Category Archives: Local News

BOISE STATE FOOTBALL: STOCK UP/STOCK DOWN

Bob and Chris talk to B.J. Rains of the Idaho Press and Blue Turf Sports on Boise State’s win at UNLV, and what is wrong with the Broncos’ short-yardage running game heading into Saturday’s game against Hawaii (pre-game show on KTIK at 3 p.m., kickoff at 8:15 p.m., followed by the Bronco Game Night post-game show)MORE

SCOTT SLANT: A confident, motivated foe on the Blue

Presented by ADVANCED VISION THERAPY CENTER. Tuesday, October 8, 2019. I saved a couple snippets from a Ferd Lewis column in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser 10 days ago, because I was still in disbelief over Hawaii’s 54-3 demolition of Nevada in Reno. With a bye week ahead, you can imagine what the Rainbow Warriors were like…MORE

BOISE STATE FOOTBALL: THE FIRING LINE

Caves and Prater talk to Dave Southorn of The Athletic on The Firing Line – what went right/wrong in Boise State’s win at UNLV, and a preview of the Broncos’ game against Hawaii on Saturday night at Albertsons Stadium (pre-game show on KTIK at 3 p.m., kickoff at 8:15 p.m., followed by the Bronco Game Night post-game show)MORE

SCOTT SLANT: An imperfect perfect record

Presented by CLEARVIEW CLEANING. Monday, October 7, 2019. A lot is being made of Boise State being in the “driver’s seat” for the Group of 5 berth for the New Year’s Six bowl’s this season. The only thing people generally have to go on are the traditional polls, and the Broncos are up to No.…MORE

BOISE STATE CASHES IN AT UNLV

NEXT GAME: Boise State (5-0, 2-0 Mountain West) hosts Hawaii (4-0, 1-0) at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Albertsons Stadium. BSU athletic director Curt Apsey told KTIK on Saturday that he expects a crowd of 36,000-plus.MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Bachmeier, mover of the chains

Presented by ADVANCED VISION THERAPY CENTER. Friday, October 4, 2019. Although he showed no signs of it, you can’t help but think Boise State quarterback Hank Bachmeier was nicked up after the all the hits he absorbed over the first four games of the season. So the Broncos’ bye week had to benefit the true…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Last time around at Sam Boyd, probably

Presented by BBSI. Thursday, October 3, 2019. Saturday night will mark Boise State’s final regular season venture into Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, or will it? Next year, UNLV football will move to the Raiders’ new facility, Allegiant Stadium, the 65,000-seat jewel west of Mandalay Bay. The key number is 65,000. There is no…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Variations on the Broncos’ preparation theme

Presented by ADVANCED VISION THERAPY CENTER. Wednesday, October 2, 2019. Today we drill down a bit more on what Boise State coach Bryan Harsin laid out Monday as the Broncos try to rework the linebacker position with the loss of Zeke Noa. Harsin knows what he has in Benton Wickersham, Bruno DeRose and, to a…MORE

NIL BILL: HOW MUCH WOULD KELLEN MOORE HAVE BEEN WORTH

Caves and Prater talk to Ed Moore of DaviesMoore Advertising on the new California bill, what a name, image and likeness rule/law could have meant for a student-athlete like Kellen Moore, and what are the ramifications moving forwardMORE

BSU-UNLV PREVIEW

Caves and Prater talk to Mark Anderson of the Las Vegas Review-Journal on the BSU-UNLV game, the new stadium coming in Vegas, and why the football program continues to struggleMORE