Category Archives: Podcast

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Celebrating Rory’s performance at the Masters – how do you rank Sunday at Augusta and did his victory leave you emotional, we reminisce about the greatest TV moments in sports history (2007 Fiesta Bowl?), if you could watch only one sports event a year what do you choose (Prater goes Masters Sunday and Johnny goes Super Bowl), hear from Boise State football coaches Spencer Danielson, Matt Miller and Tim Keane on spring camp, Bob chats with returning OL starter Roger Carreon in Bronco Focus, Ashton Jeanty’s new TV commercial, Weekend Winners & Losers

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Boise State AD Jeramiah Dickey on the basketball season, the football fan experience in 2025, the transfer portal – and why the football team is changing sidelines for home games this fall, BSU basketball loses another player to the portal, Bob talks about the revamped/evolving linebacker position in Bronco Focus, Boise Pro Soccer executive on selling a record amount of season ticket deposits, what music do you listen to – but are embarrassed to tell anyone, meet Mike T. – the one dude who won our KTIK/NCAA bracket contest (out of 324 entries)

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Boise State basketball finishes with 26 wins – now Broncos have lost three players to the portal (Emmanuel Ugbo is the latest), how do we grade the program as it dives into hectic offseason of change, Bob talks to forward Andrew Meadow in Bronco Focus, what are Ashton Jeanty’s expectations in the NFL based on the last 10 drafts and the first RBs selected in those drafts, listen as BSU football coach Spencer Danielson gets emotional (and feisty) after losing DT Braxton Fely to the portal, Steelheads on playoff hunt

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Now that Ashton Jeanty is gone, who’s the best player on the Boise State football roster, we join our listeners to build a list and there isn’t a consensus, meet sophomore WR Cameron Bates – impressive background and impressive future, Alvaro Cardenas on what BSU basketball is trying to accomplish at Crown in Vegas, Bob previews Wednesday’s game vs. Butler in Bronco Focus, Vegas columnist on how the Crown started and how it can impact college basketball, NFL goes electronic with new first-down technology (end of the chain gang?)

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Boise State basketball opens Crown tournament in Las Vegas with dominant victory over George Washington – Broncos will play Butler in a second-round game Wednesday afternoon, what would it take for BSU hoops to have its own “Fiesta Bowl moment,” how do we feel about four No. 1 seeds making the Final Four (could it happen with the women’s tournament, too?), national college football analyst Mike Golic Jr. on Ashton Jeanty and the NFL Draft, Bob catches up with wide receiver Austin Bolt in Bronco Focus, Weekend Winners & Losers

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Boise State running back Sire Gaines still isn’t practicing this spring camp – a cause for concern or just a cause for a conversation (Malik Sherrod has been the most impressive RB in camp so far), Bob previews basketball’s trip to next week’s Crown tournament in Las Vegas in his Bronco Focus report, BJ’s weekly BNN Report focuses on Gaines, linebacker depth and the Davon Banks experiment at nickel, Sweet 16 & Leon Rice flashbacks, in search of a nickname for Ashton Jeanty, Deion joins the $10M coaching club in college football

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: First four days of the NCAA Tournament are complete – was it Madness or Mediocre, power programs dominate the Sweet 16 and we wonder what that means for the future of mid-majors (and how NIL will continue to impact college basketball), early preview of Ashton Jeanty’s Pro Day appearance Wednesday, Bob talks to defensive coordinator Erik Chinander in Bronco Focus, BSU football (spring camp) and basketball (Crown Tournament) resume practices this week, Yotes reach NAIA national championship game, Weekend Winners & Losers

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Mountain West has a NCAA Tournament problem – recent postseason history hasn’t been kind to the league outside of one San Diego State run, Colorado State pulls off Friday upset to give MW some juice, how can Boise State and its league partners improve their postseason resume moving into the Pac-12 era, B.J. (BNN Report) with BSU football storylines as spring camp resumes next week (all eyes on RB Sire Gaines and his health), Bob (Bronco Focus) on one gymnast’s quest to return to the NCAAs, Lindsey Vonn and top international skiers in Idaho for World Cup Finals

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: NCAA Tournament begins and we focus on a trip down memory lane – what’s your favorite flashback, so many Boise memories – what’s the hope of the NCAAs returning to ExtraMile Arena, BYU player says his family invented the tater tot and one company with deep Idaho roots responds with NIL deal (and free tots!), could college basketball big men from Georgetown and Virginia (both from Idaho) transfer to Boise State, Bob shares the story of BSU’s most dominant athlete in Bronco Focus, how the Steelheads are scrambling for a playoff spot

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME (PRE-GAME AND POST-GAME): We open the show with a preview of Boise State-San Diego State basketball at the Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas – and finish with post-game reaction after Broncos advance to Friday night semifinals with impressive 62-52 victory, coach Leon Rice employs wild 3-point strategy (finishes with school-record 40 attempts), BSU closes out win with strong rebounding/defense, quick preview of BSU-New Mexico semifinal, Degenhart needs 18 points to break school’s career-scoring record