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KHALIL SHAKIR: BILLS REPORTER ON THE BSU RECEIVER – AND THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE WEEKEND

KHALIL SHAKIR: BILLS REPORTER ON THE BSU RECEIVER – AND THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE WEEKEND

Longtime NFL reporter Ryan O’Halloran, now with The Buffalo News, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about former Boise State/current Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir – and his role in Sunday’s NFL playoff game against Baltimore. O’Halloran also talks about Shakir’s future in Buffalo – and what kind of money he could expect in a new contract.MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Broncos get the message on defense

SCOTT SLANT: Broncos get the message on defense

Presented by BIG BUN DRIVE-IN. Wednesday Weekly…January 15, 2025. “When we address things, they can fix ‘em,” said Boise State coach Leon Rice off the top of the KBOI postgame show. The defense got fixed Tuesday night, and the Broncos blew out Wyoming 96-55 in ExtraMile Arena. “It was a great bounce-back,” Rice added after…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Lombardi’s definitive Packers finale

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Lombardi’s definitive Packers finale

Presented by BIG BUN DRIVE-IN. This Day In Sports…January 14, 1968: The Green Bay Packers win the Super Bowl for the second consecutive year, dropping the Oakland Raiders 33-14 in Super Bowl II. The game drew the first $3 million gate in football history (man, does that sound like peanuts now, or what?). Packers quarterback…MORE

GETTING TO KNOW ZAK HILL: JAYLON HENDERSON ON BOISE STATE’S NEW QB COACH

GETTING TO KNOW ZAK HILL: JAYLON HENDERSON ON BOISE STATE’S NEW QB COACH

Former Boise State quarterback Jaylon Henderson (2018-19), now playing pro football in Germany, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about new QB coach Zak Hill. Hill returns to Boise State where he coached Henderson, Brett Rypien and Hank Bachmeier from 2016-19 – his new QB is current starter Maddux Madsen.MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Burrow buries the other Tigers for the title

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Burrow buries the other Tigers for the title

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…January 13, 2020, five years ago today: As if he needed to, LSU quarterback Joe Burrow validates the Heisman Trophy he won a month earlier, leading the Tigers to a 42-25 victory over Clemson for the national championship. Burrow threw for 463 yards and five touchdown passes, both records…MORE

BNN REPORT: BREAKING DOWN WHAT SPENCER DANIELSON SAID THIS OFFSEASON

BNN REPORT: BREAKING DOWN WHAT SPENCER DANIELSON SAID THIS OFFSEASON

Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about football coach Spencer Danielson and his 40-minute press conference this week. Rains touches on the push for NIL cash, CBs/coach, RBs/Gaines, QBs/Hill, and WRs/Marshall.MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A dynasty launched with ‘The Catch’

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A dynasty launched with ‘The Catch’

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…January 10, 1982: In the Bay Area, it is still known as “The Catch”—Dwight Clark’s fingertip reception of a Joe Montana pass with 51 seconds left in the NFC Championship Game at Candlestick Park. It gave San Francisco a 28-27 win over Dallas and symbolized the beginning of a…MORE