RECAPPINGTHE BOISE STATE 2009 SEASON

It is unfortunate, but Boise State completed its second perfect season in four years, but wasn’t considered good enough to play for the national championship in either of them. Still, their 2009 season was at least more rewarding than the 2008 season. In 2008 the Broncos finished undefeated in the regular season, but they were not even offered a chance to play in a BCS bowl. A slightly tougher schedule and some upsets in the major conferences opened the door for Boise State to return to the BCS in 2009. They made the most of that opportunity by winning their second Fiesta Bowl in four years.
Boise’s best game probably came in its opener when the Broncos faced Oregon. Boise State had shocked the Ducks in Eugene the year before, but Oregon was expected by many to challenge for the Pac-10 title in 2009. The Ducks did not disappoint on that front, but Boise State dominated the season opener defensively. The Broncos earned a 19-8 win. The game was more remembered for LeGarrette Blount’s postgame punch of Byron Hout, but it set the stage for Boise State’s perfect run through the season.
Boise State easily dominated Miami in Boise, resulting to a 48-0 win, whereby Kellen Moore gave 307 yards of throwing and four touchdowns. Their powerful offence was still evidently intact when they took a 51-34 win the following week over Fresno State. And their successive two games did not disappoint them either. A 49-14 win against Freddie Barns, the very best receiver in the nation, was handed to them on a silver platter during a road trip as they headed for Bowling Green. Boise State managed another win; they easily scored 34-16 against UC – Davis.
Against Tulsa, they only led 18-14 at halftime before pulling away slightly with 10 straight second half points. Tulsa got within 28-21 early in the fourth quarter, but Boise State’s defense was able to stop the big plays and hold on for the win. It is the closest an opponent would come to beating the Broncos all season. It is also the last time Boise State was held under 40 points until the Fiesta Bowl against Texas Christian. The broncos rolled over Hawaii (54-9), San Jose State (45-7), Louisiana Tech (45-35), Idaho (63-25), Utah State (52-21), Nevada (44-33), and new Mexico State (42-7) to complete a 13-0 regular season. They were selected for their second BCS bowl in school history, and it was the first time ever that two non-BCS conference schools received bids.
The Broncos would not get another shot at the big boys, however. They were asked to play TCU in the Fiesta Bowl, which was a rematch of their Poinsettia Bowl matchup following the 2008 season. TCU won that matchup 17-16, but Boise State got revenge in this one. Brandyn Thompson had a 51 yard interception return for a touchdown and Boise State converted a successful fake punt to set up a two yard touchdown run from Doug Martin to secure a 17-10 win over the Horned Frogs.

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There are literally millions of facts floating around about weapons, from reload times to rates of fire, from muzzle velocities to types of ammunition. Just look up a wiki, anyone can find those. This Top 5 feature, however, looks behind the traditional ‘interesting’ gun facts (and by ‘weapons’ we mean handguns, rifles and machine guns, not artillery pieces) to give you a list of 5 facts that you don’t already know about guns!). We’ve dusted off dad’s old military history digests and searched countless pages of weaponry fan-boy webzines for your leisure and now we’re cocked, locked and ready to rock.

1. Firearms: The Earliest Firearms
The world’s oldest firearms were designed and built in China in the mid 12th century AD. Included in an important find in the early 1970s in Pan-la-ch’eng-tzu village, Manchuria, was a barreled powder-operated projectile weapon dating to circa 1290AD. As a result of the fact that the weapons of ancient and mediaeval China were most often designed to strike fear into the hearts of the enemy, the functionality of these old weapons has been questioned. Simply, some scholars feel that the idea of the working weapon was enough to deter an enemy assault.

2. The Most Popular Guns
The American-made M16 and the Russian-made AK-47 assault rifles are the two most fashionable firearms in use today. Both firearms offer variable firing modes, blistering rates of fire, moderate-high power, reliability, medium-long range and high levels of accuracy.

3. Accurate Guns
The longest kill on record was recently attested in Afghanistan.An American sharpshooter who was using the unmistakeable Barett .50 Cal Sniper Rifle shot and killed a terrorist from a distance of over two miles away. Before the sound of either shot alerted the insurgent to the presence of an enemy sniper, the sharpshooter apparently missed with his first shot, corrected and fired again, killing his target.

4. Heckler and Koch- Revolutionizing the Sub Machine Gun
This great small arms manufacturer was based in West Germany in the 1960s when it revolutionized the design of the current submachine gun with the MP5. Since the weapon is so user-friendly, it’s no surprise that it is the standard weapon of choice for close-quarters spec ops teams all over the world including the SAS and many state SWAT teams.

5. The Sniper – Forever a Specialist Soldier
The term ’sniper’ has denoted someone with a knack for a particular specialism since the earliest use of the word. That skill is sharpshooting over long distances, most likely from a covered position. The word was created among Imperial British soldiers in Commonwealth India in the late 18th century. You had to shoot down a snipe, a small and very fast type of bird before you were considered a sniper. The sniper, as a result of the skill he deploys, acts as a single unit, seeking and taking out enemies at will. This makes him the most valued asset among your allies and perhaps the most feared and sought after member of the rival force.