Yearly Archives: 2025

BNN REPORT WITH B.J. – SPRING GAME PREVIEW

BNN REPORT WITH B.J. – SPRING GAME PREVIEW

Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory to preview football and its Spring Game on Saturday at Albertsons Stadium. Rains will focus on the backup QB position, the defense (after significant portal losses), wide receivers and running backs.MORE

BRONCO FOCUS: BOB AND COACH DANIELSON – ON 27 CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS

BRONCO FOCUS: BOB AND COACH DANIELSON – ON 27 CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS

BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory to share details behind an exclusive college football club: Longest current winning streaks. Boise State coach Spencer joins Bob to explain the reasons behind 27 straight winning seasons in Boise.

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THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A decade ago, he was a star in the making

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A decade ago, he was a star in the making

Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…April 17, 2015, 10 years ago today: Former Boise Hawk Kris Bryant makes his long-awaited major league debut and goes 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in a 5-4 loss to San Diego at Wrigley Field. It was reminiscent of Bryant’s first game with the Hawks in 2013, when he…MORE

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Meet Ashton Jeanty … the sportswriter – former Boise State running back publishes a column for The Players’ Tribune and touts himself to all 32 NFL general managers, Jeanty and Travis Hunter amongst 17 players invited to the NFL Draft green room – how will we feel if they’re spotted hanging out together, is No. 10 a cursed number on the BSU football team – and who’s the best player to ever wear No. 10, Bob previews the WR room going into the Spring Game in Bronco Focus, football’s transfer portal opens and it’s all quiet in Boise (fingers crossed), what is your favorite form of Dude Therapy

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Meet Ashton Jeanty … the sportswriter – former Boise State running back publishes a column for The Players’ Tribune and touts himself to all 32 NFL general managers, Jeanty and Travis Hunter amongst 17 players invited to the NFL Draft green room – how will we feel if they’re spotted hanging out together, is No. 10 a cursed number on the BSU football team – and who’s the best player to ever wear No. 10, Bob previews the WR room going into the Spring Game in Bronco Focus, football’s transfer portal opens and it’s all quiet in Boise (fingers crossed), what is your favorite form of Dude Therapy

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BRONCO FOCUS: BOB CHECKS IN WITH WIDE RECEIVER ROOM GOING INTO SPRING GAME

BRONCO FOCUS: BOB CHECKS IN WITH WIDE RECEIVER ROOM GOING INTO SPRING GAME

BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory to preview the Broncos’ group of wide receivers going into Saturday’s Spring Game. The top three WRs won’t play because of injuries – what does senior Chase Penry think about his opportunity?MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Oi oi oi becomes aye yi yi

SCOTT SLANT: Oi oi oi becomes aye yi yi

Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. Wednesday Weekly…April 16, 2025. College football’s spring transfer portal opens today, with Boise State’s Andrew Simpson and Braxton Fely already ticketed for it. And now you can add punter James Ferguson-Reynolds.  That’s another tough one, as JFR had become a fan favorite with his Aussie punts and Aussie sense of humor. Ferguson-Reynolds…MORE

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Kellen Moore-Derek Carr storyline is fascinating – how will the former Boise State QB star handle his first QB quagmire as a rookie head coach, Ashton Jeanty making media rounds to talk about NFL Draft, Raiders, his stand-up stance and playing wide receiver, BSU punter James Ferguson-Reynolds enters transfer portal (fourth lost starter this offseason) – does Spencer Danielson have a portal problem, Bob on Ty Benefield’s importance to BSU football in Bronco Focus – and more on Benefield experimenting at WR, seems like new Pac-12/The CW are poised for a TV relationship

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Kellen Moore-Derek Carr storyline is fascinating – how will the former Boise State QB star handle his first QB quagmire as a rookie head coach, Ashton Jeanty making media rounds to talk about NFL Draft, Raiders, his stand-up stance and playing wide receiver, BSU punter James Ferguson-Reynolds enters transfer portal (fourth lost starter this offseason) – does Spencer Danielson have a portal problem, Bob on Ty Benefield’s importance to BSU football in Bronco Focus – and more on Benefield experimenting at WR, seems like new Pac-12/The CW are poised for a TV relationship

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THIS DAY IN SPORTS: When boxing was at a marvelous zenith

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: When boxing was at a marvelous zenith

Presented by MCCAULEY GROUNDSKEEPING. This Day In Sports…April 15, 1985, 40 years ago today: In Las Vegas, two of the greatest fighters of the era meet when middleweight champion “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler defends his title against WBC light-middleweight champ Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns. It was Hagler’s 11th title defense since 1980. For Hearns, the bout represented…MORE

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Celebrating Rory’s performance at the Masters – how do you rank Sunday at Augusta and did his victory leave you emotional, we reminisce about the greatest TV moments in sports history (2007 Fiesta Bowl?), if you could watch only one sports event a year what do you choose (Prater goes Masters Sunday and Johnny goes Super Bowl), hear from Boise State football coaches Spencer Danielson, Matt Miller and Tim Keane on spring camp, Bob chats with returning OL starter Roger Carreon in Bronco Focus, Ashton Jeanty’s new TV commercial, Weekend Winners & Losers

IST WITH PRATER & THE BALLGAME: Celebrating Rory’s performance at the Masters – how do you rank Sunday at Augusta and did his victory leave you emotional, we reminisce about the greatest TV moments in sports history (2007 Fiesta Bowl?), if you could watch only one sports event a year what do you choose (Prater goes Masters Sunday and Johnny goes Super Bowl), hear from Boise State football coaches Spencer Danielson, Matt Miller and Tim Keane on spring camp, Bob chats with returning OL starter Roger Carreon in Bronco Focus, Ashton Jeanty’s new TV commercial, Weekend Winners & Losers

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