Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…December 15, 1982, 40 years ago today: Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant announces his retirement from football. Bryant, who spent 38 years as a head coach, retired as the winningest coach in college football history at the time—323 wins with the Crimson Tide, Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Maryland. He…… MORE
Presented by BACON BOISE. Wednesday Weekly: December 14, 2022. Bob Behler and I were doing some math yesterday based on the fact that the Frisco Bowl against North Texas will mark John Ojukwu’s 51st career start for Boise State. We both believe that to be a record for a Broncos offensive lineman. The only players who…… MORE
Presented by GREENWOOD’S SKI HAUS. This Day In Sports…December 13, 2007, 15 years ago today: Twenty months in the making and 409 pages long, the Mitchell Report is released with its findings on the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball. The investigation was headed by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell,…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…December 12, 2015: The longest winning streak to start any season by any team in major American professional sports history ends with the Golden State Warriors’ 108-95 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. The defending NBA champions, led by superstar Stephen Curry and his 32-point scoring average, had begun…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…December 9, 1961: In one of college football’s forgotten bowl games, Baylor upsets No. 10 Utah State 24-9 in the first Gotham Bowl in New York. The Aggies were led by future Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, but he obviously couldn’t draw a crowd all by himself—only 15,123…… MORE
Presented by FRANZ WITTE GARDEN CENTER. This Day In Sports…December 8, 2012, 10 years ago today: Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel becomes the first freshman ever to win the Heisman Trophy after a remarkable season in which he also became the first freshman to throw for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000. Manziel became the…… MORE
Presented by FRANZ WITTE GARDEN CENTER. Wednesday Weekly: December 7, 2022. What’s the Scott Slant without a little history going into the Frisco Bowl next week? The Boise State-North Texas series is even at three wins apiece, but the teams haven’t played in 22 years. There are some interesting backstories, though. In reverse order, the…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…December 6, 2009: Boise State makes history by becoming the first non-BCS school ever to get an at-large berth in a BCS bowl, accepting an invitation to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. The sixth-ranked Broncos’ opponent would be fourth-ranked TCU, the team that beat them out for the automatic…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…December 5, 1981: In its first trip ever to the Deep South, Boise State beats Jackson State, 19-7, in the first round of the Division I-AA playoffs. It was a year after the Broncos had won the I-AA national championship, and they were anxious to make another run…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…December 2, 2017, five years ago today: In its second game in two weeks against Fresno State, Boise State hands the Bulldogs a 17-14 loss on the blue turf in an intense Mountain West championship game. Yards were hard to come by. Fresno State took a 14-10 lead…… MORE
