Boise State coaches taking a trip to Tuscaloosa

Coaches from one school will visit coaches from another, participating in an "information exchange" of strategies and coaching methods they can take back to their respective teams and implement. According to the Idaho Statesman, five members of Chris Petersen‘s Boise State coaching staff will be visiting Tuscaloosa next week to interact with Nick Saban and his Tide staff. Offensive coordinator Brent Pease, defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski and three other offensive coaches will make the trip. "It’s not like everything we bring back we try to implement before spring ball," Kwiatkowski said. "You take your notes, put it away and if you’re going to use it you gradually introduce different stuff." Pease was a member of the Houston Oilers when Saban was an assistant, and is friends with Tide offensive coordinator Jim McElwain, most likely this fueled the decision for the trip to 'Bama.