Presented by BACON. Monday, September 14, 2020. Leighton Vander Esch lasted one quarter before another injury—this one a fractured collarbone—shelved him in Dallas’ first game of the season. Vander Esch headed to the locker room as the second quarter got underway during NFL Sunday Night Football in Los Angeles, and he was declared out for…… MORE
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SCOTT SLANT: Road Warriors, Part II
Presented by MAZ-TECH AUTOMOTIVE. Friday, September 11, 2020. It’s Friday, and time for the second installment of my Road Warriors series marking the best road wins in Boise State history. This one from November, 1974, is noteworthy for a single-game record that has lasted 46 years. Yes, the Broncos’ 56-42 win at Montana clinched a…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Participation trophies for all?
Presented by BBSI. Thursday, September 10, 2020. One year ago, it would have been a preposterous idea. In 2020, what the heck. ACC men’s basketball coaches have proposed that every single Division I team should make the 2021 NCAA Tournament. And it’s spurred by none other than Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Nothing would surprise us…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Go ahead, pick three receivers
Presented by KILLGORE ADVENTURES. Wednesday, September 9, 2020. In conjunction with the “Decade of Dominance” series, Boise State is choosing the All-Decade team covering the 2010-19 seasons. I’m on the media panel, and you and I and all of us are tasked in Week 1 with choosing the wide receivers. Three of them. It’s easy…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Road Warriors, Part I
Presented by GREENWOOD’S SKI HAUS. Friday, September 4, 2020. (TOM SCOTT’S COLUMN WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY.) From March through August, I ran a 20-part series celebrating Albertsons Stadium’s 50th anniversary. Since there’s no football this fall, it won’t be formally celebrated. Now, just because I can, I debut a Friday feature called Road Warriors, saluting the…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: CT Thomas plays first fiddle
Presented by FRANZ WITTE NURSERY. Thursday, September 3, 2020. CT Thomas isn’t taking a back seat to anybody going into his final season (whenever that may be). Boise State’s senior sparkplug made his own watch list Wednesday—this one for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. That one goes to college football’s top performer from the…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Cinderella of Cowboys camp
Presented by GREENWOOD’S SKI HAUS. Wednesday, September 2, 2020. This might not be the Cinderella you’re expecting out of Dallas. (With that said, more on Cedrick Wilson in a moment). Darian Thompson wasn’t a late-bloomer at Boise State. He started making an impact just over a month into his first season as a Bronco in…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: McNichols resurfaces in Nashville
Presented by FRANZ WITTE NURSERY. Tuesday, September 1, 2020. Jeremy McNichols is trending upward in Tennessee Titans camp. Will the former Boise State star finally break through this season? McNichols has been all but forgotten since May 4, when he was cut by Jacksonville after spending time with the Jaguars during the offseasonBut then he…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Taking what we can get
Presented by GREENWOOD’S SKI HAUS. Monday, August 31, 2020. Did you watch the Central Arkansas-Austin Peay game Saturday night? I did, and it was tough. Meaning, it was football, and I liked it. And the predicament in which we find ourselves in Boise kind of hit full force. There’s a lot of talk now about…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Albertsons Stadium 50th anniversary, Part XX
Presented by BBSI. Friday, August 28, 2020. Friday’s feature: the 20th and final chapter in my 50th anniversary celebration of Albertsons Stadium. It was September of 2016, and Boise State finally nabbed its first win ever over Washington State, holding off the Cougars 31-28 in an ESPN2 game on the blue turf. The Broncos burst…… MORE
