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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The Boise State football team has filled the final opening on its 2023 schedule with a road game at Memphis. The Broncos, who needed a game after a road matchup at BYU in 2023 was canceled due to the Cougars joining the Big 12 Conference, will travel to Memphis in 2023 and host the Tigers…
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Bronco Nation News is counting down the 25 most important players to the Boise State football team in 2022. Next up in our series is No. 1, quarterback Hank Bachmeier: The starting quarterback is often the most important player on a football team. It’s no different with the Broncos in 2022. Hank Bachmeier enters his…
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Bronco Nation News is counting down the 25 most important players to the Boise State football team in 2022. Next up in our series is No. 2, running back George Holani: There’s no denying what a healthy George Holani means to the Boise State football team. The Broncos badly could use that for a full…
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Bronco Nation News is counting down the 25 most important players to the Boise State football team in 2022. Next up in our series is No. 3, safety JL Skinner: Safety JL Skinner could have been in an NFL camp this summer preparing for his rookie season. Instead he’s back at Boise State – and…
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Bronco Nation News is counting down the 25 most important players to the Boise State football team in 2022. Next up in our series is No. 4, defensive tackle Scott Matlock: On a team filled with NFL prospects entering the 2022 season, not many have the potential of Scott Matlock. The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Matlock emerged…
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Bronco Nation News is counting down the 25 most important players to the Boise State football team in 2022. Next up in our series is No. 5, wide receiver Stefan Cobbs: The departure of Khalil Shakir to the NFL leaves the Broncos looking for a new No. 1 wide receiver. Stefan Cobbs appears to be…
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