Sometimes if you hear a word enough times, if it was a motivational tactic that was there before you and will still be there after you’re gone, the meaning can be lost.
Though the Boise State football team insists the “blue collar” term used for years by the Broncos never was forgotten, this offseason can be considered a bit of a refresher course.
Every football team wants to be known that way, as the hardest working group in the country. It was successful for Boise State as the underdogs from a far-off place, unheralded, yet the sort that beats the sport’s richest teams.