If it feels like I’m trying to subconsciously influence you to become Denver fans, I assure you I’m not (long-suffering Detroit Lions fan—judge if you must, but there wasn’t a sports idol in my childhood better than Barry Sanders). I am, however, a huge Matt Paradis fan, and if you’re not already as well, I’d like to very consciously invite you to be. His entire sports career is just such a perfect microcosm of the Boise State blue collar mentality and the success it brings.
I’ll go ahead and sheepishly acknowledge that I actually had higher hopes for Chancellor James’s career over Darian Thompson, initially.