Bewildered rivals Idaho and Boise State, which clash tonight at the Kibbie Dome, bear plenty of similar liabilities but they’re clearly different in one respect. The Vandals for some reason are replete with guards this season, and the Broncos have all of two who are actually under scholarship.
Junior-college transfer Wes Perryman decided last month to undergo surgery to remove bone spurs from his ankles, according to the Idaho Statesman, and his absence is one of several reasons the Broncs have gone oh-fer in the WAC season. Their only genuine No. 1 or 2 players getting free room and board are Anthony Thomas (he of the ill-fated guarantee last season) and La’Shard Anderson, whose name might tempt a less restrained blogger to say the Broncos’ backcourt is in la’shards.
The Vandals, whose win at Hawaii is the only reason they’re not sharing the WAC cellar with their rivals, aren’t getting especially clean play from their guards, but it’s becoming more and more evident that their real problems are down low.
If this were a pick-up game, Idaho could lend Boise State a guard or two to level things out. That won’t happen, but this may look like a pick-up game after all.
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