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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Billy Bowens has mostly been a forgotten man, an afterthought when it comes to wide receivers at Boise State the past few years. That might finally soon change. Bowens has been one of Boise State’s most impressive wide receivers during the first few weeks of fall camp and is pushing to earn significant playing time…
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Stefan Cobbs has yet to have the perfect play. His position coach Matt Miller won’t allow for it. “Anytime we’re in the film room I could have a good completion but he’s going to find something wrong with it,” Cobbs said with a smile. But that’s what Cobbs wants. In fact he asked for it. …
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Safety JL Skinner can do all he wants to try and ignore the outside attention and praise being thrown his way by NFL Draft analysts and talent evaluators. But that doesn’t mean it’s going anywhere. Skinner could have entered the 2022 NFL Draft but instead decided to come back for his senior year. His return…
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Boise State unveiled updated plans and a projected cost Thursday for the ‘Athletics Master Village’ plan originally released in April. The total cost will be just over $300 million. An updated north end zone plan featuring 10 field level suites, club seating and connecting seats to the East and West side of the stadium will…
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BOISE – George Holani didn’t appear to have actual bubble wrap around him during Boise State’s first fall practice on Wednesday. It just felt like it. In an effort to keep their star running back healthy this fall, the Broncos have developed a plan to limit the reps he gets – especially live ones –…
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There was another Noa at Boise State’s first practice today. George Holani and Hank Bachmeier react to Utah State transfer Elelyon Noa – younger brother of sixth-year senior Ezekiel Noa – joining the team on short notice.https://t.co/3Roid5eWwV pic.twitter.com/VGdbayIYSH — B.J. Rains (@BJRains) August 4, 2022 It took six months, but the move that made the…
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