Presented by the ASHLEY INN OF CASCADE. Friday, July 7, 2017. I hope everybody gets this guy’s name right when Nevada returns to the blue turf to face Boise State on November 4. The gut-punch of the week for the Wolf Pack was 1,000-yard rusher James Butler’s announcement that he’s leaving for Iowa as a…… MORE
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Another excuse to write about Lyle
(TOM SCOTT’S COLUMN WILL RETURN FRIDAY, JULY 7) Presented by the ASHLEY INN OF CASCADE. Friday, June 30, 2017. Tomorrow is July 1, which is the unofficial start of the 2017-18 athletic year for college sports. It’s a good time to point out that this will be the 50th season of Boise State football. The…… MORE
Four-star recruits haven’t changed Coach Pete
Presented by POOL DOCTOR & SPA. Thursday, June 29, 2017. During Chris Petersen’s eight seasons as head coach at Boise State, the term “our kinda guy” (OKG) developed on the recruiting trail. Some grew tired of it, but it was very real. OKG meant a player who may or may not be adorned with recruiting…… MORE
2023? Six years isn’t all that far away
Presented by the ASHLEY INN OF CASCADE. Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Although all is quiet right now on the conference realignment front, ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg has a carrot for you. It’s 2023, when the current Power 5 TV contracts start to expire, and Rittenberg duly notes: “By then the traditional rights deal itself might be…… MORE
Broncos go from hashmarks to baselines
Presented by POOL DOCTOR & SPA. Tuesday, June 27, 2017. A little frivolity next month before football gets serious. The Bronco Football Summer Classic, the softball game between the Boise State offense and defense, went missing for two years (2014-15). But it returned last year to a rousing welcome at Memorial Stadium, and it will…… MORE
A rock-solid community treasure
(TOM SCOTT’S COLUMN WILL RETURN TUESDAY.) Presented by ROSENDAHL FOOT & SHOE CENTER. Friday, June 23, 2017. It was a very cool 50th anniversary celebration for KBOI’s Paul J. Schneider yesterday. Cumulus general manager Don Morin announced that the station’s building at 15th & Bannock would be named the “Paul J. Schneider Building” effective immediately,…… MORE
Lead story: a small picture and big picture
Presented by POOL DOCTOR & SPA. Thursday, June 22, 2017. We continue to bide our time until college football rolls around. ESPN.com included. The lead story yesterday on its NCAA Football homepage was, “Who is the biggest opposing headache for each Top 25 team?” Boise State qualifies for this compilation, as the Broncos are No.…… MORE
Those around Kellen know him the best
Presented by ROSENDAHL FOOT & SHOE CENTER. Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Who doesn’t perk up around here when nice things are said about Kellen Moore? We hear them often about the former Boise State great from Dallas offensive coordinator Scott Linehan, even as the Internet know-it-alls say Moore is too small and slow to be…… MORE
Baseball things on Hawks Opening Night
Presented by BBSI. Tuesday, June 20, 2017. The Boise Hawks play their first home game tonight, coming off a series that saw them in win one/lose one mode in Spokane over the first four days of the season. They lost one last night—7-6 when the Indians walked off with a pair of runs in the…… MORE
Say it ain’t so, Phil
(TOM SCOTT’S COLUMN WILL RETURN TUESDAY.) Presented by BACON. Presented by BERRYHILL. Friday, June 16, 2017. No sooner do we recap the three college football preview magazines already out than we get a sneak peek at one of the biggies. Phil Steele his very own self was on KTIK’s Idaho SportsTalk yesterday, and we found…… MORE
