Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…September 19, 1981: Idaho State comes to Bronco Stadium to face defending Division I-AA national champion Boise State and stuns the Broncos, 21-10. The Bengals surprised Boise State with quarterback draws from rifle-armed but slow-footed quarterback Mike Machurek (whose backup was a guy named Dirk Koetter). ISU had…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…September 16, 2000: Boise State plays its first-ever game against a team from the Southeastern Conference, facing Arkansas and former BSU coach Houston Nutt. It was a different atmosphere down South, and it took the Broncos awhile to settle down as they fell behind 24-0 in the second quarter.…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…September 15, 2017, five years ago today: The Cleveland Indians’ 22-game winning streak, the longest in American League history, comes to an end in a 4-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Cleveland fell just four games short of the 101-year-old big league record of 26 straight. The…… MORE
Presented by BBSI BOISE. Wednesday Weekly: September 14, 2022. So Boise State is opening at home on Saturday against an FCS team, UT-Martin. You hear some grumbling about it, especially since this is the game that replaced Michigan State on the home schedule. But Broncos matchups against the FCS are rare. This is just the…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…September 13, 1965: Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hits his 500th career home run in a 5-1 win over Houston. It was an MVP season for Mays, who would go on to belt a career-high 52 homers. The one he hit the following night epitomized his amazing…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…September 12, 2015: Eagle High graduate Tanner Mangum stuns his boyhood hometown team, throwing a scrambling 35-yard touchdown pass to Mitch Juergens on fourth-and-seven with 45 seconds left. No. 20 Boise State, one week after beating Washington 16-13 in Chris Petersen’s return to the blue turf, was one…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…September 9, 2017, five years ago today: Underdog Boise State bursts out to a 31-10 fourth quarter lead at Washington State, but a series of unfortunate events leads the Broncos to implode, and the Cougars win it 47-44 in triple-overtime. For Boise State quarterback Brett Rypien it was a…… MORE
Presented by FRANZ WITTE NURSERY. This Day In Sports…September 8, 2007, 15 years ago today: One link to Boise State’s undefeated season and Fiesta Bowl championship is shattered, as Washington breaks the Broncos’ 14-game winning streak that carried over from 2006, 24-10. The 70,000 fans in Husky Stadium included 10,000 Bronco faithful, but the blue-and-orange…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. Wednesday Weekly: September 7, 2022. The narrative coming out of Boise State fall camp included a lengthy partyline checklist. But there are so many blank boxes. Hank Bachmeier taking a quantum leap forward with the same offensive coordinator for the second straight year? Not checked. Improved running game (with added depth…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…September 2, 2017, five years ago today: Playing its first day game on the blue turf in four years, Boise State is greeted with a 97-degree afternoon for the season opener against Troy. The Broncos’ very first touch of the 2017 campaign resulted in an 81-yard punt return for…… MORE
