Boise State’s defense did a solid job of bottling up a mobile quarterback in the Broncos’ season opener, but the difficulty level will be ratcheted up Saturday.
UConn senior quarterback David Pindell is coming off a strong performance in Aug. 30’s 56-17 loss to UCF, one of the Huskies’ lone bright spots. Pindell rushed for 157 yards and threw for 266 yards, scoring a rushing touchdown and throwing for another.
The Broncos kept Troy’s Kaleb Barker in check, allowing him to complete 20-of-29 passes for 211 yards, with one interception and one touchdown. Barker had rushed 30 times for 282 yards previously in his career, but had just 25 yards on 17 rushes Saturday.