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Wednesday Weekly: June 3, 2026.
Is the seventh time a charm for Kellen Moore? The former Boise State great is on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot again, and as the winningest quarterback in college football history, he deserves induction in 2027. But right under him in alphabetical order is Auburn’s Cam Newton, who won the 2010 Heisman Trophy winner (Moore was a finalist the same year) and led the Tigers to the national championship. It seems like Newton might be a notch up in the pecking order.
But the National Football Foundation has inducted multiple QBs into the Hall periodically—the last time was in 2023. One of those years, by the way, was 2019, when Vince Young of Texas and Jake Plummer of Arizona State, the Capital High grad, both got in. Other FBS quarterbacks on the 2027 ballot include Iowa’s Brad Banks, Pitt’s Matt Cavanaugh, Miami’s Ken Dorsey, Baylor’s Robert Griffin III, Oklahoma’s Josh Heupel, Michigan’s Rick Leach, Washington State’s Ryan Leaf, Texas’ Colt McCoy (whose career record for victories was broken by Moore in 2011), and Indiana’s Antwaan Randle El.
A ROBUST 2027 RECRUITING START
It has been a buzzy week on the Boise State recruiting front. It started with Grayson Kazmouz, an edge rusher from Laguna Beach, CA. Kazmouz committed while still on campus last Friday and dropped the rest of his official visits. He also had offers from Nebraska, San Diego State and Fresno State. Over the weekend the Broncos picked up Kekoa Peko, a defensive lineman from St. John Bosco in Southern California, and J’Isaiah Mitchell, a 6-5 wide receiver from Puyallup, WA. Peko had offers from Michigan, Arizona and Colorado, and Mitchell owned offers from BYU, Cal and Washington. And you may have heard that Boise State’s running back commit, Malachi McFarland, finished fourth in the 100-meter dash at the CIF Championships in California last Saturday, running a 10.37.
DALMAS FINISHES WITH A DANDY
Before his senior season, Boise State kicker Jonah Dalmas told me his goal was not only to break the FBS career record for field goals, but also boot one from 60 yards out. Dalmas didn’t get enough opportunities for the record, and he never got to line up for a 60-yarder. And then his season ended on a low note in the Fiesta Bowl. But Dalmas doubled down on his goal to play at the pro level, and I’ll be darned if his three-game stint in the UFL didn’t end just as he hoped it would. In the Columbus Aviators finale Sunday night, a loss to Louisville, Dalmas made field goals of 49, 51, 58 and—yes—a 61-yarder that was worth four points. He had another attempt from 60 that had the distance but was just off to the left. Here’s hoping Dalmas has realized his best-case scenario: an NFL tryout.
TOP 25 WOULD BE A GOOD START
The Athletic’s post-spring Top 25 is out, and Boise State stays at No. 23, same as before spring football. The Broncos get high marks for their unusual retention at the Group of 6 level, including the ability to hang on to both of their feature running backs, Dylan Riley and Sire Gaines. Boise State is the only Group of 6 program listed. There’s another team that didn’t move in the post-spring rankings. That happens to be the Broncos’ Opening Day foe, Oregon, at No. 2. It starts with quarterback Dante Moore, who The Athletic says would have been a top 5 NFL Draft pick had he not stayed with the Ducks.
JEANTY’S NEW ASSIGNMENT ON THE BLUE
Well, that was one way to get pub for the Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live event at Albertsons Stadium on Saturday. Ashton Jeanty will return to the blue turf that made him famous—not to run, but to drive. Boise State’s all-time leading rusher and current Las Vegas Raider will get behind the wheel of the special edition “Smashton Jeanty” truck, a Broncos-themed rig. (At first I wondered if it would be the Ada County Highway District’s famous Ashton Jeanty snowplow.) He’s supposed to be part of the show throughout the evening. What’s cool about Ashton is he’s not one of those former Broncos who becomes scarce once he gets to the NFL. And this won’t be because he’ll just happen to be in town. Jeanty’s annual football camp isn’t until June 20—he’ll be back for that.
‘DEAR BRONCO NATION’
Boise State athletic director Jeramiah Dickey emailed a letter to boosters last Friday—a long letter. The first takeaway: the letter didn’t have the feel of someone who’d bolt for the Kentucky job (but you never know). Other nuggets: the Broncos will host at least one Pac-12 championship event this fall (“news on that coming soon”); there’s “more to come with honoring former players and coaches” beyond the Ashton and Kellen hash marks; Dickey is “all in” on the proposal that athletes have five years to play five seasons; he is actively looking into making Boise a host site for the expanded “First 12” in the NCAA Tournament, as in the “West Coast’s Dayton”; and whether the CFP ends up at 16 or 24 teams, it must maintain the Group of 6’s current access. “That is a non-negotiable.”
BUTLER SHOULD BE A DRAW
The second of Boise State’s key mid-major home-and-home series has a completion date now. After announcing a trip to Wichita State on December 5, the Broncos have their return game from Butler set in ExtraMile Arena on November 8. It’ll be the first time Boise State has ever hosted a Big East team. The Broncos beat the Bulldogs 77-68 last season in Hinkle Fieldhouse and has gone 2-1 against them the past three seasons. The Butler program will have a new look this time, as veteran coach Thad Matta stepped down at the end of last season.
CHILDS IS ENGAGED IN THESE FINALS
As the NBA Finals begin tonight, those who remember have been checking off the names of the New York and San Antonio stars the last time we had this matchup for the title, in 1999. When people list the Knicks, they don’t often get down to Chris Childs, but they should. Childs is the only former Boise State Bronco ever to play in the NBA Finals, and in these parts we all saw his gritty defense and unselfish playmaking as a byproduct of what he learned while being coached by Bobby Dye at Boise State. Childs scored just 2.4 points per game in the Spurs’ four games-to-one win, but he did average 2.2 assists over 21 minutes per game. He brashly predicted back in February that the Knicks would go to the Finals this year, and he’s not letting anybody forget it on social media.
AC BOISE KICKS OFF JUNE UP NORTH
Athletic Club Boise did not get back in the win column in Virginia last Saturday night, but they got out of the loss column, recording a 2-2 draw with the Richmond Kickers. And ACB, battling fatigue from a quick cross-country trip, did it dramatically after trailing 2-0 late in the second half. Boise’s leading scorer, Denys Kostyshyn, started the rally with a goal in the 79th minute—then Nick Moon leveled the match with a tally in the 86th minute. AC Boise’s feeling a lot better going into this Saturday’s road match against a tough Spokane Velocity side, a team they tied in the franchise’s home debut in April.
THE HOTTEST FORMER HAWK
A little reminiscence here with the Boise Hawks season well underway (they fell to Missoula 8-6 last night in their first road game of the season and are now 8-5). It’s been 12 years since Kyle Schwarber came through Boise to start his pro career. After batting .600 in the first five games and clubbing four home runs, Schwarber was quickly ushered up the ladder. Now, everybody’s wondering if he’ll hit 60 homers this year for the Phillies. Schwarber has knocked only two out in his past 11 games, but he has 22 for the season and is on pace for a shade under 59. Sixty would not be an aberration—Schwarber hit 56 homers last year.
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June 3, 1971: Only 35 pitchers in major league history have thrown more than one no-hitter, and the Chicago Cubs’ Ken Holtzman becomes one of them. Holtzman threw his second career no-no in a 1-0 win over the Reds in Cincinnati. His first had come two seasons earlier against Atlanta at Wrigley Field. By the way, another one of those elite 35 is former Idaho Vandal Bill Stoneman from the same era. Stoneman tossed no-hitters for the Montreal Expos in 1969 and 1972.
(Tom Scott hosts the Scott Slant segment during the football season on KTVB’s Sunday Sports Extra and anchors four sports segments each weekday on 95.3 FM KTIK. He also served as color commentator on KTVB’s telecasts of Boise State football for 14 seasons.)
