The shoe is on the other foot for Hawaii coach Norm Chow.
During Chow’s long tenure as an assistant at BYU, there was no bigger game for the Rainbow Warriors to get up for than the Cougars, a former Western Athletic Conference rival.
Lately, Boise State has been Hawaii’s nemesis, winning the last four meetings by an average of more than 34 points.
The teams meet in their Mountain West Conference opener Saturday at the blue-turfed Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 at 4:15 p.m. HST. UH has never beaten Boise on the road.