ESPN College GameDay heads to Boise State on Saturday for the No. 24 Broncos showdown with the high flying Oregon State Beavers, in the premier pre game show of college football Week 11. The crew arrives on the blue turf for a game between two of the best offences in college football, with the home team possessing one of the finest run games in the country.
Why it matters
Boise State averages 237.1 rushing yards per game, good enough for seventh in the nation, and running back Dylan Riley has been extraordinary this season. The home team will want to run the ball and control the clock, but quarterback Maddux Madsen is listed as questionable after sustaining a knee injury in a one point win over Texas State.
Oregon State has its own quarterback worry. Starting quarterback Braden Atkinson is listed as doubtful entering Saturday game, thanks to a hand issue suffered in a loss to Texas State two weeks ago. The injury to Atkinson, and the unreliable accuracy of Maalik Murphy, makes for a long night for the Beavers against a Boise State side that can run the ball at will.
What happens next
The wider Week 11 card is loaded. Texas visits Louisiana State in prime time, Miami hosts Duke with the Atlantic Coast Conference title race on the line, Alabama visits Vanderbilt, and College GameDay is in Boise for the first time in 16 years. Florida heads to Kentucky as the Wildcats chase a Southeastern Conference title shot.
For now, the focus is on Boise and the blue turf. The prediction is 42-27 to the home side, but the quarterback doubts on both teams mean the game could turn on a single play. The result will shape how the rest of the card is read by Sunday morning.
The wider Week 11 card is loaded. Texas visits Louisiana State in prime time, Miami hosts Duke with the Atlantic Coast Conference title race on the line, Alabama visits Vanderbilt, and College GameDay is in Boise for the first time in 16 years. The Thursday night game opens the week, and the result will shape how the rest of the card is read.
