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Prater: No worries about Jeanty, but his offensive line is a different story

3 weeks ago | bronconationnews.com | Mike Prater

In case you missed the big news, the NFL has created a new award, starting with the 2025 season: Protector of the Year, honoring the league’s best offensive lineman. As the NFL published on its own website, “At long last, the hog mollies are getting some love.’’Just in time for Ashton Jeanty. The man has always loved his hog mollies. Now, more than ever, he needs one … or five.
Safarova's second chance propels Boise State women's tennis team to best season in 15 years

1 month ago | bronconationnews.com | Brandon Walton

BOISE – Zdena Safarova had become quite familiar with airport terminals and long flights. The Boise State women’s tennis standout has crisscrossed continents and traversed America’s vast landscape in pursuit of her dream. And after years of grueling travel, she’s finally living it. The sophomore sensation rewrote the Bronco (20-6) record books and propelled them to their best season in a decade and a half.
Prater: Jeanty vs. Hunter - a blossoming rivalry that will continue into the NFL

2 months ago | bronconationnews.com | Mike Prater

Travis Hunter, the flashy football player that Boise can’t stand, did it again. He upstaged Ashton Jeanty. Didn’t know it was possible. Now he’s done it twice. First at the Heisman Trophy ceremony. Then at the NFL Draft. Boise football fans may not embrace this, but in a few short months, this Jeanty-Hunter thing has turned into a fantastic individual rivalry, between two wonderful football players and two brilliant personalities. One is considered controversial, the Product of Prime.
Second Chance: How Boise State's Allyson Alden took back and rewrote her volleyball career

2 months ago | bronconationnews.com | Brandon Walton

BOISE – Allyson Alden had overcame greater odds. So she didn’t fret down a set against Arizona’s No. 1 tandem with the Boise State beach volleyball team’s four-year home unbeaten streak on the line. Just two years after thinking her volleyball career was over due to a knee injury, the redshirt senior is now leading the top-seeded Broncos (19-10) into Wednesday’s Southland Conference Beach Volleyball Championships in New Orleans as part of their No. 1 pairing. “She’s extremely gritty.
Prater: Ashton Jeanty - and the rest of the biggest headlines in Boise State history

2 months ago | bronconationnews.com | Mike Prater

Ashton Jeanty is a headline machine. Tyson Degenhart has created a ton of his own headlines. The 2024-25 athletic season has been that kind of year for Boise State football and basketball – the most successful combo performances in school history. Football won 12 games – thanks to Jeanty, the greatest running back in Boise State history. Basketball won 26 games – thanks to Degenhart, the greatest scorer in Boise State basketball history.
Boise State's Emily Lopez aims to make more history at regionals as storied career winds down

2 months ago | bronconationnews.com | Brandon Walton

BOISE – Emily Lopez didn’t place in the first meet she ever did. “I just ran to my mom and started bawling,” said the Boise State fifth-year gymnast with a laugh. “I was like, ‘When am I going to medal?’“So maybe that lit a fire under my butt or something.”It appears so. Lopez is about to leave as one of the most-decorated gymnasts in Boise State history. She ranks in the top-10 all-time in career wins in not, not two, but three different events.
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Feb 11, 2025 | bronconationnews.com | Mike Prater

I was thinking about former Boise State basketball scoring legend Tanoka Beard the other day, which inspired a thought from the football season. Is he Barry Sanders? Or is he Eric Dickerson? If you know, you know. If you don’t, here’s the deal … The 2024 football season will go down as the Year of the Running Back. It was a special time that will forever be cemented in our memories after watching Ashton Jeanty shred the college season and Saquon Barkley dominate the NFL.
Prater: Boise State football and Jesus - it’s not for everyone, but it definitely works for Danielson

Jan 26, 2025 | bronconationnews.com | Mike Prater

Now seems like a good time to have a serious conversation about football and religion, but first a confession: I go to church once a year – on the Sunday they sing Christmas songs. I also have a brother, a close, loving brother who is one of the most important people in my life. He’s Jewish and a rabbi. I’m conflicted … like many of you every time Boise State football coach Spencer Danielson opens his mouth and drops a Jesus reference.
Prater: Danielson dives into offseason priority list with bold optimism

Jan 13, 2025 | bronconationnews.com | Mike Prater

Spencer Danielson is feeling bold these days, as he should. He’s a likeable football coach with 15 wins in 18 games – the only Boise State coach with a better start is Chris Petersen (17-1). Danielson is coming off one of the most dynamic seasons in program history. His roster, moving forward, is in good shape. “I’m extremely excited for the future,’’ he said the other day in his first offseason press conference.
Prater: Boise State, as usual, nailed Sunday with a perfect execution of business and joy

Dec 8, 2024 | bronconationnews.com | Mike Prater

The scene inside the Bleymaier Football Center on Sunday morning was a bizarre mixture of business as usual – and stunningly surreal – as the Boise State football family gathered for one of those rare moments in life. Wide receiver Austin Bolt, one of 15 locals on the roster, sat by himself in the massive theater-style team room eating chicken wings. Running back Ashton Jeanty walked around like a normal dude, just being himself, not acting anything like a Heisman Trophy finalist.