Boise State’s first bye of the season arrived just in time.
The Broncos maintained sole possession of second place in the Mountain West Conference standings with a 70-64 victory against Air Force on Saturday night at Clune Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo.
A tired and ailing Boise State (18-4, 8-2) squad will now have a week between games after matching the best 22-game start since the 1988-89 team also started its campaign 18-4.
“We need our bye, and our guys did a good job of kind of hanging in there. We’ve got a locker room full of nagging coughs and strep throat and all kinds of things going on,” Boise State coach Leon Rice told the Bronco Radio Network.