BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Boise State head coach Spencer Danielson confirmed this week that redshirt junior quarterback Maddux Madsen would be back in the starting lineup against UNLV on Friday evening in the Mountain West championship game.

Madsen missed Boise State’s past three games, as well as most of the Broncos’ 30-7 loss to Fresno State on Nov. 1, the matchup in which he suffered a lower-leg injury early in the first quarter.

Now sufficiently healed, Madsen will look to exploit UNLV’s defense for the second time this season — he passed for 253 yards and four touchdowns in a 56-31 thrashing of the Rebels on Oct. 18 at Albertsons Stadium.

Redshirt sophomore Max Cutforth played in Madsen’s absence. The Broncos lost his first game, at San Diego State, by a 17-7 score, before pulling

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