Presented by FRANZ WITTE NURSERY. Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Monday was a heavy day in this column. Today, we lighten things up with an observation from respected Mountain West writer Chris Murray of NevadaSportsNet.com. Murray was musing last week about “all of the high quarterback draft picks to come out of MW schools in recent…… MORE
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SCOTT SLANT: The call-out and the response
Presented by SUPERIOR POOLS OF IDAHO. Monday, June 1, 2020. Former Boise State safety Jason Robinson posted a Twitter video Saturday morning that was almost 15 minutes long, calling out coach Bryan Harsin for not making a statement about the unrest in America following the George Floyd killing. Robinson questioned Harsin’s support of his black…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Albertsons Stadium 50th anniversary, Part X
Presented by BBSI BOISE. Friday, May 29, 2020. My weekly Friday early-bird celebration of Albertsons Stadium’s 50th anniversary ventures into the unforgettable 2006 campaign. The second game of the season brought Oregon State to town for a Thursday night ESPN matchup. The Broncos dominated the Beavers like they did two years before, winning 42-14. ut…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: A way to celebrate the 100-day mark
Presented by MAZ-TECH AUTOMOTIVE. Thursday, May 28, 2020. We always count down to the Boise State football season this time of year. Today we reach a key checkpoint: 100 days before the scheduled opener against Georgia Southern. We think. While you wonder, you can tune in on the Boise State Football Facebook page tonight for…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Familiarity will soon fill the hoops schedule
Presented by BBSI. Wednesday, May 27, 2020. It seems inevitable that the Mountain West will expand its conference season from 18 to 20 games in men’s and women’s basketball. The benefit: as scheduling promises to be a lot more difficult for most MW teams moving forward, this will take care of two more of the…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Doing some stadium math
Presented by MAZ-TECH AUTOMOTIVE. Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has a model for socially-distanced stands at the Horseshoe this fall. Ohio Stadium’s capacity is 102,780. One scenario would allow crowds of 20,000-22,000, and another one goes from 40,000-50,000 “if guidelines are relaxed.” Apply that to Boise State. If estimates say…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Albertsons Stadium 50th anniversary, Part IX
Presented by FRANZ WITTE NURSERY. Friday, May 22, 2020. It’s Friday, and my weekly early-bird celebration of Albertsons Stadium’s 50th anniversary takes us to a landmark game in September, 2004. Boise State took another major step with its first victory over a Pac-12 (then Pac-10) school as it drilled Oregon State 53-34 on the blue…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Spanning the sportswriting globe
Presented by BACON. Thursday, May 21, 2020. The pandemic lockdown has allowed national sportswriters to get pretty creative, and you have to like this from Chris Vannini of The Athletic. Vannini, with the help of WhatIfSports.com, simulated games between the eight undefeated non-BCS and Group of 5 teams since 1998 to see which one was…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Any kind of dance would do for Hutchison
Presented by FRANZ WITTE NURSERY. Wednesday, May 20, 2020. ESPN’s epic docu-series “The Last Dance” is over. The Chicago Bulls of today would be happy to get injury-plagued Chandler Hutchison on the dance floor. Hutchison was a revered individual as a Boise State Bronco.But major market media don’t pull any punches when discussing local sports…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: I’ve heard of this guy
Presented by BBSI. Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Had you heard of Montell Cozart before he transferred to Boise State in 2017? How about Jaylon Henderson in 2018? But Jack Sears—that’s a name many fans are familiar with. Sears left USC’s football team late last August and entered the transfer portal while working on his degree.…… MORE
