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 20 key questions and storylines facing the Boise State football team entering the 2023 season. Next up in our series is question No. 11: What will the Broncos’ record be at the end of September? Boise State has its toughest five-game stretch to start a season in…
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Bronco Nation News is taking a look at 20 key questions and storylines facing the Boise State football team entering the 2023 season. Next up in our series is question No. 12: Who will lead the Broncos in sacks in 2023, and why have recent sack numbers declined? Boise State’s sack numbers have declined in…
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Bronco Nation News is taking a look at 20 key questions and storylines facing the Boise State football team entering the 2023 season. Next up in our series is question No. 13: What changes are coming to the ‘fan experience’ at Albertsons Stadium? Boise State is expecting to make some big upgrades to the fan…
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Bronco Nation News is taking a look at 20 key questions and storylines facing the Boise State football team entering the 2023 season. Next up in our series is question No. 14: What should be expected from the tight end group in 2023? Riley Smith had a career year for the Broncos in 2022, hauling…
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Bronco Nation News is taking a look at 20 key questions and storylines facing the Boise State football team entering the 2023 season. Next up in our series is question No. 15: What’s the offensive line look like in 2023? The departures of two starters – left tackle John Ojukwu and center Kekaniakoa Holomalia-Gonzalez –…
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Bronco Nation News is taking a look at 20 key questions and storylines facing the Boise State football team entering the 2023 season. Next up in our series is question No. 16: Which youngsters are primed for breakout seasons? B.J. Rains and Jay Tust discussed their breakout candidates on Friday’s episode of Bronco Nation News…
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