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Broncos ready to claim another WAC title, fans ready to go bowling

by Edgar Linares

KTVB.COM

Posted on December 4, 2009 at 11:44 AM

Updated Saturday, Dec 5 at 2:31 PM

 

BOISE -- Boise State is getting set to hit the blue turf for their last home game of 2009.

The Broncos take on New Mexico State Saturday.  Kick off is at 1 p.m.

For those unable to attend in person, you can watch the game on Channel 7.

Our pre-game coverage begins at noon. One of our scheduled guests is WAC commissioner Karl Benson.

And then, on Sunday get ready for the BCS selection announcement.

The Broncos are looking for an outright WAC championship with a win and to keep their BCS hopes alive.

If the Broncos win, a post-game WAC championship trophy presentation will take place on the field.

Gates to the blue field will open after the game for fans to join Bronco players in celebration.

A win on Saturday would make this the fourth unbeaten regular season in last six years.

And the 7th outright WAC title win in the past eight years.

One local retailer is a step ahead of Bronco Nation.

The owner of the Blue and Orange store in the Boise Towne Square Mall has Fiesta, Orange, Sugar Bowl clothing ready to go at a moment's notice.

"We expect the demand to be very similar from last time. There's a lot excitement, a lot of love for this team. It will be a pretty amazing thing to be the first non-automatic qualifier to get that at-large berth as opposed to that automatic berth, it's never happened before," said Travis Hawkes. 

Store owner Travis Hawkes says the logos are only on a computer right now.

On Sunday when the announcements are made on what teams are going bowling, he'll know exactly what shirts he needs to make.

Hawkes says in 2007, when the Broncos were selected for the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, he saw crowds of people coming to find Fiesta Bowl merchandise.

"We had lines through the store and out the door. And people would actually arrive every morning waiting for the UPS guy to arrive with a new delivery of product. And it even went as far as cheering the UPS guy when he arrived with a cart of stuff," said Hawkes.

Hawkes says 2007 was filled with good times and fun memories and says it's starting to feel like deja vu.

The earliest the shirts and other bowl merchandise will be sold is on Monday.

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