A key life’s lesson from playing youth football? We can decide to be successful, but we can’t always choose who we are successful with. That describes the game of football – a reliance on others’ strengths and working through challenges together. And it describes the 2023 Boise State football team.
A good football team is better and stronger than its individual players because each teammate counts on himself, his teammates, and his coaches to show up and work together.
The Broncos faced a ton of adversity, reaching a crossroads in early November when their 25-year streak of winning seasons was in jeopardy. Then there was a coaching change.
Instead of getting down, the Broncos rallied together and played as one the last month of the season. Not only did they extend their streak of winning seasons, they won their fifth Mountain West Conference championship. And this one was the most unlikely of all. What a great example they set for kids in youth football.
