Presented by BBSI. Thursday, August 27, 2020. I usually don’t drift from local sports here. But I just ask this. Listen. And think. Is what’s happening in Wisconsin okay? No. And now we have a wholesale NBA players boycott. This statement has stuck with me all summer. “Sports are like the reward of a functional…… MORE
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SCOTT SLANT: Mood change for Curtis Weaver
Presented by KILLGORE ADVENTURES. Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Curtis Weaver found out Tuesday that it’s nice to be wanted, even if the Miami Dolphins seemed to lose interest. The Dolphins designated Weaver as “waived-injured” on Monday with designs of placing him on injured reserve. But just like that, there was buzz that Kansas City, Detroit,…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: AP still includes everybody
Presented by BBSI. Tuesday, August 25, 2020. There was a preseason poll I talked about last week that ranked all 76 FBS teams still slated to play football this fall. On Monday, the Preseason AP Poll was released, and the AP is still counting everybody. Consequently, Boise State is third in line among those bubbling…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: The underappreciated Justinian Jessup
Presented by KILLGORE ADVENTURES. Monday, August 24, 2020. NBA mock drafts still a thing, which seems like an odd thing to say as we near the end of August. But this is 2020, and the NBA Draft is October 16, almost four months late. And in a very 2020 twist, Boise State’s Justinian Jessup has…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Albertsons Stadium 50th anniversary, Part XIX
Presented by BBSI. Friday, August 21, 2020. Without Boise State football this fall, there will be no official celebration of Albertsons Stadiums 50th anniversary (that we know of). But I’ve been doing it almost every Friday since the COVID-19 shutdown started in March, and today is my 19th edition. The tour of landmark games in…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: From women’s hoops to the gridiron
Presented by KILLGORE ADVENTURES. Thursday, August 20, 2020. Former Boise State star Curtis Weaver is on the field at Miami Dolphins training camp as a fifth-round NFL Draft pick. So is a one-time Fiesta Bowl Bronco, Dolphins defensive backs coach Gerald Alexander. Now there’s another former Bronco on the Miami staff from a whole different…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: If no Robert Mahone
Presented by BBSI BOISE. Wednesday, August 19, 2020. If Robert Mahone isn’t a Bronco the next time Boise State plays a football game—and there’s a good chance he won’t be—how does that shuffle the running backs room in the Bleymaier Football Center? Sophomore George Holani was the front-runner anyway as he seeks a second straight…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: No football brings transfer temptations?
Presented by BBSI BOISE. Monday, August 17, 2020. Should Boise State fans be holding their collective breath after a couple of Mountain West “player transactions” over the weekend? First, Fresno State linebacker Justin Rice entered the transfer portal, seeking to play as a graduate transfer for a school that still has a football season. Just…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Albertsons Stadium 50th anniversary, Part XVIII
Presented by BACON. Friday, August 14, 2020. Since we have an indefinite amount of time to burn now, we return to my early-bird celebration of Albertsons Stadium’s 50th anniversary. I’m going to 2014, where there are several choices for memorable moments: the 9-degree game against San Diego State and the Mountain West championship game among…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: You may not know them now
Presented by BACON. Thursday, August 13, 2020. There are some household PGA Tour names waiting to happen in the field as the Albertsons Boise Open tees off this morning at Hillcrest Country Club. Most we don’t know yet, but you’ll be hearing a lot about Will Zalatoris and Davis Riley in the years to come.…… MORE
