Category Archives: SCOTT SLANT
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Openers are often not precursors
Presented by BBSI BOISE. This Day In Sports...August 28, 2014: The earliest game in Boise State history (until today at South Florida-now it's a tie) results in the earliest loss, a 35-13 defeat at th...
Aug 28, 2025
SCOTT SLANT: Circling back to 'Mad Dog', the main man
Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. Wednesday Weekly...August 27, 2025. You can't teach instinct. Kellen Moore was the king of instinct, of course. Comparing Maddux Madsen with Moore in that department is unf...
Aug 27, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Team USA - not passionate, but efficient
Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. This Day In Sports...August 21, 2016: After some close calls in the group stage in the Olympic tournament, the U.S. men's basketball team blows out Serbia 96-66 to win the ...
Aug 21, 2025
SCOTT SLANT: Intrigue remains in the running backs room
Presented by THE JAMES. Wednesday Weekly...August 20, 2025. The Boise State coaching staff may not be trying to keep everybody guessing, but the running backs themselves are doing a pretty good job of...
Aug 20, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Bill Veeck's first big baseball stunt
Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. This Day In Sports...August 19, 1951: One of the most famous promotional stunts in major league history (though it was just another day at the office for Bill Veeck). The S...
Aug 19, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: BYU triggers a dizzying set of events
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports...August 18, 2010, 15 years ago today: Just when the dust appears to be settling in conference realignment, word leaks that Brigham Young University pl...
Aug 18, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: They called it "Bunkergate"
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports...August 15, 2010, 15 years ago today: Controversy reigns at the end of the final round of the PGA Championship in Haven, WI. It looked like Martin Kaymer, Bub...
Aug 15, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: He was "the straw that stirs the drink"
Presented by THE JAMES. This Day In Sports...August 14, 1993: The New York Yankees retire the iconic No. 44 of Reggie Jackson. He played only five seasons with the Yankees (1977-81), but during that t...
Aug 14, 2025
SCOTT SLANT: The Bronco-Vandal rivalry revived this fall
Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. Wednesday Weekly...August 13, 2025. The rivalry lives on-on the basketball court. Technically it won't count, although you know it will for fans. Boise State and Idaho will...
Aug 13, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Japanese baseball immortality in America
Presented by BACON BOISE. This Day In Sports...August 12, 2015, 10 years ago today: Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma becomes only the second Japanese pitcher ever to throw a major league no-hitter when he bl...
Aug 12, 2025
Should Boise State and Idaho Resume their Football Series?
Voting Ends: Never
