Boise State announced Tuesday it will appeal the additional sanctions the NCAA committee on infraction imposed on its football program. The school said it has informed the NCAA of its intentions to appeal specifically the football portion of the sanctions. The school is accepting the remaining punishment placed on the school's tennis and track programs. When the sanctions were announced earlier this month, Boise State president Bob Kustra said Boise State's rapid growth over the past decade, from an upstart Division II program into a perennial Top 25 team, likely outstripped the school's capacity to keep tabs on compliance with NCAA rules. Kustra, who fired former athletic director Gene Bleymaier in August, said he'd hoped the self-imposed sanctions would have been enough to avoid probation. Read more: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...e-broncos-appeal-ncaa-sanctions-football-team
