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SCOTT SLANT: Nothing is a given in the Mountain West

SCOTT SLANT: Nothing is a given in the Mountain West

Presented by OPTIMIST YOUTH FOOTBALL. Wednesday Weekly…January 17, 2024. That’s not the way Boise State wanted to set the table for Saturday’s San Diego State game. If you needed any more evidence that the Mountain West is a meatgrinder, you saw it Tuesday night in UNLV’s 68-64 win over the Broncos in ExtraMile Arena. The…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Dallas Cowboys’ first Super Bowl title

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Dallas Cowboys’ first Super Bowl title

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…January 16, 1972: After years of frustration, the Dallas Cowboys win their first Super Bowl, crushing the Miami Dolphins, 24-3. MVP Roger Staubach completed 12 of 18 passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns, and the Cowboys rushed for 252 yards—95 by a nearly-unstoppable Duane Thomas. Having ended…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: This upset still stands as the NFL’s biggest

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: This upset still stands as the NFL’s biggest

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…January 12, 1969: This was the day, as an unsuspecting sports world witnesses the biggest upset in NFL history. And New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath had famously guaranteed it in the days before the game. The American Football League was only nine seasons old, and the evidence said…MORE

STEELHEADS: BOISE NATIVE BAILEY CONGER ON PLAYING HOCKEY IN HIS HOMETOWN

STEELHEADS: BOISE NATIVE BAILEY CONGER ON PLAYING HOCKEY IN HIS HOMETOWN

New Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) player Bailey Conger joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about his return to Boise. Conger was born in Boise, won a national championship with the Junior Steelheads, and just returned from England to make his Steelheads’ debut this week. Idaho hosts Kansas City on Friday and Saturday nights in Downtown Boise.MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The best coaching run in Boise State history

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The best coaching run in Boise State history

Presented by THE JAMES. This Day In Sports…January 11, 2007: Ten days after leading Boise State to its legendary upset of Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, Chris Petersen accepts the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award as the national coach of the year in Houston. Petersen had gone unbeaten as a rookie coach, the first college football…MORE