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 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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The Boise State football team has added longtime coaches Dirk Koetter and Ron Collins to the staff as senior analysts, a Boise State official confirmed on Wednesday. Koetter, the head coach at Boise State from 1998-2000, will work with the offense while Collins, who spent four seasons as defensive coordinator of the Broncos from 2002-05…
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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. 6, left tackle John Ojukwu: The most experienced player on the Boise State roster is also one of the most important this fall – left tackle John Ojukwu. The…
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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. 7, linebacker Ezekiel Noa: No player on Boise State’s defense enters 2022 with more career starts than linebacker Ezekiel Noa. And the Broncos hope to benefit from that experience.…
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