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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Boise State quarterback Hank Bachmeier intends to enter the transfer portal, sources confirmed to Bronco Nation News early Monday morning. The news comes two days after Boise State fired offensive coordinator Tim Plough and replaced him with former Boise State head coach and longtime NFL offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter. Since Bachmeier only played in four…
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Boise State football coach Andy Avalos has fired offensive coordinator Tim Plough and replaced him with former Boise State and NFL head coach Dirk Koetter for the remainder of the season. It was a move fans were calling for, but it didn’t make the announcement on Saturday afternoon any less stunning. Plough was under heavy…
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP fans didn’t rush the field following a stunning 27-10 upset of Boise State on Friday night at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. And that may have said it all about the current state of Boise State’s program. It was the worst loss in two years under coach Andy…
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EL PASO, Texas – The Boise State football team and it’s much-maligned offense will be back in action tonight when the Broncos face UTEP at 7 p.m. at Sun Bowl Stadium on CBS Sports Network. Boise State currently ranks No. 91 nationally in scoring offense at 26.0 points per game, and 107th in total offense…
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The Boise State football team will play its first regular season game in Texas since 2004 on Friday night when the Broncos play at UTEP. And coach Andy Avalos hopes that will soon change. “I would like to play more games in Texas and I know Jeramiah would as well,” Avalos said of athletic director…
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How crazy and unlikely is the scoring run freshman Hayden Wilsey is on right now for the Boise State women’s soccer team? Wilsey made a contest with Morgan Stone a few weeks ago to try and see her teammate score 10 goals this season – thinking there was no way she’d even play enough herself…
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