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Posted on: Saturday, October 25, 2008

Boise St. rolls over San Jose St., 33-16

By Josh Dubow
Associated Press

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Boise State's Ian Johnson, center, runs past San Jose State defenders in the fourth quarter. BSU won, 33-16.

MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ | Associated Press

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Ian Johnson reached the end zone with his record-setting touchdown, there was no doubt about the outcome of the game or who was the best team in the WAC.

Johnson ran for two touchdowns to give him a school-record 51 in his career and Kellen Moore threw for two scores to help No. 13 Boise State keep its bid alive for a berth in a BCS game by beating San Jose State 33-16 last night in a matchup of the top two teams in the Western Athletic Conference.

Johnson's touchdown to break Brock Forsey's school record capped a dominant fourth quarter in which the Broncos (7-0, 3-0) controlled the ball for more than two-thirds of the period and put the game away.

"Finish it. Coach Pete tells us, 'Finish, finish, finish,' " said Jeremy Avery, who ran for 96 yards.

"A game like that's not very complicated: They're better than we are," San Jose State coach Dick Tomey said. "We would have to play probably perfect to beat them and we didn't."

Jeremy Childs blocked a punt to set up one score and caught a TD pass for the Broncos, who won for the 49th time in their past 51 conference games.

San Jose State is 5-3, 3-1.