Western Michigan pass game gets big opportunity vs. shaky Boise State secondary
Western Michigan's improved — and improving — passing offense will get a big opportunity to show its stuff on national TV against a suspect Boise State secondary.
Kalamazoo — Western Michigan wants to be a physical, punch-you-in-the-mouth football team, and has every intention of living that out while going toe-to-toe with Boise State this weekend at Waldo Stadium.
The Broncos will want to run the ball, and so will the visiting Broncos. The visitors are also, so far, looking like they play very solid rush defense and are much more suspect pass defense. It’s something Boise State head coach Spencer Danielson addressed at his game week press conference after the Broncos (in blue) got a scare and let up a bunch of explosive passing plays against FCS South Dakota.
“We have to execute at a higher level and we have to put our players in really good situations. So it's going to be both in regards to that,” Danielson said on Monday. “We have the players. I wouldn't trade our team for anybody else in the entire country. We gotta execute better, we gotta play with better leverage and then us, as coaches, gotta continue to put them in better situations than we are.”
And with the visitors struggling in this way as Western Michigan (2-1) plays host to Boise State (2-1) this weekend at Waldo Stadium, the home team’s ability to more readily drop back and throw it could be a deciding factor. WMU sought concerted improvements in the pass game through the offseason, and an improved skill group and returning, more polished Broc Lowry at quarterback have so far shown that improvement.
