BOISE, Idaho — This Day In Sports…November 10, 2005, 20 years ago today:

On the fourth anniversary of the night it started, Boise State’s 31-game WAC winning streak is snapped in a 27-7 loss at Fresno State on ESPN. The Broncos scored on their second play from scrimmage—a 67-yard run by Kuna’s Jeff Carpenter—but were stifled the rest of the way by the Bulldogs. Paul Pinegar’s 307 passing yards led Fresno State’s victory, its first conference win over BSU after four years of frustrating nationally-televised losses.

All week long, everybody talked about what a great game it was going to be. In the end, it wasn’t a very good game. ESPN’s Mike Tirico tried to will it into being one after Fresno State tied the game 7-7 in the first quarter, exhorting fans of big conferences around the countr

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