Boise, Idaho • Former BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall was often accused of not getting all he could out of the maximum number of practices allotted by the NCAA before the Cougars’ bowl games.
Nobody dressed in blue and white is accusing third-year coach Kalani Sitake of that sort of cavalier attitude as the Cougars have settled in here in Boise for the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Friday (2 p.m. MST, ESPN).
The 6-6 team’s readiness level is “very high,” said offensive lineman Tristen Hoge before the Cougars practiced Wednesday afternoon at the Cavan-Williams Sports Complex — Boise State’s indoor practice facility — next to Albertsons Stadium.