Casey E.

Boise State Alumnus, Idahoan, Family man with a sense of humor. Relax, it's just life. Whisky!

[Casey E. @celdorado]

Well, leaving our camp today on the MF of the Boise, I saw 5 spots where people compiled their trash and unwanted gear in the campfire or on the side. Guess what, there is not a trash service that picks this up. Stay the Fuck out of our backyard if you don’t take care of it!

[Casey E. @celdorado]

@CwCreamer

[Joe Broback @JoeBrobackCFB]

A Pac-12 team won the Big Ten and Big 12

An AAC team nearly won the ACC for free

A Big 12 team nearly won the SEC in its first season

Boise has a bye in the CFP and a Heisman finalist

Marshall won the Sun Belt with a coach the school doesn’t want

A service academy won the AAC

What an absolute thrill of a year for college football fans

[Tyler Crowe @tcrowe_33]

43, 116
Boise mf, Idaho

[Riley @Ri_S_OB]

Ashton Jeanty is my Heisman

[Casey E. @celdorado]

@JayKondrk77

[Idaho Education News @idahoednews]

Heidi Cornell has spent the last 15 years pouring her kindness and love into her elementary students, Thursday she was recognized as Idaho's next teacher of the year.
https://t.co/6Drmr1MgZe

[Nick Bishop @tradebishop]

“In Corvallis, they’re killing the beavers.”

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

61 years ago today, The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C.

A THREAD

[Braden Appelhans @AppelhansBraden]

Those of you who follow New Mexico basketball may have noticed I haven’t been playing or anyone who knows me may have noticed I have been so distant from everyone and there is a good reason for that. 

I have struggled with depression off and on since high school. I was diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety in 4th grade. I was put on medication to help with school and only took it during school (summers and weekends off) I was told my medication had a slight antidepressant in it. Since my depression wasn’t constant and would come and go my parents just helped me through it, thinking my medication would help.

Last spring, after taking a medical redshirt, trying to recover from surgery, and learning how to balance school with a tough travel schedule my depression showed up in a big, bad, scary way!  I went home after school got out, got into my doctor, and started on an antidepressant.  

I returned to UNM for summer and fall and killed it in practice.  Was earning playing time and showing signs of having a great season.  However, in late September I started spiraling into a dark place again. My coaches noticed a dramatic change.  I would call me several times a day to my mom in just a complete meltdown. I couldn’t make it through a practice without breaking down in tears.  I couldn’t function, stopped doing homework, lost interest in basketball, and was going down a dark path to the point where I was questioning if I should even be here.  My coaches called my mom and said she needed to come and be with me.  She was on a plane the next day and spent 4 days in Albuquerque.  I went to see the team doctor and learned my ADHD medication and depression medication were canceling each other out.  For about 6 months I wasn’t getting any medication.  I got on a new medication that worked with my ADHD meds and got in with the sports therapist.  Slowly but surely I started to feel like myself again.  Then the start of the semester came and anxiety attacks kicked in. They would hit me out of the blue.  They were almost crippling and exhausting.  So back to the doctor I went and decided it was time to stop the ADHD meds - too much stimulation.  Now I am about 2 months ADHD meds free.  Grades are still good and I feel like myself again. I still take an antidepressant every day but I am in such a better place!

Through all of this, I missed practices and games.  My coaches, teammates and everyone involved in Lobo basketball put me in a protective cocoon and took great care of me and I couldn’t be more thankful for them. My coaches decided to limit me to make sure I was mentally healthy.  I've handled it the best way possible and I understand their decision because I know what a dark scary place I was in.

You change from here.

I am so grateful that I reached out for help. I knew I could call my parents, coaches, and teammates at any time.  Most people (young kids and young adults especially) don’t have that. Most don’t dare to reach out and ask for help. I hope someone reading this will see that it can happen to anyone, even kids who are living out their dreams.  Everyone needs help at some point. 

So there it is. That is the big story and mystery as to why I haven’t been on the floor and why I have been so distant from everyone. I have accepted that I have an invisible injury that I am fixing and is well on the mend!   I will be back in a Lobo jersey next year! 

-BA1

[Alan Heathcock @alanheathcock]

Full Moon Over the Foothills; Boise, Idaho.

[🏰 @Keleka24]

You can tell how old people in your neighborhood are by how early the trash cans hit the curb the day before trash day

[Casey E. @celdorado]

Wow. Rich Rod is coaching at Jax State? Huh. Learn something new every day. Haven’t heard from him since the last Fiesta! Good for him. Old boy loves the game!

[Alexander Mattison @AlexMattison22]

Family memories that will last a life time 🩵 By spreading love and positivity, we can combat all the unfortunate events and stressors in life that may take a toll and affect our mental health. Remember in any dark times you may face, you are not alone 🩵 #IAMGIFTED

[Casey E. @celdorado]

Fucking Jeanty. Wow!

[Casey E. @celdorado]

Man, rough day of football in Boise. My son’s team took an L and then BSU took the L. Hard to take 0-2 in one weekend. However, the pain that I saw in my kids eyes, reminds me the players care way more about it than us fans do. Show the players love. Coaches? Fair game.

[BSU Uniform Tracker @BsuTracker]

I don't know what's more impressive, the fact that Wyoming just tied Texas Tech, or the fact that they got them to come to Laramie.