BSU at Forefront of the eSports Revolution
Boise State's goal is a clear one: To be the Alabama Crimson Tide of eSports.
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"It's pretty crazy how much it's grown in the past few years," Trevor Lutz, a junior who was one of the original team members, said of the eSports program in an interview with KTVB.
In 2016 Doc Haskell was doing some research on gaming.
"And I discovered very quickly that eSports was about to explode," he said. "And that we had this kind of generational opportunity to be the first."
That September two dozen student-athletes showed up and showed an interest in getting a gaming-team going.
"'You're going to school for gaming?!'" senior Madisyn Benge mimicking what her family says when she tells them what she's doing at Boise State. "'What? How do you do that?!'"
Today there are more than 170 member-schools in the National Association of Collegiate eSports.
From KTVB:
They have the most wins for any varsity eSports program. More than 500 broadcast hours makes them the most active in the country. They have the most active varsity members with more than 60 student-athletes and with more than 300 students, they have the largest eSports club in college. Most colleges only have clubs and no varsity team.
And they are ranked top-10 in all four games they play, including Rocket League.
- Alistair Prescott, Gambling911.com
