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Prater: Danielson inspires Boise State – from rock-bottom to the opportunity of a lifetime
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Prater: Football’s future will be shaped by how this season ends – and the next six months
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Prater: Football star Joe O’Brien still inspires emotions – even after 30 emotional years
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Prater: Danielson is a relentless talker – and relentless in the way he sends messages to players
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Prater: Prime-time in Vegas – the perfect time for Madsen to find big-game consistency
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Prater: Boise State embracing generational moment – the amazing story of two No. 2s
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Prater: Boise State CBs are the weak link on a defense that needs to get better
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Prater: Jeanty and the Heisman – history is against him, the odds are not
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Prater: This weekend – a chance to appreciate Boise State when everyone else is fighting
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Prater: Malachi Watch continues Saturday night – and other reasons why Americans are so obsessed with QBs
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Prater: Boise State football – diving off the cliff, hoping for a smooth landing
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Prater: Eating my words on Heisman hype – and other random thoughts after Boise State’s crazy debut
How it started: Lose coin toss, lose two yards on opening play, personal foul, punt. ESPNU not showing the start because of technical difficulties – probably a good thing. How it ended: Watch out third-ranked Oregon – Boise State is coming for you. Welcome to a new season of college football, a sport that has…
Prater: Can a new Boise State season repair a fractured trust between fans and the head coach’s office?
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Prater: Boise State made the right decision at QB – but it’s a nervous decision
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Prater: Can Boise State capitalize on its offseason of joy … and what does Coach Pete think of the QBs?
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Prater: Boise State football has a new buzzword – and it sounds painful
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Prater: Boise State keeps crushing the offseason, pushing its brand, raising expectations
LAS VEGAS – Boise State showed up at Media Days as the biggest story of a fast-approaching Mountain West football season. The story, suddenly, as things tend to happen in Vegas, got bigger overnight. More brash. More bold. More bravado. Boise State football is doing everything right these days, continuing to win the offseason and…
Prater: Dickey goes bold with Notre Dame game; rest of schedule needs some love
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Prater: Danielson takes risk-reward approach to coaching Boise State football
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Prater: Boise State football still juggling QBs as competition moves into August
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Prater: Who’s the fastest Boise State football player – and why isn’t he running track?
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Prater: Boise State’s NCAA drought reaches 0-10 – and this one hurts the most
There was a bus, one of those nice luxury rides, waiting outside in the parking lot, more than ready to take the Boise State basketball team on a two-hour joyride from Dayton to Indianapolis. It never happened. There was a potential meeting, an opportunity to play the biggest game in school history, in Indianapolis on…
Prater: Boise State gambles on pre-game approach, loses its chips in Vegas
LAS VEGAS – One thing we learned about Boise State basketball Thursday night. The Broncos are better with a chip on their shoulder. Chips are important in Vegas – poker chips, casino chips … shoulder chips when playing against motivated opponents in the Mountain West Tournament. Boise State has played with attitude, swagger and a…
Prater: Boise State basketball has earned the right to play without stress in Vegas
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Prater: Boise State football and basketball are on fire – a look into the crystal ball
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Prater: Danielson has naive superpower that shields the dark side of college football
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Prater: Mad Max goes all Rambo in Albuquerque as Boise State gets back on track
It’s one of my all-time favorite stories, a story worth sharing over and over. Especially now. In case you haven’t heard, as the story goes, told by the man himself, Boise State basketball coach Leon Rice once shot himself. As a child of the 1970s in Richland, Washington, he somehow turned a collection of curious…
Prater: Who has the most pressure to succeed in 2024 – Rice or Danielson?
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Prater: Danielson, in his first chaotic month, has conquered a long list of concerns
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Prater: Boise State football, a critical offseason, and a long list of concerns
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Prater: Holani has built a legendary career – how do we feel about his legacy?
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Prater: Danielson’s hire gives Boise State the emotional spark it needs for 2024
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Prater: Kellen Moore chatter is nerve-wracking as we wait for Dickey’s decision
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Prater: Boise State football finds joy in a season that’s about to get more weird
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Prater: Danielson building his case – but is he the fit that Boise State needs?
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Prater: Dickey’s decision to fire Avalos – the beginning of a complicated rebuild
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Prater: Boise State losing in football – and falling behind in the NIL game
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Prater: It’s cloudy and clear – Madsen is taking over Boise State’s offense
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Prater: Boise State football is a mess – now is not the time to make it messier
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Prater: Green-Maddux QB idea is crazy – but it’s a lovefest with a chance to work
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Prater: Boise State gives us another September to forget … now what?
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Prater: Shocking – nobody is saying bad things about the offensive line
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Prater: Boise State football’s youth movement frustrating – and inspiring
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Prater: Green is playing with too much clutter – and not enough freedom
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Prater: Boise State has all sorts of issues, but let’s start with defense
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Prater: Boise State football at a crossroads – and Avalos is saying all the right things
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Prater: The 12 ‘Most Interesting People’ on the Boise State football roster
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Prater: Boise State fans being tested, tormented by college football chaos
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Prater: Avalos loves The Beard – but what about the rest of his defense?
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Prater: How tough is Gloria Nevarez, how good is Taylen Green?
Note: This is a free article but most of Prater’s articles will soon go behind the paywall. Subscribe now using promo code BNN50 to get a one-year subscription for just $50. Subscribe to this limited time offer at this link now. LAS VEGAS – New Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez played a game of cat-and-mouse…
Prater: End of a newspaper career, beginning of something special at BNN
NOTE: This is a free article but most of Prater’s articles will soon go behind the paywall. Subscribe now using promo code BNN50 to get a one-year subscription for just $50 for unlimited access to BNN content. Subscribe to this limited time offer at this link now. LAS VEGAS – Change, it’s everywhere these days.…
