The most important day in the history of Boise State University came on New Year’s Day in 2007.
It didn’t happen in Legislative session or a classroom. It happened on a football field in Glendale, Ariz.
On that day, Boise State, a massive underdog, beat Oklahoma, 43-42, on a trick play in the Fiesta Bowl, a game viewed by 8.4 million people. That game put Boise State, as a university, on the map.
“The first week after that game online inquiries from prospective students jumped 135 percent,” said Greg Hahn, the associate vice president for communications and marketing at Boise State.