Baylor faces Boise State on Dec. 27 in the Cactus Bowl. Here are five things for Bears fans to know about the Broncos.
1. Professional bowlers. Boise State exploded into the national consciousness in 2006 with its stunning overtime win over Oklahoma, well-remembered for the Statue of Liberty play to win the Fiesta Bowl. Since then, the Broncos have gone 4-1 in bowl games against Power Five schools, not including bowl wins against TCU and Utah before they joined the Big 12 and Pac-12, respectively. This year Boise added regular season wins over Oregon State and Washington State, so the winning ways against P5 competition did not stop when Chris Petersen left for Washington.