Boise State keeps Utah out of the end zone to win MAACO Bowl

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    It wasn't the bowl Boise State wanted to be in, and for the better part of the first half Wednesday night, the Broncos played as if they were thinking about the one that got away.

    Then Doug Martin raced 84 yards up the middle, and suddenly the MAACO Bowl didn't look so bad after all.

    Martin shook Boise State out of its brief postseason funk with his long touchdown run midway through the second quarter, and the 10th-ranked Broncos dominated the rest of the way to beat Utah 26-3 in a game that wasn't as close as the final score indicated.

    "It was a startup for our team," Martin said. "A momentum changer."

    The victory was small consolation for Boise State, which missed out on a possible Rose Bowl appearance on two missed field goals last month at Nevada. But the dominating win against a team that was at one time ranked No. 6 in the country was a reminder why the Broncos rode high in the polls before suffering their only loss in two years.

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