Boise State captured its fifth Mountain West Convention championship in program historical past Saturday, downing UNLV 44-20 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. Within the course of, Boise State’s Spencer Danielson turned the primary interim coach in FBS historical past to steer his staff to a convention title.
Clay Helton led USC to the 2015 Pac-12 Championship Sport as an interim, however the Trojans in the end misplaced to Stanford. USC in the end eliminated the interim tag and made Helton its full-time coach; Danielson has actually given Boise State loads of cause to comply with swimsuit.
The Broncos dominated on each traces of scrimmage. Boise State had 301 yards speeding to UNLV’s 83 and averaged 5.9 yards per carry. Star working again Ashton Jeanty paced all rushers with 157 yards and one landing, passing the 100-yard mark for the sixth time this season. Defensively, Boise State had seven tackles for loss and did not enable a run longer than 14 yards.
Danielson was named interim coach on Nov. 12 following Andy Avalos’ firing amid a 5-5 begin to the season. In his first recreation on the helm, Danielson’s Broncos stormed to their largest win of the season when it comes to scoring margin by beating Utah State 45-10.
Then Boise State beat an 8-3 Air Pressure staff that after held a spot within the AP Prime 25 by eight factors within the common season finale to earn a spot within the Mountain West title recreation. Earlier than rising to his present place, Danielson was in his third 12 months as Boise State’s defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach. That is his seventh complete season with this system, as he has served in varied roles on the defensive facet of the ball since becoming a member of Boise State’s workers as a graduate assistant in 2017.
