Presented by MAZ-TECH AUTOMOTIVE. Friday, November 13, 2020. We sliced and diced the Boise State defense’s deficiencies and the offense’s absences going into Thursday night’s game against Colorado State. It was six days of serious psychoanalysis after the loss to BYU. But special teams were barely mentioned. And that was the tipping point from the…… MORE
Category Archives: Scott Slant
SCOTT SLANT: What do we really know?
Presented by DIAMOND HEATING & COOLING. Thursday, November 12, 2020. Will the real Boise State defense please stand up? There’s been a keen focus on the D this week, and why not? The Broncos are in uncharted territory after three games: last in the Mountain West in rushing defense at 246 yards per game and…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: The trials of 2019
Presented by MAZ-TECH AUTOMOTIVE. Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Considering what college football teams have gone through in 2020, anything that happened in 2019 pales in comparison. But Boise State and Colorado State faced adversity going into their matchup the day after Thanksgiving last year in Fort Collins. A blizzard had buried Canvas Stadium, and crews…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Shaking up the routine – again
Presented by MAZ-TECH AUTOMOTIVE. Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Boise State used to play lots of non-Saturday games in the WAC days. There were 34 of them in the regular season, most arranged that way to accommodate national TV. There were even four games on Wednesdays. But most of the time bye weeks helped soften the…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: In many ways, the wheels fell off
Presented by DIAMOND HEATING & COOLING. Monday, November 9, 2020. You know the initialism “SMH.” Shake my head. That had to get a lot of social media use after BYU worked Boise State over Friday 51-17. This was a one-sided affair, the Broncos’ worst home loss in 24 years. How will we look back on…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Blue turf cloud over BYU
Presented by BIG BUN DRIVE-IN. Friday, November 6, 2020. The Boise State-BYU history dates back to 2003, and the current 12-year series goes back to 2012. The teams have met five times on the blue turf, and the Broncos have won all five games. That provides another undercurrent of motivation for the Cougars. Along with…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: The Zach Wilson thing
Presented by MAZ-TECH AUTOMOTIVE. Thursday, November 5, 2020. Zach Wilson gets juices flowing around here, and why wouldn’t he? It goes beyond the BYU quarterback’s exceptional skills on the field, qualities that have him in the Heisman Trophy conversation. Wilson jilted Boise State almost three years ago when he reneged on a commitment to the…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Deciphering the QB situation
Presented by BIG BUN DRIVE-IN. Wednesday, November 4, 2020. Coach Bryan Harsin’s unusual 7 a.m. press conference Tuesday didn’t reveal anything unusual about Boise State’s quarterback outlook for Friday’s game versus BYU. If Hank Bachmeier is able to practice by today, he’d be able to suit up for the Cougars. That doesn’t necessarily mean he’d…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Perusing the polls
Presented by MAZ-TECH AUTOMOTIVE. Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The game against BYU this Friday night on the blue turf is the biggest of the year for Boise State. That’s pretty easy to say for a team that’s played only two games. But it’s also the biggest for 7-0 BYU. If the Cougars are dreaming of…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Definition of ‘next man up’
Presented by BIG BUN DRIVE-IN. Monday, November 2, 2020. Coach Bryan Harsin has preached it ever since the Mountain West announced a salvaged football season this year. Every Boise State Bronco had be better ready to turn on a dime and enter the lineup with all the unknowns of a pandemic-altered fall. So it was…… MORE
