It’s good to live in Boise right now.
For starters, the Boise State football team Friday night won the Mountain West championship with a 21-7 victory over UNLV.
The game was televised nationally on Fox and had its Big Noon Kickoff game crew in the stadium, with the likes of Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn and Urban Meyer in town.
Post Malone made an appearance at the game and then hit the downtown bars afterwards. Even Gov. Brad Little got in the game, posting on Facebook a photo of himself with the tattoo-covered singer, rapper and songwriter — an odd couple if you’ve ever seen one.
During the broadcast, game announcers Jason Benetti and Brock Huard did nothing but gush about the city of Boise.
The numbers aren’t in yet, but based on past years, a couple of million people likely were tuning in to watch.
And in case you’re living under a rock, Boise State superstar running back Ashton Jeanty was just named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy on Monday. By the end of Friday night’s game, in which Jeanty ran for 209 yards and one spectacular 75-yard touchdown, some of the analysts put him at the top of the list.