Yearly Archives: 2025

SCOTT SLANT: Can the Broncos mirror the New Mexico effort?

SCOTT SLANT: Can the Broncos mirror the New Mexico effort?

Posted on February 26, 2025

Presented by WESTERN HEATING & AIR. Wednesday Weekly…February 26, 2025. In Mountain West men’s basketball this season, New Mexico is 1A and Utah State is 1B. Boise State kept its slim NCAA Tournament at-large hopes alive by taking care of 1A a week ago. 1B takes the court tonight in ExtraMile Arena. Victory was in…… MORE

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Former Boise State WR Khalil Shakir lands four-year contract extension with Bills – worth $60.2M ($32M guaranteed with $18M due in the next year), Ashton Jeanty isn’t going through drills at NFL Combine but he’s going through team interviews – what questions should NFL personnel ask the former BSU running back (starting with the impact of his 2024 workload), Bob (Bronco Focus) explains why BSU basketball is benefitting from a soft NCAA Tournament bubble, LB Andrew Simpson is No. 10 on our list of the 15 Most Important Players on the BSU football roster

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Former Boise State WR Khalil Shakir lands four-year contract extension with Bills – worth $60.2M ($32M guaranteed with $18M due in the next year), Ashton Jeanty isn’t going through drills at NFL Combine but he’s going through team interviews – what questions should NFL personnel ask the former BSU running back (starting with the impact of his 2024 workload), Bob (Bronco Focus) explains why BSU basketball is benefitting from a soft NCAA Tournament bubble, LB Andrew Simpson is No. 10 on our list of the 15 Most Important Players on the BSU football roster

Posted on February 25, 2025

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BRONCO FOCUS: BOB ON WHY BASKETBALL IS BENEFITTING FROM A ‘SOFT NCAA BUBBLE’

BRONCO FOCUS: BOB ON WHY BASKETBALL IS BENEFITTING FROM A ‘SOFT NCAA BUBBLE’

Posted on February 25, 2025

BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory to explain a unique NCAA Tournament bubble scenario that’s taking place this season. College basketball insiders are saying that bubble teams hoping to break into the 68-team field next month have resumes that don’t compare to bubble teams of past seasons. Now is the time for all goo d … MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: ‘Speedy’ and his silver medal moment

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: ‘Speedy’ and his silver medal moment

Posted on February 25, 2025

Presented by THE JAMES. This Day In Sports…February 25, 2010, 15 years ago today: Boise’s Jeret “Speedy” Peterson flies 50 feet in the air and lands his famed Hurricane jump to win a silver medal in the men’s aerials at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Peterson had been a longshot after the first round, sitting in…… MORE

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Ashton Jeanty will skip all workouts and drills at this week’s NFL Combine in Indianapolis (he’ll go through medical testing and team interviews), Jeanty’s agency doesn’t release public reason for the decision but he’s scheduled to perform drills/workouts at Boise State Pro Day on March 26, Bob recaps Nevada victory/previews Utah State game in Bronco Focus, what coach Leon Rice says about the Broncos’ past six wins (in seven games), Ty Benefield is No. 11 in our series of Most Important Players on the BSU football roster, should the NFL ban the Tush Push

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Ashton Jeanty will skip all workouts and drills at this week’s NFL Combine in Indianapolis (he’ll go through medical testing and team interviews), Jeanty’s agency doesn’t release public reason for the decision but he’s scheduled to perform drills/workouts at Boise State Pro Day on March 26, Bob recaps Nevada victory/previews Utah State game in Bronco Focus, what coach Leon Rice says about the Broncos’ past six wins (in seven games), Ty Benefield is No. 11 in our series of Most Important Players on the BSU football roster, should the NFL ban the Tush Push

Posted on February 24, 2025

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THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Inspiring at the podium and on the court

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Inspiring at the podium and on the court

Posted on February 24, 2025

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…February 24, 2020, five years ago today: A day like no other for Oregon basketball star Sabrina Ionescu. Earlier in the day, Ionescu had been a speaker at the riveting memorial service for the late Kobe and Gigi Bryant before a capacity crowd at Staples Center in Los…… MORE

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: It’s JP’s final day at KTIK – we celebrate 20-plus years on Idaho Sports Talk with stories, songs and memories, Boise State basketball plays at Nevada on Saturday – Bob talks to senior O’Mar Stanley in Bronco Focus and B.J. goes over BSU’s road struggles in his BNN Report, Pac-12 reporter John Canzano on what he learned after spending time this week in Boise and on the BSU campus, Kellen Moore rounds out the top positions on his Saints staff, cornerbacks A’Marion McCoy and Jeremiah Earby make our list of the 15 Most Important Players on the BSU football roster

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: It’s JP’s final day at KTIK – we celebrate 20-plus years on Idaho Sports Talk with stories, songs and memories, Boise State basketball plays at Nevada on Saturday – Bob talks to senior O’Mar Stanley in Bronco Focus and B.J. goes over BSU’s road struggles in his BNN Report, Pac-12 reporter John Canzano on what he learned after spending time this week in Boise and on the BSU campus, Kellen Moore rounds out the top positions on his Saints staff, cornerbacks A’Marion McCoy and Jeremiah Earby make our list of the 15 Most Important Players on the BSU football roster

Posted on February 21, 2025

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BRONCO NATION NEWS REPORT WITH B.J. – BASKETBALL ROAD TRIP

BRONCO NATION NEWS REPORT WITH B.J. – BASKETBALL ROAD TRIP

Posted on February 21, 2025

Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory for his weekly Friday segment – this time focusing on basketball’s recent lack of success in road games. The Broncos have lost four of their past five Mountain West road games, heading into Nevada on Saturday. Why?… MORE