Boise State coach Leon Rice didn’t need to do much research when he saw the Broncos were matched up with Colorado in the First Four in Dayton on Wednesday night. Rice and Colorado coach Tad Boyle have been close friends for two-plus decades and coached together with Team USA in each off the past two…
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No home games until week four, a three-game home stand, another stretch of almost a month without a home game and a non-conference game in the final week of the regular season highlight Boise State’s 2024 football schedule released Thursday. Opponents and locations had previously been announced, but Thursday’s release from the Mountain West included…
Former Boise State head coach and recent offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter is returning as offensive coordinator for the 2024 season, sources told Bronco Nation News on Tuesday morning. It’s expected to be a one-year deal for just the upcoming season as the Broncos looked to fill the late void left when Bush Hamdan surprisingly left…
Bush Hamdan’s stay back at his alma mater was a short one. Hamdan, Boise State’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 2023 season, was announced Wednesday to the same positions at Kentucky. The former Boise State quarterback took a pay cut to leave Missouri and return to the Broncos as offensive coordinator and quarterback…
The Boise State football team has added a second former five-star prospect to the roster in less than three weeks. This one comes with a bit of a risk, but the payoff could be tremendous. The Broncos announced the signing of Kilgore Junior College transfer Chris Marshall on Wednesday. Marshall previously was at Texas A&M…
Spencer Danielson’s final assistant coaching hire at Boise State appears to be a big one. Sources tell Bronco Nation News that Penn State special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach Stacy Collins is expected to join the Broncos. Collins previously was Boise State’s special teams coordinator and EDGE coach in 2021 before leaving for Penn…
Anybody still doubting Spencer Danielson now? Boise State’s first-year coach continued a strong offseason with his biggest move yet, landing a commitment Saturday from former USC quarterback Malachi Nelson. The former 5-star prospect was the No. 1 overall ranked player in the 2023 class before signing with USC. He originally committed to Oklahoma while Lincoln…
The good news just keeps on coming for Spencer Danielson and the Boise State football program. Kicker Jonah Dalmas announced Friday he has elected to use his COVID season of eligibility and return to Boise State in 2024. Dalmas is one of the most accomplished and accurate kickers in the country and many expected him…
Former five-star quarterback Malachi Nelson, a transfer from USC and one of the most sought-after quarterbacks currently in the transfer portal, will arrive in Boise on Thursday night to begin an official visit at Boise State, sources tell Bronco Nation News. According to a report from ESPN.com, the Broncos are the favorites to land Nelson…
The Boise State football team officially welcomed 18 new members Wednesday as part of the 2024 signing class. And it’s a group that could be remembered for a long time. Not for the talent or star rankings, but for a group that stuck together and stuck with the Broncos – despite a crazy 2023 season…
New Boise State football coach Spencer Danielson is putting his staff together for the 2024 season. We’re keeping track of the announcements, including those remaining on staff from Andy Avalos’ group in 2023. Here’s a current look at the staff… OFFENSE Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Bush Hamdan will return as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Hamdan…
Boise State coach Leon Rice didn’t need to do much research when he saw the Broncos were matched up with Colorado in the First Four in Dayton on Wednesday night. Rice and Colorado coach Tad Boyle have been close friends for two-plus decades and coached together with Team USA in each off the past two…
What was expected to be a celebration on Sunday evening turned into a puzzled, frustrating, stunned moment that none saw coming. No, the Boise State men’s basketball team didn’t get left out of the NCAA Tournament. The Broncos are back in the Big Dance for the third straight season for the first time in program…
LAS VEGAS – The New Mexico Lobos played like a team fighting for its NCAA Tournament lives Thursday night at Thomas and Mack Center. They were hungrier. They had more energy. They seemed to want it more. Boise State, meanwhile, started slow and never really recovered. The Broncos looked out of sync for much of…
LAS VEGAS – One thing we learned about Boise State basketball Thursday night. The Broncos are better with a chip on their shoulder. Chips are important in Vegas – poker chips, casino chips … shoulder chips when playing against motivated opponents in the Mountain West Tournament. Boise State has played with attitude, swagger and a…
SAN DIEGO – Max Rice just a had a feeling. Not about his crazy shot. About his teammate Cam Martin. Rice’s faith in Martin proved true and thew two veterans combined for two of the biggest plays of the season Friday night to help Boise State rally to beat San Diego State in overtime, 79-77,…
BOISE – It wasn’t the dream scenario many had hoped for. It was more like a nightmare. Boise State, on its Senior Night, suffered a 76-66 loss to Nevada on Tuesday night at ExtraMile Arena. The Broncos missed nine free throws, had 14 turnovers, shot just 6 of 23 from 3-point range and struggled to…
BOISE – Leon Rice couldn’t help but pause and chuckle at the TV. Boise State’s 14th-year coach was speaking to the media following an impressive 89-79 win over New Mexico on Saturday night at ExtraMile Arena when he caught a glimpse of the TV on the back wall. “Come on,” Rice said. “Look at that.…
AIR FORCE ACADEMY – It sounded easier said than done two weeks ago when the Boise State men’s basketball team started a stretch of four straight games against the bottom four teams in the Mountain West standings. The Broncos didn’t just win all four. They won all four in blowout fashion. Tyson Degenhart had 21…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Roddie Anderson III has always been a scorer, so the thought of going scoreless was a foreign concept to him. But three games in a row without scoring? Safe to say it’s probably never happened in his life. Anderson, Boise State’s starting point guard, didn’t have the start to the season…
LARAMIE, Wyo. – Boise State’s players and coaches watched on the team bus on the short drive from the hotel to the Arena-Auditorium the final seconds of Air Force’s stunning upset win at New Mexico on Saturday afternoon. And all it did was focus them in even more for the task at hand. Having it…
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Boise State star running back Ashton Jeanty talks with the media Monday after the first spring practice. (Video by B.J. Rains/BNN)
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B.J. Rains is a four-time winner of the NSMA Idaho Sportswriter of the Year Award. He covered Boise State Athletics for the Idaho Press from 2013 to 2021 before leaving to create Bronco Nation News. Rains, who was a voter in the Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll from 2014-2021, also makes weekly appearances on KTIK 95.3 FM each Friday at 4 p.m.
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