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The Boise St. Broncos should have no problems with the New Mexico Lobos on Saturday.
Boise St. continues to play dominant football in its final home game of the season, as the Broncos now lead New Mexico 38-0 heading into the final quarter.
In the final home game of his illustrious college football career, QB Kellen Moore has delivered in typically dominant fashion. Moore has completed 28/33 for 313 yards and 3 TD's. His main target has been Tyler Shoemaker, who leads the team with six catches for 100 yards and a TD. Nine other players have receptions, with Gabe Linehan and Kyle Efaw also finding the end zone. Senior RB Doug Martin has been unstoppable, rushing for 112 yards and 2 TD's.
Defensively, the Broncos have limited New Mexico to only 182 total yards and seven first downs. Deon Long has been impressive for the Lobos, as he leads the team with eight catches for 96 yards.
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Over the past couple of weeks, the Boise St. Broncos have started games slowly against inferior opponents. In the final home game of the season, the Broncos have not had that problem, as they have run out to a 31-0 lead over New Mexico at halftime.
In the final home game of his illustrious career, QB Kellen Moore has been simply excellent, completing 20/24 for 208 yards and 3 TD's. Moore has already thrown completions to 10 different receivers and threw TD passes to Gabe Linehan, Kyle Efaw and Tyler Shoemaker in the opening half. Senior RB Doug Martin also made a significant impact in the opening half, rushing for 63 yards and a TD on 13 carries.
New Mexico struggled to generate any sort of offense in the opening half against a stout Boise St. defense. The Lobos generated only five first downs and 101 total yards in the first 30 minutes.
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In the final home game for the remarkable senior class that helped raise Boise St. to national prominence, the Broncos have delivered a typically dominant performance, as they lead New Mexico 21-0 after the opening quarter.
If there was any thought that Kellen Moore might show some nerves in his final game on the Blue Turf, the opening quarter surely put that to rest. Moore completed 9/11 and threw 2 TD's to help give the Broncos the comfortable lead. Moore threw TD passes to Kyle Efaw and Tyler Shoemaker. Senior RB Doug Martin has also been dominant in his final home game, rushing for 55 yards and a TD.
Defensively, the Broncos haven't allowed the Lobos to generate any sort of rhythm, limiting New Mexico to only 54 total yards. New Mexico has only three first downs and has struggled to move the ball down the field.
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The Mountain West Conference's regular season comes to an end on Saturday night, and the Boise St. Broncos will look to pick up its 11th victory of the season before going bowling. However, the Broncos are more likely to play in a pre-New Year's Day bowl game than one on New Year's Day or thereafter. With a loss to the TCU Horned Frogs in November, the Broncos lost most possibilities of making it to a BCS game. The Houston Cougars have swept right in and taken the spot the Broncos' coveted all season long.
Still, Broncos quarterback Kellen Moore has led the Broncos to 48 wins while at the helm of the team and will likely make it 49 after Saturday's game against the New Mexico Lobos. A bowl victory will give him 50. Moore has thrown for 3,194 yards and 38 touchdowns. Running back Doug Martin is force to be reckoned with, rushing for 1,038 yards and 13 touchdowns.
For the Lobos, this has been a season to forget. The team opened the season by losing a very winnable game to the Colorado St. Rams, 14-10. After being crushed by Arkansas and Texas Tech, the Lobos lost to current FCS No. 1 team Sam Houston State in overtime, 48-45. The losses continued to pile up until Nov. 12 when they beat the UNLV Rebels.
Oh, and head coach Mike Locksley was fired near the end of September. It was a combination of poor performance and an off-field incident that involved a car registered to Locksley. But in mid-November, the school hired former Notre Dame head coach Bob Davie to take over for the interim coach George Barlow. Maybe the future is brighter with Davie around.
Game date, time: 4:00 p.m. MT, Saturday, Dec. 3
Location: Lyle Smith Field at Bronco Stadium, Boise, ID
TV channel: The Mtn.
Spread: Boise State favored by 48.5
Series history: Boise State leads, 2-0
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The Boise St. Broncos complete their first season as a member of the Mountain West Conference with a game that should be an easy win. They host the 1-10 New Mexico Lobos on Saturday in Boise. The Broncos opened the game as 48.5 point favorites over the Lobos, according to Odds Shark, and that has moved to a clean 49 points on later lines.
Sure, that line does look like a tall order for the Broncos to cover, but look at the scores that the Lobos have lost by: 52-3 to Arkansas, 59-13 to Texas Tech, 49-7 to Nevada, 69-0 to TCU, 42-0 to Air Force. The Broncos are comparable to Arkansas and TCU this season and can certainly put up 50-plus points on the Lobos (even if backups play for long portions of the game).
The over/under opened and has remained at 61 points, so the Lobos are expected to at least score a few points. Whatever happens, it's going to be a long day for the Lobos.
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2011 Boise St. Vs. New Mexico: Kellen Moore Dominates, Broncos Beat Lobos 45-0
In his final performance at Bronco Stadium, senior QB Kellen Moore treated his fans to another amazing game. Moore passed for 313 yards and 3 touchdowns, leading the powerful Boise St. Broncos (11-1, 6-1) offense to a 45-0 drubbing of the New Mexico Lobos (1-11, 1-6).
Moore now has 3194 passing yards on the season to go with his 38-to-7 touchdowns-to-interceptions ratio. Despite accruing over 14,000 passing yards and a total of 137 passing touchdowns, most NFL draft experts still expect college football's most winningest quarterback to be drafted in the final round or not at all next year.
On the ground for the Broncos, senior Doug Martin stormed the Lobos defense, average 5.0 yards per carry as he ran for 110 yards and a pair of touchdowns and caught a pair of passes for 25 yards. Drew Wright also stretched his legs a little, dashing for 29 yards and a touchdown on just four carries.
The Broncos defense, meanwhile, utterly quashed the Lobos offense, allowing New Mexico to gain less than 200 yards and only twice cross into Boise St. territory. Amazingly, the Broncos defense did this while producing no turnovers on the day, instead forcing an amazing 7 punts. Boise St. only had to punt once.
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Dec 03 8:01p by Bradley Woodrum