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‘Pathetic’: Boise State football is worst in nation in key stat, and answers aren’t easy

When the topic of fourth downs was broached Monday, Boise State football coach Bryan Harsin was so confounded, he had no choice but to answer with a dry response.

“Unbelievably enough, we actually practice fourth downs,” he said.

The Broncos failed on both attempts in Saturday’s 28-17 loss at Fresno State, bringing their conversion percentage to 12.5 (2-of-16) on the season. That’s worst among the 129 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

“Maybe we’re not doing it well enough, obviously,” Harsin said of that situational practice.

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