school, so as families were all familiar with each other, and trust me we know who to look out for as far as being "hot heads".
   I can understand that you have some protection over your children and want them to be treated fairly, but the ref's are doing their job. At this age, High School, if the kids aren't listening to what they are trying to be taught I think it's OK for them to have a little tough love. If they go to a College team they don't have time to make mistakes, they get yelled at all the time same with NFL. It's a good lesson to learn early to pay attention and if its a sport you genuinely enjoy, put your all into it and take a harsh lesson here and there, you're a young man.
    So my question is, have you ever seen or maybe even been apart of this? What did you think or how did you react? Were you embarrassed? I sure am, especially if I'm close to them, but at the same time its interesting to watch their reactions and have front row seats!   

Boise States Broncos vs. The Golden Eagles of Southern Miss.!

This week it's Boise States Broncos vs. The Golden Eagles of Southern Miss.! Last year we took em' down by a land slide, 40-14. How will we do against them this year on the "smurf turf"? Were standing at 2-2 while their at 0-3, I'm pretty confident we can take them down this year. And I'm sure all of you Bronco fans out there know we can! 

But the big question is; even though we probably are going to win, how are we going to treat our visiting team? I would like to think with respect and some dignity. "With success comes attention, with attention comes cockiness, with cockiness comes arrogance, and with arrogance comes rudeness. Basically, this is what happened to a small school from Idaho." Stated  bleacherreport.com who ranked us the 20th rudest fan base in the country while Southern Miss. didn't even make the list. That's disappointing personally and should be for all of our fans. The same site also stated that Southern Miss. were ranked 83rd out of the most loyal fan base last year even though they didn't win a single game, while we ranked 24th most loyal. 

What does that tell us? We're rude and loyal. Is that because were proud? Why is it that a team who didn't win a single game last year made the most loyal fan base list but not the rudest? My guess is because they don't really have anything to be proud of, they don't have any ground to stand on to even start a debate. 

What can we do as Boise State fans to have a better reputation? Why can't we be proud and polite? Because not all Boise State fans represent our team in a rude manner, let's not forget that!

*photo provided by http://www.gobulldogs.com

Boise State University Sportsmanship

Dedicated fans to Boise State University are very proud of the progress our football team has made in becoming a nationally recognized team and continuing to impress, but is there a line that can be crossed when it comes to rivalry and sportsmanship?