By the numbers took a brief hiatus the last two weeks as I was too busy last week to compile anything and too depressed the week prior to manage to look past any number except EIGHT. The Broncos mercifully enter a bye week and stats are once again your friend.
706
Number of offensive yards the Broncos put up on UNLV on Saturday
Where Saturday's offensive outburst ranks all-time at Boise State
Passing yards put up by Boise State freshman QB Brett Rypien on Saturday
Number of yards Rypien's totals were better than the previous freshman single-game passing mark (set by Kellen Moore at Nevada in 2008)
Number of Broncos that caught a pass on Saturday (including the first of Sean Modster's career)
Number of interceptions by Darian Thompson this season after his 4th quarter pick of Rebel QB Blake Decker
Number of career interceptions by Darian Thompson
Darian Thompson's rank for interceptions in MWC history
Yards per attempt, at season's end, by senior QB Grant Hedrick in 2014
Yards per attempt, entering the bye week, by freshman QB Brett Rypien