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Boise State 19, Oregon 8

A few thoughts on tonight's game, which featured the least interesting of Oregon's hideous uniforms (above), which please note GLOW IN THE DARK. First, when I tell you Boise State wins by 10 and they win by 11, well, I'm prescient. Now then:

1) This was a sloppy game. First half was great, with Boise State going up early and looking dominant, but the second half was not so hot. I like watching Oregon get beat, but I'd much rather see a decent game with fewer miscues.

2) I like Boise State, I really do. They're consistently fun to watch, they always show up for big games, and any team that can pull 35,000 people to a game on a Thursday night has some solid fans. But a team that only has to perform for one game all season because the rest of their games are against football powerhouses like New Mexico State, Idaho and UC Davis probably shouldn't start the coronation just yet. This was literally the first time a ranked opponent has played at Boise State during the regular season. That's a problem.

3) Nothing like the class act moment at the end when the Ducks' LaGarrette Blount (yes, that's a real name) punched a BSU player in the chin and had to be carried off the field by his coaches after going into the stands after a couple fans. You lost. Again. And he ought to be kicked off the team for the season simply for the negative press that he's given U of O. Also, just for the record, this is a person who tonight carried eight times for -5 yards. Mm hmm.

4) Also, who gives Bob Davie a microphone? He had some really incredible things to say tonight, but my very favorite tonight was when he said he'd been in Chip Kelley's shoes before (when Kelley's team was down 19-0 early). Yep, you have, Bob. And that's why you're talking about football instead of coaching it.

In other news, today Jeff Jagodzinski was fired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before the NFL season even started. For those of you not particularly fascinated by Boston College football, allow me to fill you in. Jagodzinski came to BC two seasons ago and immediately made a splash, with big-win seasons and Matt Ryan in the Heisman hunt. Unlike our previous coach, Tom O'Brien, Jags liked to go for it on fourth down. He was a fun coach to watch with lots of tricks up his sleeve. And then he got fired by BC for taking an NFL interview with the Jets. He wasn't going to get the job, but it was a nice gesture, essentially an NFL team saying, 'Hey, this guy's doing good work at BC and we'd like to give him a shout-out.'

I didn't support the firing, because I thought Jags did great things for our program. But now, before the year even starts, Jags is fired from Tampa Bay where he'd taken over as offensive coordinator. Man. I don't know what the deal is, but it's pretty interesting. I'm curious about what our boy Gene DeFilippo is thinking right now. Or what he'll be thinking after BC barely beats Northeastern on Saturday...