{"id":38682,"date":"2019-08-31T21:05:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T21:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=38682"},"modified":"2019-08-31T21:05:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T21:05:04","slug":"good-job-boise-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=38682","title":{"rendered":"Good job, Boise State!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I am not a big Boise State Broncos football fan, but this result from Tallahassee, Fla., thrills me in a way I didn’t quite expect.<\/p>\n

Boise State was supposed to play Florida State University in a non-league game in Jacksonville, Fla., an ostensibly “neutral” site. Hurricane Dorian changed it. They moved the game farther west to Tallahassee, where FSU is located and where the Seminoles play their home games.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, what do you suppose happened Friday night?\u00a0Boise State won the game 36-31 over Florida State.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s a big deal, man. You know?<\/p>\n

It was tough enough on the Broncos to have to travel across the country to play Florida State, not that anyone was complaining — I am sure — about the travel. Then to move the game from a neutral site to the other side’s home field might have seemed like a case of — and pardon the intended pun<\/em> — moving the goalposts.<\/p>\n

Then there’s this matter.<\/p>\n

I am not inclined to root against<\/em> coaches, but I am glad that FSU head coach Willie Taggart suffered this loss. Why? Because Taggart took a job three years ago to rescue the University of Oregon football program after it fell precipitously from elite status to the dregs of the Pac-12.<\/p>\n

What does Taggart do? He leads the Ducks for a single season, posts a decent won-lost record — and then bails for the vacant Florida State head coaching job!<\/p>\n

I am an avid Ducks fan. I want the Ducks to return to elite status. They might be on the road to that return.\u00a0As for Taggart, this Ducks fan isn’t shedding a single tear for him.<\/p>\n

Too bad, coach. Suck it up and get ready for the next foe.<\/p>\n\n

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