NEVADA WOLF PACK (8-3, 7-0 WAC)vs. BOISE STATE (11-0, 6-0 WAC) Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 – 7:08 p.m. PT
Bronco Stadium (33,500) – Boise, IdahoTV: ESPN2 (Joe Tessitore and Rod Gilmore)
RADIO: University of Nevada Sports Network (Flagship: ESPN Radio 630 AM and KOZZ 105.7 FM, Reno) with Ryan Radtke (PxP) and Chris Vargas (color). Pre-game at 6:30 p.m.
SERIES HISTORY: Boise State leads 23-12
LAST MEETING: Nevada dropped a 41-34 decision in Reno on Nov. 22, 2008.
THE SKINNY
Coming off its eighth-straight victory, the WAC-leading Nevada football team hits the road for the final regular-season game of the year in a showdown against fellow WAC unbeaten Boise State in Boise, Idaho ...
The last time these teams met on the blue field, in 2007, the result was a heart-breaking 69-67 loss in four overtimes that remains one of the highest-scoring games in NCAA history ... The game will decide the WAC championship as neither team can finish worse the second ... Nevada has three 1,000-yard rushers in tow as it became the first school in NCAA history to accomplish that feat ...
The Wolf Pack is receiving votes in the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 ... Nevada’s 7-0 start to WAC play is the Wolf Pack’s best ever since joining the league in 2000 ... Nevada is bowl eligible for the fifth straight season and is guaranteed a bowl game ... The Wolf Pack continues to lead the nation in rushing at 373.2 yards per game ... Nevada is second nationally in total offense (534.2 ypg) and fourth in scoring offense (41.3 ppg) ... Nevada has three players in the top 35 in rushing in Vai Taua (11th, 118.5 ypg), Colin Kaepernick (25th, 102.6 ypg) and Luke Lippincott (35th, 93.5 ypg) ... Dontay Moch is fifth nationally in tackles for loss per game at 1.77 ... Colin Kaepernick enters the game 14th in NCAA history in rushing yards by a quarterback ... Nevada is 3-2 in road games this year.
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