Prater & The Ballgame

Prater and Mallory talk to Idaho football coach Paul Petrino for his weekly spring season segment. Petrino touches on the Eastern Washington loss, using a fifth-string QB and a new offensive scheme, and the pros-cons of a spring season that ends this Saturday at Northern Arizona.

BRONCO FOCUS EVERY WEEKDAY AT 3:45 ON 93.1 FM: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory for a post-Spring Game discussion about the offensive and defensive strengths of the football team.

Student-athletes putting Twitter handle on uniforms - how do we feel about that, Orlando reporter shares how UCF is shaking up college football again (and how did its Spring Game go Saturday?), Bob on strengths of Boise State football in Bronco Focus, Vandals' coach Paul Petrino on the spring season, and what makes Prater a bad sports fan/person.

BRONCO FOCUS EVERY WEEKDAY AT 3:45 ON 93.1 FM: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory for a discussion about Saturday's Spring Game, how good the defense looked, and initial thoughts on the new offense.

Mixed bag of thoughts after Boise State Spring Game - did we expect more from the new offense, Bob shares his Saturday observations in Bronco Focus (hint: defense is good), add Masters to list of lackluster sports finishes in 2021, Adam Sandler turning Bountygate into a movie, and who should play Prater in his COVID movie (sloppy Nolte or sloppy Busey)?

Prater and Mallory talk to former Boise State linebacker Tanner Vallejo - now with the Arizona Cardinals and a new 2-year contract - about coming back to Boise as one of four honorary captains for the Spring Game on Saturday. For him, it all started with Andy Avalos.

BRONCO FOCUS EVERY WEEKDAY AT 3:45 ON 93.1 FM: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory for a discussion about Saturday's Spring Game, what fans can expect to see, including a quarterback rotation between Hank Bachmeier and Jack Sears.

Prater and Mallory talk to Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (Idaho Press, BlueTurfSports.com) about Saturday's soldout Spring Game at Albertsons Stadium, top storylines to follow, positions/players to watch, and what it could mean for this fall.

QB competition (and fans) the top storyline going into Boise State Spring Game on Saturday - are you Team Hank or Team Jack, Bob goes over format/rules in Bronco Focus, B.J. Rains with the Blue Turf Sports Report, Tanner Vallejo on wanting to become a defensive starter in the NFL, and remembering the Madden Influence.

Prater and Mallory talk to Boise State assistant athletic director in charge of marketing Matt Thomas about what fans can expect for the Spring Game at Albertsons Stadium on Saturday. Parking lots open at 1 p.m. with no tailgating, kickoff is 3:30 p.m. and a crowd of 6,000-plus is expected.