Alexander Mattison was 10 years old the last time he played in a football championship game. His team lost. He remembers it was against a team from Ontario, Calif., and even recalls the score: 17-7.
Boise State’s sophomore running back has a shot to win a much bigger prize in the Mountain West championship game against Fresno State on Saturday at Albertsons Stadium.
A handful of Mattison’s teammates were on the Broncos’ 2014 conference-winning squad, but many are looking for their first championship win of any sort. Some can’t even say they were in a title game when they were in elementary school.