Category Archives: Scott Slant

SCOTT SLANT: Time is now for JL Skinner

Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. Wednesday, June 23, 2021. This might just be water cooler talk for hardcore Mountain West fans, but Bruce Feldman of TheAthletic has unveiled his list of college football’s top 35 breakout player picks for 2021 after quizzing coaches.MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Scrap the MW championship game

Presented by BACON. Tuesday, June 22, 2021. One of the prevailing subjects as the new College Football Playoff expansion format sits on the horizon: getting rid of divisions in conferences. In the Mountain West, I’d take it one step further—eliminate the Mountain West championship game.MORE

SCOTT SLANT: The 2021 Face of the Broncos

Presented by HOFFMAN AUTO BODY. Friday, June 18, 2021. Everywhere you look these days, senior nickel Kekaula Kaniho is representing Boise State—and representing well. At the beginning of the week, Kaniho was named to the All-District 7 Academic Team for the second straight year.MORE

SCOTT SLANT: A non-BCS kind of limelight

Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. Thursday, June 17, 2021. Truth be told, the Group of 5’s national visibility has faded drastically in the years since the College Football Playoff debuted in 2014. Those who wondered why the CFP was an upgrade over the BCS system never got that question answered.MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Would BYU ever make a move?

Presented by HOFFMAN AUTO BODY. Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Prater & The Ballgame spent a considerable amount of time on this subject Monday on KTIK, so I thought I’d weigh in. Is it time for BYU to return to the Mountain West now that there is no clear path to the College Football Playoff (if…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: AAC keeps pushing for ‘P6’

Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Is there a scenario under the proposed College Football Playoff expansion that would keep a Group of 5 team from making the field? Maybe—if the Group of 5 becomes the Group of 4.MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Favorite son on the ballot

Presented by HOFFMAN AUTO BODY. Thursday, June 3, 2021. There are 78 FBS players on the ballot, so anything can happen. But all is not right with the world if Kellen Moore is not elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.MORE

SCOTT SLANT: A reasonable over/under

Presented by BBSI BOISE. Wednesday, June 2, 2021. DraftKings has released its projected 2021 win totals for the FBS, and the over/under for Boise State is 9. What do you think?MORE

SCOTT SLANT: The counselor and the kid

Presented by HOFFMAN AUTO BODY. Tuesday, June 1, 2021. What did you do for Memorial Day weekend? Boise State quarterback Hank Bachmeier was a camp counselor, and one of his possible successors, Broncos commit Katin Houser, was a camper.MORE

SCOTT SLANT: TV’s big ones are the home runs

Presented by HOFFMAN AUTO BODY. Friday, May 28, 2021. You could say that this is already Boise State’s best football TV schedule in school history. That’s based on the fact that 2021 will mark the first time the Broncos have ever landed two regular season games on a major network (CBS).MORE