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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Bronco Nation News is taking a look at 25 questions about the Boise State football team heading into the 2024 season. Next up in our series is No. 23: What are the chances punter James Ferguson-Reynolds will leave early for the NFL Draft? Punters don’t get drafted very often. Could Boise State’s James Ferguson-Reynolds make…
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Bronco Nation News is taking a look at 25 questions about the Boise State football team heading into the 2024 season. Next up in our series is No. 24: What are realistic expectations for Sire Gaines and Breezy Dubar? Ashton Jeanty will get most of the attention and workload for the Boise State football team…
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Bronco Nation News is taking a look at 25 questions about the Boise State football team heading into the 2024 season. First up in our series is No. 25: What should be expected from the tight end group and is Matt Lauter ready to be a star? Boise State’s top tight end in 2023 wasn’t…
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Boise State made another big splash in the transfer portal Wednesday, landing a commitment from 7-foot Arizona transfer Dylan Anderson. The Broncos beat out several big-time programs for Anderson including Washington, Creighton and Texas. He’s expected to immediately be in the mix for the starting spot at center, which could slide O’Mar Stanley to the…
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Boise State continued to reload its roster Wednesday with a commitment from NAIA star Javan Buchanan, winning a competitive recruiting battle that included Texas Tech and others. Sources confirmed the commitment to Bronco Nation News on Wednesday. Buchanan was a first-team NAIA All-American after averaging 20.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.1…
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Boise State’s quarterback battle come fall camp has shrunk from a three-man race to two. Freshman CJ Tiller, who made his debut in the LA Bowl against UCLA, announced Friday that he will enter the transfer portal. The news is not that surprising given Tiller, who still has four years of eligibility remaining, appeared to…
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