Presented by BACON. Friday, July 16, 2021. “Super seniors” coming out of the COVID season have inspired The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel’s to come up with a 2021 Preseason All-“wait, they’re still playing college football?!” Team.… MORE
Category Archives: Scott Slant
SCOTT SLANT: The missing link is in the air
Presented by the ASHLEY INN OF CASCADE. Thursday, July 15, 2021. Boise State’s new-fangled up-tempo attack under offensive coordinator Tim Plough will bear watching this season. As in, will the Broncos return to their touchdown pass proclivity?… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Digesting the doggone data
Presented by BACON. Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Which metrics are we to believe? After harping on ESPN’s FPI ratings, I was interested to see info from Football Outsiders Alamanac as posted by Mountain West Wire.… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: An ESPN computer run amok?
Presented by the ASHLEY INN OF CASCADE. Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Are we still trying to make sense of ESPN’s Football Power Index ratings? Why, yes we are. It’s my turn to weigh in. So ESPN re-released its preseason FPI, saying there were errors in the first one.… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: NIL & success in the city
Presented by BACON. Friday, July 2, 2021. (TOM SCOTT’S COLUMN WILL RETURN TUESDAY, JULY 13.) Now that Name-Image-Likeness is a thing, let’s look at the Mountain West. Which athletes are best-positioned to take advantage of these new opportunities?… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Appreciating 1996, and everything since
Presented by the ASHLEY INN OF CASCADE. Thursday, July 1, 2021. Today marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most important moves in Boise State history, the day the Broncos joined the Big West and became Division I-A in football.… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: High expectations, cautious optimism
Presented by BACON. Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Sure, the college football preseason magazines are rolling out. But you won’t find a much meatier Boise State preview than the one Tuesday from Chris Vannini of TheAthletic.com, who’s been running a series previewing the Power 5 and top Group of 5 teams.… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: NIL goes willy-nilly
Presented by the ASHLEY INN OF CASCADE. Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Name, Image and Likeness. The college sports world is about to change, as—thanks to last week’s Supreme Court decision—the NCAA has been forced to come up with an interim policy to take effect on Thursday.… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: Houser’s shoe has dropped
Presented by BACON. Friday, June 25, 2021. 247 Sports has what it calls a “Crystal Ball.” It predicts where college football recruits are going to land. Brandon Huffman, the National Recruiting Editor for 247, has made a radical adjustment for quarterback Katin Houser.… MORE
SCOTT SLANT: It’s Phil Steele time
Presented by the ASHLEY INN OF CASCADE. Thursday, June 24, 2021. Info from Phil Steele’s college football preview encyclopedia is starting to flow. Off the top we have Steele’s Mountain West projections for 2021. Leading the way in the Mountain Division is (drum roll) Boise State.… MORE
