Exactly one year ago this weekend, new Boise State athletic director Jeramiah Dickey stood behind a podium, wearing a fancy blue and orange tie, and used the word ‘elite’ twice. times the football team won games last fall. .
There weren’t a lot of elites in the first football season under Dickey.
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