Bowling Green will bring some tricky schemes to Bronco Stadium on Saturday.
On offense, the Falcons run a spread offense and will line up three different starters at quarterback ? quarterback Tyler Sheehan, wide receiver Anthony Turner and wide receiver Freddie Barnes.
The Falcons also operate without a huddle for nearly the entire game.
Turner was the starting quarterback in 2006 and he played tailback in 2007.
?You?ve just got to pay attention to where he is and everybody needs to know he?s a threat when he?s at quarterback because he?s a physical, strong runner,? Boise State coach Chris Petersen said.
Defensively, the Falcons like to move their linemen around ? looping tackles around to the outside, for example. Senior end Diyral Briggs (6-foot-4, 230 pounds) has five sacks in two games against Pittsburgh and Minnesota.
?I think their defense is the scarier part of their team for us,? Boise State tailback Ian Johnson said. ?They like to move around a lot. ? These things are unorthodox for us to say the least.?
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Other highlights from Johnson?s weekly press conference:
On having a second-week bye: ?It definitely felt like it was more of a scrimmage the first game, not because of the opponent, but because of the amount of time you had afterward and the attitude you had afterward. It was nice to have the time off, but we like once we get rolling to keep rolling.?
On the offensive line: ?Of all the groups in the last game they were the one that stood out in my mind ? very few mistakes, very assignment sound, they were burying guys, they were playing like a big, dirty bunch of 300-pounders, and I love it.?
On Nevada tailback Luke Lippincott, the defending WAC rushing champ, missing the rest of the season with a knee injury: ?That?s one of the things we know being ballcarriers ? we?re hunted every single play. We?re expected to go out there with a certain intensity. It really is just one play away, but you can never play scared because when you play scared and realize all these things that are against you, that?s when they start affecting you. ? I?m really discouraged to know he?s not going to be playing.?
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There?s a chance freshman left tackle Nate Potter will make his much-anticipated college debut this week, but he might not be able to play a full game. Potter has missed a bunch of practice time over the past year with various injuries.
?He?s not going to be in game form,? Petersen said. ?There?s no way.?
On offense, the Falcons run a spread offense and will line up three different starters at quarterback ? quarterback Tyler Sheehan, wide receiver Anthony Turner and wide receiver Freddie Barnes.
The Falcons also operate without a huddle for nearly the entire game.
Turner was the starting quarterback in 2006 and he played tailback in 2007.
?You?ve just got to pay attention to where he is and everybody needs to know he?s a threat when he?s at quarterback because he?s a physical, strong runner,? Boise State coach Chris Petersen said.
Defensively, the Falcons like to move their linemen around ? looping tackles around to the outside, for example. Senior end Diyral Briggs (6-foot-4, 230 pounds) has five sacks in two games against Pittsburgh and Minnesota.
?I think their defense is the scarier part of their team for us,? Boise State tailback Ian Johnson said. ?They like to move around a lot. ? These things are unorthodox for us to say the least.?
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Other highlights from Johnson?s weekly press conference:
On having a second-week bye: ?It definitely felt like it was more of a scrimmage the first game, not because of the opponent, but because of the amount of time you had afterward and the attitude you had afterward. It was nice to have the time off, but we like once we get rolling to keep rolling.?
On the offensive line: ?Of all the groups in the last game they were the one that stood out in my mind ? very few mistakes, very assignment sound, they were burying guys, they were playing like a big, dirty bunch of 300-pounders, and I love it.?
On Nevada tailback Luke Lippincott, the defending WAC rushing champ, missing the rest of the season with a knee injury: ?That?s one of the things we know being ballcarriers ? we?re hunted every single play. We?re expected to go out there with a certain intensity. It really is just one play away, but you can never play scared because when you play scared and realize all these things that are against you, that?s when they start affecting you. ? I?m really discouraged to know he?s not going to be playing.?
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There?s a chance freshman left tackle Nate Potter will make his much-anticipated college debut this week, but he might not be able to play a full game. Potter has missed a bunch of practice time over the past year with various injuries.
?He?s not going to be in game form,? Petersen said. ?There?s no way.?
