Presented by BACON. Friday, July 16, 2021. “Super seniors” coming out of the COVID season have inspired The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel’s to come up with a 2021 Preseason All-“wait, they’re still playing college football?!” Team.… MORE
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MLB ALL-STAR AGENT
Mallory and Bob Behler talk with the Tripper Johnson, a classmate of Johnny who happens to be the agent for MLB All-Star Pete Alonso about what winning back-to-back home run derbies means for his client, givng up a baseball career to play football at the University of Washington, and what Johnny was like in high school.
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SCOTT SLANT: The missing link is in the air
Presented by the ASHLEY INN OF CASCADE. Thursday, July 15, 2021. Boise State’s new-fangled up-tempo attack under offensive coordinator Tim Plough will bear watching this season. As in, will the Broncos return to their touchdown pass proclivity?… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Digesting the doggone data
Presented by BACON. Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Which metrics are we to believe? After harping on ESPN’s FPI ratings, I was interested to see info from Football Outsiders Alamanac as posted by Mountain West Wire.… MORE
BOISE STATE-UCF OPENER: KNIGHTS ‘CHAMPIONSHIP’ VIDEO AND INTIMIDATING STUDENT SECTION
Prater and Mallory continue The World’s Longest Pregame Show by talking to Orlando Sentinel national college football reporter Matt Murschel about the 12,000-seat student section in the Bounce House, and the recent “national championship” hype video with coach Gus Malzahn.… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: An ESPN computer run amok?
Presented by the ASHLEY INN OF CASCADE. Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Are we still trying to make sense of ESPN’s Football Power Index ratings? Why, yes we are. It’s my turn to weigh in. So ESPN re-released its preseason FPI, saying there were errors in the first one.… MORE
BOISE & OLYMPICS: HEATHER COX HEADED TO TOKYO TO COVER VOLLEYBALL
Prater and Mallory talk to Boise area resident Heather Cox, a former college volleyball player who is headed to the Tokyo Olympics next week to cover indoor tournaments for the men and women. There are no fans at the Olympics and Cox said she must be tested every day while in Japan.… MORE
BOISE STATE FOOTBALL: ZABRANSKY ON THIS WEEK’S CAMP, NIL PAYCHECKS
Prater and Mallory talk to former Boise State quarterback Jared Zabransky, who’s in town this week for the Gridiron Dreams Football Academy. Zabransky talks about how camps have changed – and how much money he could have made on NIL.… MORE
BLUE TURF SPORTS REPORT WITH B.J. RAINS
Prater and Mallory talk to Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (Idaho Press and BlueTurfSports.com) about the $1 million donation given to the athletic department this summer, if any athletes have signed name/image/likeness deals, and getting ready for football camp in August.… MORE
BOISE STATE & CFL FOOTBALL: DINWIDDIE READY TO LAUNCH FIRST SEASON AS HEAD COACH
Prater and Mallory talk to former Boise State quarterback Ryan Dinwiddie, now the head coach of the Toronto Argonauts. The CFL did not play last season because of COVID, but Dinwiddie opens a new training camp Friday. Someday, he says, he wants to work in the NFL.… MORE
