The past couple of weeks, Jared Vanderbeek has endured demanding screen tests.

As a graduate assistant, Vanderbeek is in charge of deciphering the schemes of Hawaii’s football opponents from watching videos on his computer screen.

This week, it is Boise State — a code-cracker’s challenge because of the Broncos’ multiple shifts and personnel groups, as well as the sensory-numbing background of their blue artificial surface.

"It’s not the motions," Vanderbeek said. "The motions are like any other team’s. It’s the blue turf, and those games where they’re allowed to wear the blue (jerseys) on blue (pants)."

To capture a team’s full formation, a wide-angle view is needed. Videos are shot from the top of the three-story Stueckle Sky Club at Bronco Stadium. Per Mountain West Conference agreement, teams exchange videos of their games.

The videos capture the formations, but from that angle, identifying the personnel is not always easy, even when the Broncos wear gray jerseys with blue numbers.

"It’s difficult when all of their receivers are 6 (feet) to 6-2," Vanderbeek said. "That was the hardest part deciphering between the tight ends and receivers."

By all accounts, Vanderbeek did well in helping the coaches build a game plan for today’s nationally televised game against the Broncos. Kickoff is at 2 p.m. at Aloha Stadium.

But identifying a system and stopping it are not the same. The Broncos have developed a system that can be adjusted.

"We have a system we like to run," BSU coach Chris Petersen said. "It’s a fairly big system, so we can adapt to our players’ strengths and stay away from some of their weaknesses. Our system is always evolving and changing. It’ll be different again next year. We’ll really look at it, and see where we need to change it, and tweak it, and go from there."

This is the Broncos’ final football season in the Mountain West Conference. In July, they join the Big East. He said the conference shift has not yet affected recruiting.

"I don’t know if that’s going to be a help or a hindrance," Petersen said. "I really don’t. Sometimes when you expand (recruiting reach), you water yourself down. … We’re still trying to figure that whole thing out."

Boise’s starting safety, Jeremy Ioane, is a Punahou graduate. Petersen said he would be interested in recruiting here.

"For the right guy, (Boise) is an awesome place," Petersen said. "It’s not for everybody. But for the right guy, this is a really good place."

Petersen said the Broncos spend time vetting potential players and coaches.

"We look for a specific type of coach and player," Petersen said. "That’s hard to know. We’re talking about intangible type of things. That’s as important as anything we do around here — trying to get the right people here."

Unlike most FBS teams, the Broncos do not stay in a hotel the night before a home game. The players also are entrusted to run their offseason conditioning program, which boasts a 100 percent turnout every summer.

"You have to trust them," Petersen said. "That’s why it takes so much time and energy to figure out if this is the right guy. We want to operate a certain style, a certain way around here. If you don’t trust the guys, none of it works."