Category Archives: Local News

LOVELAND & BAIR: IDAHO HIGH SCHOOL COACH CAMERON ANDERSEN ON A MONSTER WEEKEND FOR TWO FOOTBALL STARS

LOVELAND & BAIR: IDAHO HIGH SCHOOL COACH CAMERON ANDERSEN ON A MONSTER WEEKEND FOR TWO FOOTBALL STARS

Cameron Andersen has coached Michigan TE Colston Loveland (Gooding HS) and WR Gatlin Bair (Burley HS, deciding between Michigan and Oregon). Loveland is playing for a national title Monday night, and Bair plays in the All-American Bowl on Saturday morning. Anderson joins Prater and Mallory from San Antonio, where he’s on the West staff and coaching Bair for the final time.MORE

BLUE TURF: BOISE STATE HIRING NEW DIRECTOR OF SPORTS TURF OPERATIONS

BLUE TURF: BOISE STATE HIRING NEW DIRECTOR OF SPORTS TURF OPERATIONS

Nathan Burk, a senior associate athletic director/operations at Boise State, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about a new job posting on campus: Director of Sports Turf Operations, including oversight of the famous blue turf. The position pays nearly $70,000 a year – anyone interested?MORE

SCOTT SLANT: A wild winter ride ahead in the Mountain West

SCOTT SLANT: A wild winter ride ahead in the Mountain West

Presented by THE JAMES. Wednesday Weekly…January 3, 2024. This is going to be one fascinating Mountain West season. Boise State, picked second in the MW preseason poll, may be a distant No. 6 in the pecking order going into its opener Friday night at San Jose State, but let’s take a look at the Saint…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Phase I of the ‘Golden Era’ ends

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Phase I of the ‘Golden Era’ ends

Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…December 28, 2005: The Dan Hawkins era and the 31-game winning streak on the blue turf come to an end for Boise State in the MPC Computers Bowl. Boston College, ranked 19th in both polls, burst out to a 27-0 lead behind quarterback Matt Ryan before a furious Broncos…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Broncos are too far off the bubble

SCOTT SLANT: Broncos are too far off the bubble

Presented by THE SANDWICH BAR. Wednesday Weekly…December 27, 2023. A year ago, bracketology was a weekly topic around Bronco Nation, as Boise State mostly stayed above the bubble and in the field of 68 for the NCAA Tournament. But with an 8-4 record going into the final non-conference game of the season Friday night against…MORE

PRATER: BOISE STATE FOOTBALL, A CRITICAL OFFSEASON, AND A LONG LIST OF CONCERNS

PRATER: BOISE STATE FOOTBALL, A CRITICAL OFFSEASON, AND A LONG LIST OF CONCERNS

By Mike Prater – December 23, 2023: Let’s have a hard, honest conversation about Boise State football.The chaotic cloud that hovered above the 2023 season has faded away, though the memories never will. It was an unforgettable ride, for many reasons, positive and negative, painful and exhilarating.Today, as the Broncos move forward into a new…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Idaho’s third and final Boise bowl victory

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Idaho’s third and final Boise bowl victory

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…December 22, 2016: Idaho, less than two years away from a move back to the Big Sky, energizes its fan base with a 61-50 win over Colorado State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the third-highest scoring game in the history of bowl games. The first scoreless first quarter…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Zach Wilson’s perfect day on the Blue

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Zach Wilson’s perfect day on the Blue

Presented by GREENWOOD’S SKI HAUS. This Day In Sports…December 21, 2018, five years ago today: BYU’s Zach Wilson completes the most passes without a miss in the history of college bowl games as the Cougars blast past Western Michigan 49-18 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Wilson, who a little over a year earlier had…MORE