A practice drill paid off in a big way for cornerback Tyler Horton in Boise State’s 44-19 win over Air Force on Saturday at Albertsons Stadium.
In a drill Horton referred to as “country,” safeties coach Gabe Franklin places a ball on the turf and yells either “city” or “country.”
“You hear ‘city,’ you’ve got to jump on it cause there’s a lot of people around,” Horton said. “You hear ‘country,’ it’s wide open. You pick it up and run.”
With his coach’s words ringing in his ears, Horton picked up Nevada quarterback Nate Romine’s fumble and ran 21 yards untouched into the end zone for a 27-7 Boise State lead with 9:22 to play in the second quarter.