{"id":478553,"date":"2026-10-27T21:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478553\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T21:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:38:08","slug":"texas-state-football-gj-kinne-focused-on-boise-state-not-job-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478553\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas State football: GJ Kinne focused on Boise State, not job rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kinne took over at Texas State in 2022 as a 34-year-old coach coming off a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/sports\/college\/football\/2022\/12\/02\/texas-state-hires-incarnate-words-g-j-kinne-as-head-football-coach\/69697047007\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">12-2 season at Incarnate Word.<\/a> He was hailed as a brilliant offensive mind and has lived up to the hype; the Bobcats have averaged 35 points every season since his hiring. Texas State won its first bowl game in\u00a0Kinne\u2019s first year and have won two more bowls since and have finished above .500 in every season since.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MM_onlineOnly\" title=\"CCI Online Only\">\u201cProbably won\u2019t address it \u2026 I mean, this is year four of it happening,\u201d\u00a0Kinne said.<\/p>\n<p>Texas State got off to a 4-1 start in 2025 and rumors swirled about Kinne being an option for the vacant Oklahoma State job. Afterward, the Bobcats went on a five-game losing streak, and the Cowboys eventually hired Eric Morris. Texas State is in a much different spot than last season. It&#8217;s 4-3 and preparing for the two top Pac-12 teams in the following weeks: Boise State (6-1, 3-0 Pac-12) and Oregon State (5-2, 3-0).<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos, particularly, are one of the nation&#8217;s most consistent mid-major programs. They won the Mountain West title in seven of the past 15 years and are favorites to win the Pac-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone thinks its about the first round picks and the\u00a0BCS bowls,\u201d Kinne said. \u201cIt\u2019s really about their process, their discipline and how they go about their everyday life on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Texas State\u2019s offense is flashy and can hit startling highs, the losses can be dumbfounding and unexplainable. Its 20-17 win last week over Utah State was the exact opposite, perhaps a sign that Texas State \u2014 and\u00a0Kinne \u2014 are maturing.<\/p>\n<p>If Texas State can go on a run to end the season, the talk around a potential move might heat up. But\u00a0Kinne\u2019s far from the only potential suitor for the Bears. Head coach Jeff Traylor has UTSA off to a 7-1 start and is another name to watch.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the Bobcats remain in the present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love this place, and we\u2019re working on Boise State. I can promise you I can\u2019t think about anything else or we\u2019ll get killed,\u201d\u00a0Kinne said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kinne took over at Texas State in 2022 as a 34-year-old coach coming off a\u00a012-2 season at Incarnate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3689,161610,261,9329,107942,27,29,28,9327,9328],"class_list":["post-478553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-baylor-bears","tag-boise-state-football","tag-college-football","tag-gj-kinne","tag-pac-12","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-state-bobcats","tag-texas-state-bobcats-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}