Trust me, as someone who knows Boise State you are rediculous to bet against him. Koetter did not bring in the offense that Boise runs. Koetter was a pass oriented offense where as Boise under Hawkins has the most complex and balanced offense in the nation. They can change the gameplan on a dime just ask Oregon State and Hawaii.
You say that they can't compete but they beat the Hawaii team 69-3 that beat us and Michigan State. They pounded Fresno State that beat Virginia in a bowl game, and they beat crushed the same Oregon State team that should have beat LSU.
And let's not forget how Ga, with a call going their way would have lost to Marshall had the bad call went the other way. Also look how Div II Ga. Southern gave Ga fits. Boise is a much better team than both of those.
I hear all this talk of humidity, but how did it help us against UCLA, Oklahoma and Northern Ill? How did it help Auburn against USC? Also, if you look at the forcast it is not going to be that hot at gametime (in the 70's ) so the heat humidity will be little concern.
Hawkins is probably the best young coach out there. His playbook is the thickest of any coach. Boise was the second youngest team in Div I and are loaded with speed.
As Hawkins said to ESPN before the Oregon State game " give me one quarter and we will win." which is very truewhen you look at most of Boise's games. Against Oregon State, Boise initially tried to pass the ball and was down 17-3 after the first quarter. From there Boise changed to a power running game and put up over fifty on Oregon State. Against Hawaii the initially tried the run game against Hawaii and when that was having problems they went to the air. They ended up putting up 69 on Hawaii. They put up over sixty on Fresno.
While I do think that Ga will win the game, never be fooled into thinking that Boise isn't going to be in the race.
Boise is also starting to get noticed by top recruits. When they start putting those players into their system, look out.
Hawk has also turned top recruits away and told them that Boise is not the place for them if they want to go to a fancy weight rooms and such. The thing is, Boise is now getting fancy facilities.