Imagine this: As part of your job, you prepare for eight months to undertake the challenges of a weekly project in which you are asked to invest your all, then after succeeding the first at an extremely high level, you are asked to take it easy, take a week off.

That's a bye week for Boise State, a week cast upon these players very early this season. After this week it's full bore. But for now, some adjustments can be made. The team can get truly healthy. The team reverted to training much like it did in camp.

"It's similar to camp, but â€- not quite as excruciating and physical, just the mental part of getting our stuff down," Jason Robinson said. "It's a lot of Boise on Boise. It's more of a mental week, in terms of preparing for (Bowling Green)."

The team rolled over Idaho State last Saturday, and gets a day off today.

"It's weird. It's weird. It's weird," Robinson said. "We open up against what some people thought wasn't a worthy opponent. I thought (Idaho State was) pretty good. We just went out, played our game and made them look bad. We got a week off. Our momentum is kind of hit."

Momentum works on a plethora of levels for a football team. It begins in the most meager of instances, on a drive down the field.

The team tries to string together two plays, then three and four and a 9-play drive may ensue. Then the next drive and some momentum can be gained there too.

Last week the Broncos scored on five consecutive drives. That's momentum. It also comes into play week to week and year to year.

Momentum, an abstract drive, comes with winning and you must continue to play to keep it churning.

"I think (Bowling Green has) an advantage," Robinson said. "A lot of people think we have the advantage because we have a week off and we get fresh, but it kind of takes us out of our momentum, takes us out of our element, whereas they're playing games back-to-back."

Bowling Green beat No. 25 Pittsburgh last week to start the season and hosts Minnesota today before making the trip to Boise next week.

"We get a Saturday off," linebacker Tim Brady said. "It gives us a little extra time to prepare for Bowling Green. We'll get a day or two off to rest our legs. You kind of sometimes want to have these byes later in the season when you really need them, but we're kind of itching at the bit to play again."

The Falcons play and will be watched by the Broncos today against the Golden Gophers. That's one more game where they will show what they have, one more game of film to study.

"They just shocked a Top-25 team," Robinson said. "They play another team this weekend, then they play us. I think they have the momentum going into the game, but I don't think any of that will matter when the clock starts. It matters how well you play and who wants it more. I think it's going to be us."

The Bronco defense played stout against the Bengals, but as Brady said, Bowling Green is a different team It's faster and just plain better.

"(Pass rush) will definitely be key to the game," Brady said. "They like to spread you out, get four or five receivers out in their sets. Getting a good pass rush with four or three guys is important, not let that quarterback hold onto the ball."