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COACH BRYAN HARSIN WIN THE TURNOVER BATTLE KEEP POUNDING THE ROCK AVOID DISTRACTIONS COACH RECORD: 29-7; YEAR: Third Boise State and Hawaii The Broncos had two Boise State’s trip to Ha- RECORD: 4-6; YEAR: First The Broncos went 61-5 with are two of the worst running backs with 100 waii is not a vacation. The former Hawaii quarterback Harsin as offensive coordina- teams in the country yards last week for the Unlike a bowl game in has brought new energy back to tor from 2006-10. He took in terms of turnover first time since 2009. which teams visit the his alma mater. Rolovich was the over play calling this season 1 2 3 offensive coordinator at Nevada margin. Both teams are -8, Freshman Alexander Mat- beach and do fun activites, after losing two coordinators last season, and previously was in two seasons. which is tied for 118th out of tison has proven to be a nice there will be very little of that the QB coach and OC at Hawaii. 128 FBS teams. The Broncos compliment to starter Jeremy for the Broncos. Boise State 2016 LEADERS are 8-1 despite only winning McNichols. Hawaii is one of can’t lose focus of the main SCHEDULE the turnover battle twice all the worst teams in the country objective for the trip: going PASSING COM-ATT YDS TD INT season. Coach Harsin has at stopping the run (124th, 1-0. The Broncos can’t afford DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME Brett Rypien 175-275 2,578 18 6 said they will win the game if 259.2 yards per game), so the another loss. They need a Aug. 26 California L, 31-51 Thomas Sperbeck 3-3 93 3 0 they win the turnover battle. Broncos should run, run, run. business-like approach. Sept. 3 at Michigan L, 3-63 Cedrick Wilson 2-2 84 1 0 Sept. 10 UT MARTIN W, 41-36 RUSHING ATT YDS TD Sept. 17 at Arizona L, 28-47 Jeremy McNichols 226 1,216 16 Boise State WR Cedrick Wilson Oct. 1 NEVADA W, 38-17 AP Photo Alexander Mattison 42 243 3 Oct. 8 at San Jose State W, 34-17 Devan Demas 15 57 0 Oct. 15 UNLV L, 38-41 Akilian Butler 3 34 0 Oct. 22 at Air Force W, 34-27 RECEIVING REC Yds TD Oct. 29 NEW MEXICO L, 21-28 Thomas Sperbeck 57 909 7 Nov. 5 at San Diego State L, 0-55 Cedrick Wilson 37 686 8 Today BOISE STATE 5 p.m. MT, CBSSN Jeremy McNichols 28 399 4 Nov. 19 at Fresno State 5 p.m. Chaz Anderson 25 337 0 Nov. 26 MASSACHUSETTS 9 p.m. NO Yds TD Tyler Horton 1 85 1 2016 LEADERS Three others tied 1 0 0 PASSING COM-ATT YDS TD INT SACKS NO YDS Dru Brown 131-213 1,551 9 6 David Moa 6.5 32 Ikaika Woolsey 44-90 644 6 6 Sam McCaskill 5.5 36 RUSHING ATT YDS TD Jabril Frazier 4.0 35 D. Saint Juste 120 691 2 TACKLES SOLO AST TOTAL TFL S. Lakalaka 88 380 10 Ben Weaver 43 44 87 2.0 Paul Harris 55 359 2 Tanner Vallejo 32 29 61 4.0 Dru Brown 53 196 3 Chanceller James 30 22 52 3.0 RECEIVING REC Yds TD Cam Hartsield 29 21 50 2.0 Marcus Kemp 55 910 6 Darren Lee 29 16 45 6.5 38 450 2 Jonathan Moxey 35 6 41 3.5 Dylan Collie 24 206 1 FIELD GOALS 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Ammon Barker 14 190 1 Tyler Rausa (4-7) 1-1 3-5 0-1 0-0 BOISE STATE PLAYERS TO WATCH INTERCEPTIONS NO Yds TD KICK RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD Jalen Rogers 3 0 0 Jonathan Moxey 8 182 22.8 0 37 T. Henderson 2 3 0 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD 22 • ALEXANDER MATTISON • RB 1 • CEDRICK WILSON • WR 20 • TANNER VALLEJO • LB SACKS NO YDS Cedrick Wilson 3 19 6.3 17 0 The true freshman Mat- Wilson had six catches for Vallejo has battled through Isaiah Irving 4.0 32 PUNTS NO YDS AVG LG 20 tison continues to impress. 102 yards and two touch- injuries and is second on the Frank Ginda 4.0 29 Sean Wale 37 1,672 45.2 58 13 He had career highs with downs last week against San team with 61 tackles. He has TACKLES SOLO AST TOTAL TFL 18 rushes for 100 yards and Jose State. On a team that four tackles-for-loss and one Jahlani Tavai 59 32 91 10.0 2016 TEAM COMPARISONS a touchdown in last week’s features Thomas Sperbeck, sack. The senior had nine T. Henderson 46 20 66 8.5 STATISTIC Broncos Hawaii win over San Jose State. it’s Wilson that leads the tackles last week against San Malachi Mageo 35 25 60 5.5 Scoring offense 34.8 26.8 McNichols is the obvious Broncos with eight receiving Jose State and had 11 tackles Damien Packer 32 23 55 2.5 Rushing offense 176.0 163.7 starter, but Mattison has touchdowns. The 6-foot-3 against BYU. He’s responded Jalen Rogers 37 13 50 5.0 proven he deserves to get Wilson has been a huge addi- nicely to a suspention at the Passing offense 310.1 222.7 R. Williams 26 20 46 5.5 action as well. He’s averag- tion after transferring from end of last season and is a key Total offense 486.1 386.4 FIELD GOALS 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Scoring defense 22.7 38.2 ing 5.8 yards per carry. Coffeyville Junior College. part of Boise State’s defense. R. Sanchez 4-4 2-2 1-1 1-1 Rushing defense 157.8 259.2 Pass defense 234.6 194.4 PUNTS NO YDS AVG LG 20 Total defense 392.4 453.6 HAWAI’I PLAYERS TO WATCH R. Sanchez 51 2,272 44.5 57 16 Turnover margin -0.89 -0.80 Sacks (gained per game) 2.89 1.7 14 • MARCUS KEMP • WR BY THE NUMBERS Tackles for loss (per game) 6.89 6.50 Kemp leads the Rainbow Warriors with 55 1 — Boise State’s defense Sacks allowed (per game) 1.44 1.7 catches, 910 receiving yards and six touch- 3rd down offense 49 % 36 % only has one sack the past two downs and has had at least five catches in seven 3rd down defense 36 % 49 % games after averaging 3.57 straight games. The 6-foot-4 senior has 158 Red zone offense 91 % 88 % sacks in the first seven games. career receptions for 2,380 yards and 11 TDs. Red zone defense 83 % 84 % 5 — Boise State has only Net punting 42.4 38.0 forced five turnovers on defense 4 • STEVEN LAKALAKA • RB in 2016, which ranks dead last KEY STATS Lakalaka leads Hawaii with 10 rushing touch- (No. 128 of 128 teams) in the downs and is second with 380 rushing yards on FBS. n Boise State has just four 88 attempts. He has at least one touchdown in 38.2 — Hawaii ranks No. made field goals. That ranks eight of 10 games this season. He had 14 rushes 119 in the country in scoring 122nd of 128 FBS teams. against San Diego State last week after not defense, allowing an average of They’ve only attempted seven having more than nine in the past five games. 38.2 points per game. field goals, which ranks No. 124. 46 — Boise State running n The Broncos are 26th in the 31 • JAHLANI TAVAI • LB back Jeremy McNichols has FBS with an average of 486.1 The redshirt sophomore has started all 10 games 46 touchdowns since the start yards of offense per game. for Hawai’i and leads the team with 91 tackles, of last season, the most of any n Boise State has been called Hawai’i WR 10.0 tackles-for-loss and 3.0 sacks. He also has player in the FBS. for just 43 penalties this season, an , two forced , a 247 — Boise State has not which ranks No. 16 in the FBS. Marcus Kemp AP Photo recovery and two pass break-ups. been held scoreless in 247 con- n The Broncos are 115-14 in secutive games, the 9th longest conference games since 2000. —B.J. Rains/IPT streak in the nation.

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