Prater & The Ballgame

Nathan Burk, a senior associate athletic director/operations at Boise State, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about a new job posting on campus: Director of Sports Turf Operations, including oversight of the famous blue turf. The position pays nearly $70,000 a year - anyone interested?

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BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about the BSU-Washington season opener. Bob airs highlights of five plays that made a difference in the game.

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Johnny and Bob kickoff 2024 with a look back at the two classic semifinal College Football Playoff games, we've got weekend winners and losers, In Bronco Focus-Bob gives his expectations for the Mountain West basketball season as conference play begins, Johnny puts an NFL owner in his outhouse, and IST listeners weigh in on their expectations for new Boise State football coach Spencer Danielson 

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BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Idaho Sports Talk to discuss his expectations for Mountain West basketball as the conference season tips off. 

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Kick back and listen to some classic moments from Idaho Sports Talk including the first appearance of Johnny's mom, the missing Jaylon Henderson jersey saga, interviews with Boise State bowl game MVP's, Prater's bathroom faux pas and New Year's plans, the most important Boise State football plays of 2023, and many instances of how NOT to be like Johnny Ballgame

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It's our final show of 2023 - thank you to all of our listeners and sponsors and cheers to a fantastic 2024, we celebrate by asking our listeners one easy question: As a sports fan, what's the one thing you want in 2024 (a lot of Lions love), B.J. Rains with a midseason basketball report in Bronco Focus/BNN (there's a home game vs. Utah Valley on Friday night), BSU/Idaho connections in the CFP semifinals, our Six Pack of bowl games to watch, and is the Yoko Effect real (Jason Kelce???)

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Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about the 8-4 men's basketball team, which closes out nonconference play against Utah Valley on Friday night. Rains touches on the good and the bad of an up-and-down season.

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Happy holidays from KTIK and Idaho Sports Talk - hoping everyone had a Merry Christmas, we debate five nominees for Boise State football story of the year - Mountain West championship, Andy Avalos fired, Spencer Danielson hired, NIL/transfer portal and Ashton Jeanty (on and off the field), what sports-related gifts did we receive and what gifts did our listeners land this Christmas holiday season, Bronco Focus - we debate former BSU players who are chasing a Super Bowl ring in the NFL, Johnny's NFL Penthouse/Outhouse (Taylor Swift showing up as Yoko Ono?), Weekend Winners & Losers

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Prater & The Ballgame take you into the holiday weekend with a best of show with interviews with Jeramiah Dickey and Davis Koetter, and classic moments including when JP emailed Sonic about cold tots, Johnny's sick day "to-do" list, Prater's infatuation with peach cobbler, a cranky Jim Gray, and the guys break down Chiefs coach Andy Reid-breaking down the food at the White House

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Live from the Boise State Esports Arena for the Giving Games to benefit the Idaho Food Bank, Broncos' Esports founder and head coach Chris Haskell on the success of his national-championship program - and how it's funded, Tyson Degenhart on going home to play basketball in Spokane, Bob previews the BSU-Washington State game in Bronco Focus, more on football's quest to find a quarterback in the transfer portal - could it be a transfer from Florida State/Nebraska with ties to BSU, what was your favorite electronic Christmas gift as a child, Fantasy Corner with Howard Bender 

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