Boise State QB and equipment director Dustin Kelley talk about why the Broncos name most of the balls they use in games and practice. By
There probably aren’t a lot of people who love Metallica and Madonna equally, but former Boise State quarterback Brett Rypien does.
And we aren’t talking about music tastes.
It’s one of those hidden-in-plain-sight things, hard to notice from the stands or even the sidelines, but most of the footballs the Broncos use have their own names, written on the white stripe.
“It got to the point where I felt like I had a nice relationship with every ball, because I knew them by name,” Rypien said.