Category Archives: Podcast

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Special programming note for IST on Thursday – starting at 2 p.m. for Boise State basketball pre-game show, how much confidence do you have in the Broncos to beat San Diego State in their first game of the Mountain West Tournament, Tyson Degenhart on the childhood nostalgia of listening/watching day-time sports, separate one-on-one interviews with BSU football players Matt Lauter (TE) and A’Marion McCoy (CB), Demarcus Lawrence signs new three-year deal with Seahawks, listen as Mariners broadcaster gets drilled with foul ball

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Boise State AD Jeramiah Dickey joins the show from Las Vegas to talk basketball, Mountain West Tournament hopes, how to grow the program and what’s up with the new Pac-12 and north end zone project, BSU basketball fans continue the conversation – what is the state of this program going into the MW, Bob sits down with Tyson Degenhart for a Bronco Focus conversation, Kellen Moore seems to have won his first few weeks as head coach of the Saints, Vandals win rare basketball game in Boise

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Tyson Degenhart Appreciation Day – Boise State basketball star down to his final home game, Degenhart joins the show in studio to talk about a surging team, Senior Night emotions and his future, Bob shares what’s at stake Friday night in Bronco Focus, CBS bracketologist Jerry Palm on NCAA hopes for BSU (in the field) and the Mountain West (four teams), TE Matt Lauter is No. 4 in our series of Most Important Players on the BSU football roster, six former Broncos diving into NFL free agency

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Boise State basketball down to final two regular season games – what are expectations for Air Force on the road (Broncos are 5-5 on the road this season) and Colorado State for Senior Night (a Tyson Degenhart celebration), Bob previews Air Force storylines in Bronco Focus, Saquon Barkley is the NFL’s first $20M running back – how could that impact Ashton Jeanty, EDGE Jayden Virgin-Morgan is No. 5 in our series of Most Important Players on the BSU football roster, who remembers former BSU/College of Idaho basketball star Damon Archibald

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Boise State-Utah State basketball – what an odd series as the two Mountain West rivals continue their series in ExtraMile Arena, Aggies have won five straight and own the home arena edge with the passion that fans flash in Logan – what can we expect in Boise, Tyson Degenhart needs 93 points to beak Tanoka Beard’s single-season school scoring record (our prediction: it’s going to happen), Bob previews BSU-Utah State in Bronco Focus, LB Marco Notarainni is No. 9 on our list of the 15 Most Important Players on the BSU football roster, looks like Kellen Moore is keeping Derek Carr

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Former Boise State WR Khalil Shakir lands four-year contract extension with Bills – worth $60.2M ($32M guaranteed with $18M due in the next year), Ashton Jeanty isn’t going through drills at NFL Combine but he’s going through team interviews – what questions should NFL personnel ask the former BSU running back (starting with the impact of his 2024 workload), Bob (Bronco Focus) explains why BSU basketball is benefitting from a soft NCAA Tournament bubble, LB Andrew Simpson is No. 10 on our list of the 15 Most Important Players on the BSU football roster

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Ashton Jeanty will skip all workouts and drills at this week’s NFL Combine in Indianapolis (he’ll go through medical testing and team interviews), Jeanty’s agency doesn’t release public reason for the decision but he’s scheduled to perform drills/workouts at Boise State Pro Day on March 26, Bob recaps Nevada victory/previews Utah State game in Bronco Focus, what coach Leon Rice says about the Broncos’ past six wins (in seven games), Ty Benefield is No. 11 in our series of Most Important Players on the BSU football roster, should the NFL ban the Tush Push

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Boise State basketball coming off rough loss to San Diego State – what can fans expect from Wednesday’s home game against New Mexico, social media and our listeners crank up the heat on Leon Rice Fatigue, Bob and point guard Alvaro Cardenas talk about how to get better in Bronco Focus, Kirby Moore joins IST to share his thoughts (and the last two weeks) on brother Kellen Moore, we launch new series: 15 Most Important Players on the BSU football team (No. 15 kicker Jarrett Reeser), NHL vs. NBA weekend

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Live from Pastry Perfection for the Simmons Fine Jewelry Diamond Dig, who was your first sports love, now that Kellen Moore is the Saints head coach – what’s his NFL comp (or is Moore unique in the history of NFL head coaches?), Spencer Danielson’s brother (a Boise fireman) on how he secured a $100,000 donation for Boise State football, Bob (Bronco Focus) and B.J. (BNN Report) preview the BSU-San Diego State basketball game and take a look at the rest of the season, we give away a $2,500 diamond ring in our annual dig-through-a-cake contest

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Kellen Moore is officially head coach of the New Orleans Saints – at 36, he’s the youngest HC in the NFL, how is the pro football world reacting to the news and how do we think No. 11 will do with a roster that has serious issues (official press conference is Thursday), we launch our new monthly series with Boise State athletic director Jeramiah Dickey – Ask the AD with JD, Spencer Danielson getting a pay raise and two more years on his contract, bold predictions for the 2025 NFL season, Diamond Dig qualifying