Presented by BACON. Wednesday, December 11, 2019. When that Las Vegas Bowl point spread came out Sunday night, the first thought was: how is Boise State, a 12-1 team, a 3½-point underdog to Washington, a 7-5 team? Vegas oddsmakers are pretty smart when they set the line, so what may have come into play in…… MORE
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SCOTT SLANT: Home improvement, the next generation
Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. Tuesday, December 10, 2019. As a sixth-year coach with a 64-16 record at Boise State (and one who certainly gets phone calls), Bryan Harsin has some leverage. And, as has happened before with Broncos coaches, Harsin may be exercising it a little bit. In addition to his comments Sunday on the…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Exhilaration followed by…really?
Presented by BACON. Monday, December 9, 2019. First things first this morning, before we get to the Las Vegas Bowl. In baseball, batting .400 is the pinnacle. In college football championships, it doesn’t get much better than that. And after the convincing 31-10 win over Hawaii Saturday for the Mountain West championship, Boise State is…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: The Curtis Weaver photo collection
Presented by CLEARVIEW CLEANING. Friday, December 6, 2019. You’ve seen the photos this week. Curtis Weaver says he sees them every day on his wall—the images of him sitting on the blue turf when the Mountain West championship game ended a year ago, tears in the snow. The 19-16 overtime loss to Fresno State bit…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Coach of the Year No. 1 vs. No. 2 on Saturday
Presented by ADVANCED VISION THERAPY CENTER. Thursday, December 5, 2019. There were only two Boise State players on the All-Mountain West first-team offense, and only two on the first-team defense. Let’s start there in making a case for why Bryan Harsin should have been conference Coach of the Year over Hawaii’s Nick Rolovich. The offensive…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Bronco Nation’s assignment
Presented by CLEARVIEW CLEANING. Wednesday, December 4, 2019. There seems to be good buzz for the Boise State-Hawaii Mountain West championship game, but we won’t know for sure until the turnstiles turn Saturday afternoon. The challenge, of course, is that the home team has to sell every seat in the stadium from scratch—there’s no season…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Petersen was never going to do this forever
Presented by ADVANCED VISION THERAPY CENTER. Tuesday, December 3, 2019. I was not surprised, but still stunned. Does that make sense? Chris Petersen stepped down Monday as head coach at Washington at the end of a 7-5 regular season that was disappointing but not disastrous. But think about Petersen’s Boise State days. All the way…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: More important than 8-0
Presented by CLEARVIEW CLEANING. Monday, December 2, 2019. Colorado State players billed their season finale Friday against Boise State as their Super Bowl, and the Rams played like it for the most part. For the Broncos, the 31-24 win was the latest edition of “Getting Everybody’s Best Shot,” and the latest example of surviving it.…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Jaylon Henderson’s X-Factor
Presented by POP’S POPCORN. Wednesday, November 27, 2019. What is making the Boise State offense click with a third-team quarterback calling signals? Coach Bryan Harsin noted something about Jaylon Henderson at his Monday press conference that tells us a lot. “You see him out there—he’s got a really good vibe, and its contagious,” said Harsin.…… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: The Broncos’ mindset for CSU
Presented by EVAN’S BUILDING CENTER. Tuesday, November 26, 2019. There’s a tendency to think that Boise State is now all about the Mountain West championship game December 7 against Hawaii on the blue turf—and may be overlooking its Black Friday date at downtrodden Colorado State. Broncos coach Bryan Harsin would tell you there’s nothing further…… MORE
