COOL fans

It's never a good feeling when your favorite football team loses over the weekend. Watching your team lose on either Saturday or Sunday can make for a very lousy Monday morning when Monday mornings need no help in that department. Watching your team lose at the last second or in overtime is even worse.

Nobody can blame the avid fan for being upset when something like this happens but there are times when fans can be very cruel towards the player they blame for the loss whether it's the quarterback who throws an interception, a running back who fumbles the ball, a receiver who drops a sure touchdown, or a kicker who misses a chip shot field goal.

The latter happened to the fans of Boise State when they watched their kicker, Kyle Brotzman, miss not only one short field goal but two. The first one would have won the game in regulation and the second one came in overtime. The Bronco's opponent, Nevada, won in overtime when their kicker was successful. The loss destroyed any hopes of Boise State playing for a national championship and ended their 24 game winning streak.

Yes, there are fans who are very upset with Kyle Brotzman but there are also some really cool fans who realize how important he has been to their team since becoming their starting kicker. He has made 65 field goals over the past four years (only two other kickers have made more in that time span) and is the schools all-time point leader.

Yes, the two kicks he missed were the most important in the school's history but it must also be mentioned that the Broncos were leading by 17 at halftime. The really cool fans realize this and though Kyle missed two field goals he wasn't the only one to blame for their loss. These fans decided to show their support for him by starting a facebook page "The Bronco Nation Loves Kyle Brotzman" with almost 21,000 members to date.

Here's to you Boise State Fans for showing your support towards a player who must be feeling pretty low-stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!

What do you thing of the support the Boise State Fans are showing their kicker, Kyle Brotzman?