Category Archives: Local News

BOISE STATE BASKETBALL: COACH LEON RICE

Boise State basketball coach Leon Rice, starting his 10th season with the Broncos, joins Caves and Prater in the KTIK studio for an exclusive interview on his tenure at BSU, last season’s failures, bringing NBA talent to the program, and expectations for this seasonMORE

HANK BACHMEIER: FIRST BOISE STATE PRESS CONFERENCE

HANK BACHMEIER: FIRST BOISE STATE PRESS CONFERENCE

Boise State true freshman quarterback Hank Bachmeier met with the media for the first time Tuesday and touched on several topics – how he ended up at Boise State, why he fell in love with Boise (and its water/mountains), his family and influences, and working with coaches on learning to slide. CLICK HEADLINE FOR TWO VERSIONS: Full interview and condensed/edited interviewMORE

BOISE STATE: STOCK UP/STOCK DOWN

Bob and Prater talk to B.J. Rains of the Idaho Press/Blue Turf Sports on the Broncos’ 52-42 win over San Jose State, can Boise State produce another 1,000-yard rusher, what happened to the defensive secondary against the Spartans, and Boise State basketball’s season openerMORE

SCOTT SLANT: AVB’s ‘Aha!’ game

Presented by MAZ-TECH AUTOMOTIVE. Tuesday, November 5, 2019. The player who coach Bryan Harsin seems to be the most excited about coming out of the win at San Jose State is Andrew Van Buren. The sophomore running back was actually the Broncos’ leading rusher after the woebegone first half and had 85 yards on just…MORE

BOISE STATE: THE FIRING LINE

Caves and Prater join Dave Southorn of The Athletic on The Firing Line – what went wrong at San Jose State, are the Broncos a New Year’s Six bowl team, how does Hank Bachmeier compare to Cord, Rypien and Hedrick, would coach Harsin take a job in the Deep South, and who wins the Boise State-Wyoming game on SaturdayMORE

SCOTT SLANT: A Bronco fact not to forget

Presented by CLEARVIEW CLEANING. Monday, November 4, 2019. Before going into the idiosyncrasies of Boise State’s 52-42 comeback win at San Jose State, let’s look at the Broncos’ ever-underappreciated big picture. Saturday night they clinched another winning season, their 22nd straight—the longest streak in the FBS. Maybe you’re saying, “Hey, what if they go 7-7?”…MORE

BRONCOS SURVIVE SAN JOSE STATE; HOME FOR TWO

NEXT GAME: Boise State (7-1, 4-0 Mountain West) hosts Wyoming (6-2, 3-1, coming off a bye week) on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Albertsons Stadium (3 p.m. pre-game show on KTIK 93.1 FM The Ticket, kickoff at 8:15 p.m., followed by Bronco Game Night post-game show)MORE

BLUE TURF SPORTS

Caves and Prater talk to B.J. Rains of Blue Turf Sports/Idaho Press on Boise State’s chances against San Jose State, the status of quarterback Hank Bachmeier, how the G5 race is shaping up, and what should we expect from Boise State basketball this seasonMORE

SCOTT SLANT: Something about sacks

Presented by ADVANCED VISION THERAPY CENTER. Friday, November 1, 2019. This week it’s been all about San Jose State’s Josh Love and his unexpected rise to top three status among Mountain West quarterbacks. Love led the nation in passing yards in October. He’s been able to sit back, survey the field, and sling. So part…MORE

PREP RALLY: EAGLE HIGH

Caves and Prater talk to Eagle High School football coach John Hartz on the Mustangs’ 5A SIC playoff game this week – a rematch against Capital – and how Eagle has maintained its success for so many seasonsMORE