Category Archives: Interviews

IST WITH JOHNNY AND BOB: Former Boise State basketball great Justinian Jessup stops by the KTIK studio as he and other former Broncos get set to play in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), Jeff Tedford steps down at Fresno State leaving 6 first year coaches in the Mountain West, weekend winners and losers include the Seattle Mariners and an aspiring young broadcaster, Bob (Bronco Focus) takes a close look at the UNLV football team and why they won’t be a surprise this season, and a discussion about what time in history was their favorite time in college football

BOISE STATE BASKETBALL: JUSTINIAN JESSUP/ONCE A BRONCO TBT

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Live from MW Media Days at Circa in Vegas, with broadcast partner Bronco Nation News, exclusive interviews with Boise State defensive end/MW co-Defensive Player of the Year Ahmed Hassanein, record-setting kicker Jonah Dalmas and commissioner Gloria Nevarez on the state of the MW (and beef jerky), BSU dominates first day of Media Days with a first-place team vote and a league-best seven players on the all-MW preseason team, Dalmas and Ashton Jeanty and their Vegas publicity stunts, reports from Bob (Bronco Focus) and B.J. (BNN Report)

AHMED HASSANEIN: BOISE STATE DEFENSIVE STAR ACTING LIKE A FRESHMAN AGAIN

JONAH DALMAS: IN VEGAS, TALKING ABOUT HIS QUEST FOR NCAA HISTORY

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Live from Mountain West Media Days at Circa Resort/Stadium Swim in Las Vegas, with our broadcast partner Bronco Nation News, Boise State reveals ‘refreshed uniforms’ – changes shown in new EASports video trailer are more subtle than bold, Bob with four fresh MW storylines in Bronco Focus, B.J. with his top questions in his BNN Report, roundtable (including Mike Sanford) on what’s happening with Jeramiah Dickey and the Houston AD job search, Jonah Dalmas PR stunt could be fun Wednesday

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: It’s Mountain West Football Media Days Week and we kick off five days of coverage with one big question – what do we all need to learn in Vegas, live shows (IST and BNN Live) continue Tuesday through Thursday from Circa Resort, Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty will make a surprise appearance in Vegas this week, Bob talks to new basketball point guard Alvaro Cardenas in Bronco Focus, who will have a better season – Hank Bachmeier or Taylen Green, Johnny having emotional issues with his first-place Mariners, Weekend Winners & Losers

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Malachi Nelson’s father, Eric, joins Idaho Sports Talk to share an update on Boise State’s new quarterback, what he’s doing this summer and expectations for this season and his long-term future, the history of July 1 and what the date means to the BSU football program (both good and bad memories), former KTIK/BSU broadcaster Chris Lewis on his second straight NBC gig covering Olympic table tennis – and another fall covering pro and college football for CBS, how much time do you spend in your garage, Weekend Winners & Losers

MALACHI NELSON: WHO IS BOISE STATE’S NEW QB … IN THE WORDS OF HIS FATHER

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Time to learn about Boise State’s new basketball players – coach Leon Rice with comments on a new roster that includes nine players who didn’t play last season, B.J. with his perspective on the new roster in his BNN Report – who will play and who will redshirt, BSU has +400 odds to land a CFP invite this football season (a great value, in our opinion), meet former BYRDS cyclist and Boise High graduate Matteo Jorgenson through the eyes of his Boise coach (Jorgenson starts Tour de France this weekend and has qualified for the Olympics)