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 men’s basketball team doesn’t have much interest in revisiting the historic, record-breaking season from a year ago. A new one has officially started. The defending Mountain West regular season and tournament champions took to the court Wednesday for the first official practice of the 2022-23 season. And they did so with a…
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The Boise State football team officially moved on from the Hank Bachmeier era on Tuesday when coach Andy Avalos, through a team spokesman, announced that Taylen Green would start at quarterback on Friday night against San Diego State. Green was one of four quarterbacks participating in practice Tuesday. Bachmeier, as expected, was not one of…
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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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