Boise State

7-1

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Boise State won 46-45 over Texas State, its seventh straight win.

Fan mood in the week of the Texas State game: middle of the pack

Fan mood in each Boise State game week this season

Compared with other fanbases in r/CFB game threads that week. Each row is a week, named for its game; the further right the dot, the brighter the talk.

sourerbrightervs Memphis W 38-20middle of the packvs South Dakota W 38-24middle of the packat Western Michigan W 32-7middle of the packvs Utah State W 37-18on the bright sideat Fresno State W 38-31on the bright sideat Washington State W 31-10middle of the packvs Texas State W 46-45middle of the packsourerbrighterSep 12vs MemphisW 38-20middle of the packSep 19vs South DakotaW 38-24middle of the packSep 26at Western MichiganW 32-7middle of the packOct 3vs Utah StateW 37-18on the bright sideOct 10at Fresno StateW 38-31on the bright sideOct 24at Washington StateW 31-10middle of the packOct 31vs Texas StateW 46-45middle of the pack
  • L 27-34 at Oregon
  • W 38-20 vs Memphis
  • W 38-24 vs South Dakota
  • W 32-7 at Western Michigan
  • W 37-18 vs Utah State
  • W 38-31 at Fresno State
  • W 31-10 at Washington State
  • W 46-45 vs Texas State
  • Next: at Colorado State, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first. The loss came by 7.

Since the last game

Boise State won 46-45 vs Texas State, having led 28-3 at half.

The whole Texas State game

Then and now

Spencer Danielson has taken Boise State to a bowl in each of his two full seasons.

Before Colorado State

The playoff simulation gives Boise State a 72% chance at Colorado State on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Colorado State game has a playoff place on it for Boise State.

Colorado State game on Now

What the Colorado State game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Boise State fans wrote in r/CFB game threads with every FBS fanbase with enough talk that week. A week runs Monday to Sunday and is named for the game in it. The read is redrawn 300 times from the same commenters, re-ranking every fanbase each time. Sour or all in means the read sat in the bottom or top fifth in at least 70 of every 100 draws; on the sour side or on the bright side, in the bottom or top two fifths in at least 80; anything less settled is middle of the pack. A bright label also needs more positive talk than negative, and a sour one the reverse. Brighter or sourer than usual compares the week with the team's own earlier weeks, after taking out how every fanbase read that week. Each dot sits at the read's rank that week. A week read before these labels keeps the word it was first given, the fifth it sat in (sour, uneasy, mixed, hopeful or all in). Season averages are the mean of a season's reads, in fifths from sour to all in, and seasons before 2026 were read from each week's wider talk, so a comparison across seasons is rough.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

What the reporters say

What reporters say

36 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

Hats off to the leadership in that locker room because when everything was going sideways, and we had some hard conversations on the sideline, they never flinched
Danielson · Arbiteronlinethe day of Boise State's 2026 game against Texas State
I felt comfortable, the game slows down and I took big steps in learning how to be a backup, so I’m always ready to go.
Boise State · Arbiteronlinethe day of the 46-45 game
Outside of myself, I would also advocate for Spencer Danielson, the head coach at Boise State
Griffin · On32 days after the 31-10 game

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Fan chatter

Fan chatterThe loudest night of the season and what a usual night looks like.

Fan chatter this season

Loud

The loudest night was the 46-45 win over Texas State.

FirstSecondThirdFourthBoise State fansTexas State fansusual

A usual night for Boise State fans is steady.

Arguments

The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.
Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
5 outlets & communities talking

What little we hear

Only 6 cohort(s) cleared the signal floor this week, so we won’t stage a split we can’t back. Here’s the honest read:

Die-hards+0.05
Millennials+0.05
Analytics crowd+0.05
Gen Z+0.04
National take+0.04
Casuals+0.04

How Boise State fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

The bigger Bronco simply swallowed the smaller Bronco

open ↗

One of the crowd’s most upvoted takes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
29%
recent results
22%
where the program is headed
11%
offense
8%
the schedule
7%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

week 10. The sources and the divergence rank are measured. Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model estimate, never a quote attributed to a person.
ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

player performanceLimited signal that season

fans believe the offensive line is allowing too many sacks

I really hope we can see the O-line give him breathing room like this for the rest of the season

yeah he’s a great qb (fuck all the anti madsen folks) but it’s the o line breaking that makes him need to scramble.

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Sep 6, 2025 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take

One fan argues the defensive line struggles to pressure opposing quarterbacks

The D-line is solid against the run but really lackluster in the pass rush department.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 11, 2026 · via CFB

Show all 6
program directionOne fan's take

One fan believes Boise State’s defense is giving up too many points

Boise State with pathetic defense. I still don't understand how Chinander has a job with us.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 11, 2026 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take

One fan thinks key defensive players are often out of position on passing plays

so many of these long pass plays when you watch the replay something has happened that made the play 10 vs 11 or 9 vs 11.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 20, 2026 · via CFB

program directionOne fan's take

One fan is frustrated that Boise State lost to an FCS team

No disrespect to South Dakota, but if we manage to lose to a fcs team at home our coach needs to be fired and shipped out of Idaho

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 20, 2026 · via CFB

officiatingOne fan's take that season

One fan believes referees are missing obvious fumbles

If the refs knew what they were doing, we might’ve gotten that second fumble

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 13, 2025 · via CFB

Rival talk

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Boise State lives rent-free in
  1. Colorado State9%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Boise State

How Boise State fans talk

Who they talk aboutThe people this fanbase names more than anyone else does.
Who they talk about Against the field · 2026 season

The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.

Maddux Madsen
×357.7 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Maddux Madsen×357.7
Spencer Danielson×545.1
Sire Gaines×212.4
Erik Chinander×1657.0
Characteristic — 3–10× as often
Scott Power×4.4
Kellen Moore×5.1

“Madsen and defensive coordinator selling”

reddit/CFB · fan post
Fans on Maddux Madsen
  1. Madsen sucked in the 3rd quarter
  2. The only reason madsen had defendeders in his face was because he left the pocket way too early. He is
  3. Madsen's passing average is around 7 yards per completion through 7 games, the math says
  4. I hope Max Madsen heals but GG Boise
  5. Madsen can still make those passes, he just hasn’t had to. It’s not like we needed 40-50
  6. Madsen never has won a game THROWING the ball
  7. Madsen and coach d doesn’t seem to recognize that
  8. I'm not a madsen hater but if he didn't get hurt we lost that game by double digits. It was clear
What they're calledThe slang the sport reaches for about this program more than most.
What the sport calls them 2026 season · from Words

How often college football reaches for these watchlist words about Boise State — against the average FBS program, or against their own usual rate — said by rival fans and national media as readily as by their own people.

  • “natty”1.1×more than the average program · #15 of 54
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Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
71st
Joy
71st
Anger
53rd
Doom
38th
Sarcasm
32nd
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026texas
texasoregontoprankedbeatmemphis
texas state has a good running back too I see
2025defense
defenseoffenseunlvtrashcoachingkicker
defense came to play, you love to see it
2024playoff
playoffjeantyheismanshit
Just took an edible. Take me home Ashton, be my sherpa up the playoff mountain.
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