Prater & The Ballgame

Boise State football coach Andy Avalos - on playing Washington, program confidence, his backup QB and being paranoid, we share stories of college football coaches being paranoid, Yotes coach Mike Moroski on a new season that starts Saturday, Louisiana Tech reporter on Hank Bachmeier starting his fifth opening-day game Saturday, college football realignment is heating up (good news for Mountain West?) ... PROGRAM NOTE: Chris Petersen on Idaho Sports Talk on Thursday

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BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-THURSDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, shares audio of Wednesday's interview with football coach Andy Avalos. Question: What did opposing teams do last season that gave the Huskies trouble?

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College of Idaho football coach Mike Moroski joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about a new season - it starts Saturday afternoon in Caldwell. Moroski has more than 60 Idaho players on his roster and has high expectations to compete for a NAIA national championship. 

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Former Boise State quarterback Hank Bachmeier - now a starter at Louisiana Tech - makes his fifth opening-day start Saturday against Florida International. Beat reporter Matt Belinson (Ruston Daily Leader) joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about Bachmeier's progress on and off the field since leaving Boise. PHOTO: Matt Belinson

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Washington loses its starting running back - how does that impact Boise State and the Sept. 2 opener in Seattle (hint: Huskies have a deep RB room), new BSU strength coach Ben Hilgart on how to make players bigger, stronger and faster, Washington QB Michael Penix Jr. is a stat-producing machine who's expected to do it again in 2023, college football storylines - Overrated or Underrated, six NFL quarterbacks facing a make-or-break season 

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BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-THURSDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, shares an interview with new strength and conditioning coach Ben Hilgart. He goes into detail about how to make the 2023 Broncos stronger and faster.

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Boise State football players who deserve to be featured on banners on the east side of Albertsons Stadium, Bob shares what coach Andy Avalos said about the weekend scrimmage in Bronco Focus, BSU players who are fighting for roster spots after Week 2 of NFL preseason games, is BSU athletic director Jeramiah Dickey interested in the Washington vacancy, college football analyst Petros Papadakis on who's going to win the BSU-UW opener Sept. 2, Weekend Winners & Losers

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College football analyst and Southern California talk show host Petros Papadakis joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about the state of the game in the West - and who's going to win the Sept. 2 opener between Boise State and Washington.

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BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-THURSDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, shares audio from coach Andy Avalos' press conference on Saturday. The Broncos' football team closed out fall camp with their final closed scrimmage.

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Boise State basketball coach Leon Rice joins IST to discuss the neutral site game in Idaho Falls (12/1/23 at Mountain America Center) between the Broncos and St. Mary's came about, B.J. Rains (Bronco Nation News) discusses the Boise State closed scrimmage and what he would expect to see, Taylen Green leaked video of how the new LED lights will work at Albertsons Stadium, and we learn more about Bronco safety Rodney Robinson

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