Dad to Naismith and Nelson. Husband to Karen. Boise State beat writer, show host and publisher
@BNNBroncoNation
. Four-time NSMA Idaho Sportswriter of the Year.
This is crazy! After the Utah State women lost tonight, coach Kayla Ard was asked how they rebuild next season - and she says she just got fired. Never seen anything like this.
"I'm assuming that's going to be the last question?"
(Video courtesy of The Mountain West)
Boise State coach Leon Rice after hearing that Nevada students were ripping on Idaho potatoes during the game:
“That’s where I draw the line. Bad mouth me all you want, but I’m going into the crowd and finding somebody if they talk about potatoes. That’s where it’s over."
Leighton Vander Esch buys new weight room, helps get new Nike uniforms for his high school Salmon River in Riggins.
Cool to see the NFL linebacker already giving back:
Video: Quote of the year from North Texas interim coach Phil Bennett talking about his wife and whether this is his final game before retirement"
"She told me the other day she's going to have a man sleeping in her house next year, and if it was going to be me I better show up."
Is there anything
@CoachLeonRice
can’t do? Boise State’s coach just sat in with
@BSUBlueThunder
at the end of the open practice to play the fight song. Pretty cool:
What a year for the Mountain West. Six bids to the NCAA Tournament!
Congrats to all the fans of New Mexico, San Diego State, Colorado State, Utah State, Nevada and Boise State.
Pretty darn cool for all of you. Enjoy it.
Hank Bachmeier really does do it all. He not only threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns in the win, but he helped take the equipment to the truck afterwards.
Some of the best news I’ve ever reported! After four-plus years, a dozen surgeries and 10 trips to the Cleveland Clinic, happy to say I’m heading back to Boise tonight with an amazing gal that appears to finally be fixed! Can’t put into words how happy I am for her.
Boise State freshman outfielder Reagan Doss grew up in Austin rooting for the Texas Longhorns. Now he'll play his first college game against them. He went back to the same spot to recreate this photo tonight at practice.
Fans storm the court!!! Boise State tops No. 18 San Diego State, 66-60!!
Broncos end the game on a 14-0 run!! Just incredible.
Max Rice with 26 points.
I think the Broncos are going dancing!
Join us on the postgame show
@BNNBroncoNation
!
What a night!
BREAKING: New emails show Boise State engaged the American Athletic Conference earlier this fall about joining the league.
Behind the scenes work has been going on about a potential move.
@TheIdahoPress
and
@BoiseDev
with the exclusive details:
TruTV postgame show criticizing Isiah Stevens for scoring just five points and said he "got the bad one out of the way"
Dude had six rebounds and four assists and only took five shots (2 of 5). Stevens played great. Didn't need to score tonight.
Talk about being tone deaf.
BREAKING: Boise State earns highest AP ranking in program history at No. 23 in the final AP Top 25 Poll of the year today.
It's just the second time in program history the Broncos have ever even been ranked.
More history for the Broncos.
How close are Colorado coach Tad Boyle and Boise State’s Leon Rice? Boyle literally just walked right into Boise State’s locker room to find him before the Broncos’ open practice today.
Leon Rice went off on the New Mexico administration for allowing the baseball team to stand outside the locker room as the players were coming out after half time. Said it got physical.
I have some big news to share: I’ll be leaving
@TheIdahoPress
later this month to pursue a dream of mine: starting my own website/company covering Boise State sports.
I can’t thank
@CdAGregLee
,
@mcdavison
and everyone at the IP enough for the past nine years.
Stay tuned…
Assistant coach Spencer Danielson drove five players 19 hours from Dallas to San Diego after their flights were cancelled. It's one of several stories of Boise State players and their families having to scramble to get home after the canceled bowl game:
BYU is No. 9 in the Coaches Poll. Broncos haven't played a team that high since No. 4 TCU in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl.
Friday night's game will be Boise State's highest-ranked opponent in a decade, and the highest-ranked ever to play in Boise.
God is good! After 3-plus years and close to 10 surgical procedures (I lost count), we found out during our visit to the Cleveland Clinic today that a path to recovery for my amazing wife is near! We’re not there yet, but as close as we’ve ever been. And I am so happy for her.
Congrats to Boise State volleyball player Paige Bartsch on her new NIL deal with Lithia Ford.
Paige gets a new Bronco Sport for a year in exchange for marketing including social posts, appearances, etc.
It’s one of the biggest NIL deals for a women’s athlete at Boise State.
My take for all the negative fans in my mentions: a month ago even making a bowl game seemed doubtful. You got an extra three weeks of fun and an improbable championship. Sure losing this wasn’t fun or ideal, but take the season for what it was and get excited for next year.
Shout out to
@whatwouldDOOdo
and
@EireannDolan
for making Naismith’s day! Saw us playing baseball at the hotel and stopped to compliment his swing and chat. Even gave him an autographed card! Thanks for being so cool. You’ve got a few new fans now!
BREAKING: Dirk Koetter is returning to lead Boise State's offense in 2024, sources tell
@BNNBroncoNation
.
It's a one-year deal to help Spencer Danielson out in 2024 with spring practice starting in two weeks. Huge news:
Boise State's game Thursday against San Jose State will take place at Ability 360 in Phoenix.
There will be a one-camera live stream, no media allowed.
This a picture of the court, according to their website.
I wish I was making this up.
This is one of the worst jobs by the committee seeding teams that I can remember in a long time.
Several teams way too high, several way too low. Very odd.
"I am extremely confident Spencer is an elite leader, a man of great substance and a rising star in the coaching profession who will lead Boise State football to a bright future.”
BREAKING: Boise State names Spencer Danielson full-time coach. Details:
BREAKING: Sources tell
@BNNBroncoNation
that quarterback Hank Bachmeier is transferring from Boise State.
News comes two days after offensive coordinator Tim Plough was fired.
Exclusive story from Bronco Nation News:
Court storming in Boise! Huge win for the Broncos, 65-58, over No. 17 Colorado State.
Boise State extends the nations longest homecourt winning streak to 22 and picks up its second Quad 1 win of the season.
Not sure this deserved a court storm, but a massive win nonetheless.
Two years ago tonight I went to bed scared, wondering if anybody would subscribe to
@BNNBroncoNation
and if I was dumb for leaving a full-time job at the paper.
Tomorrow is our 2-year anniversary, and we've got 881 paying subscribers and 13 sponsors.
#Blessed
#JustGettinStarted
Personal update: My wife tested positive for COVID-19 last week, and I’m a presumed positive as well. We’re both doing much better. Didn’t share for folks to feel sorry for us, but wanted to encourage everyone to please wear a mask and social distance! Take this seriously!
Boise State’s charter to Dayton is set to take off shortly. Not the destination anyone expected, but we’ll see if the Broncos can make some history anyway.
How does Davis Koetter plan to celebrate tonight?
“I’m going to have a couple drinks. I’m 24 so I can say that, and I’m no longer a Boise State student-athlete.”
Final two players on the field? Boise State linebacker Zeke Noa and his brother, Utah State freshman running back Elelyon Noa. Cool moment and night for them.
Final: Boise State 86, No. 19 New Mexico 78.
One of the best wins of the Leon Rice era. Broncos were given no shot - and they get maybe the win of the year in the Mountain West. Max Rice with 35.
Join us short for the
@BoiseFord
Postgame Show! Plenty to talk about!
The drought continues. Boise State falls to 0-10 in the NCAA Tournament with a loss to Colorado in the First Four.
Broncos picked the wrong time for one of their worst shooting games of the season. Missed 21 layups, shot 2 of 17 from 3-point range.
Postgame show coming up.
I won’t win the offseason body transformation challenge (
@Ron_BroncoBeat
has me beat), but I’ve got a shot at second place. Just weighed in at 75 pounds lost since the pandemic hit in March!
Nice to have clothes that fit again.
San Diego State's Brian Dutcher on Boise State getting a No. 8 seed, courtesy of
@sdutzeigler
:
"I’d love one year to just sit in that room and hear what people are saying. They won the regular season and the postseason tournament, and got an 8 seed."
Boise State/Leon Rice haters will be out in full force, but the Broncos arguably overachieved after losing three starters from last year's team.
Back-to-back trips to the Big Dance, second place finish in MW still a step in the right direction. Future appears bright.
Mountain West improves to 3-4 in the Big Dance.
First year in MW history three different teams won a game.
Both single digit seeds won, while the double-digit seeds (all of which were badly under-seeded) went 1-4.
FINAL: Boise State 90, Wyoming 70.
It's the 12th win in a row for the Broncos, who improve to 12-1 on the season and 8-0 in Mountain West play.
I've seen enough. Boise State will be included in my AP Top 25 ballot on Sunday night.
Eric Nelson, father of Malachi Nelson, tells
@BNNBroncoNation
Boise State fans have "nothing to worry about" with Bush Hamdan leaving.
“Malachi wants to be a Bronco and shock the world and leave a legacy and be part of something special at Boise State."
Sources: Quarterback Malachi Nelson, the former No. 1 ESPN overall recruit from 2023, will take an official visit to Boise State in the upcoming days. Nelson transferred out of USC after one season, and Boise will mark his first official visit.
Breaking Boise State football news, sent 10 minutes ago via email to paying subscribers of
@BNNBroncoNation
...
Exclusive: Assistant coach Kelly Poppinga is expected to leave for a position at BYU:
The trolls are out in full force on the Bush Hamdan hire.
Dude was the OC for Chris Petersen at Washington, and has nearly a decade experience working in the Power 5/NFL.
Can't call this anything other than a solid hire for the Broncos.
BNN EXCLUSIVE: Kansas transfer
@Cam_martin31
tells
@BNNBroncoNation
he's committed to Boise State.
"I think I can come in and be that one piece and push us over the top and get that first NCAA Tournament win."
Video interview sent to subscribers. Story:
Pilot just gave a shoutout to Boise State as we started our decent into Vegas.
Team is on my
@SouthwestAir
flight, and he said "special welcome to the Boise State basketball team and congrats on a big win over Fresno State last night."
Some Fresno State fans not amused.
"That’s one of the worst screw jobs I've seen man. They had a heck a year and swept some of the teams who are four or five seeds ahead of them. That one was shocking."
Gonzaga coach Mark Few said what Leon Rice probably wanted to:
San Diego State advances to the Elite Eight with a 71-64 upset of No. 1 seed Alabama.
Big win for the Mountain West.
First Elite Eight appearance ever for the conference, and another $2 million for the league. And it helps validate what the league did this year.
The Boise State football team will return to campus around 9pm tonight, and fans are welcome to greet the busses as they arrive on Cesar Chavez on the north side of the Bleymaier Football Center.
Not a formal welcoming party, but they are allowing fans to come if you'd like.
EA Sports picked Boise State as one of 15 schools to be featured in posters around the city of Boise in the coming days to promote the launch of the college football game.
The entire team surrounded
@Coach_SD
during his postgame TV interview after the 45-10 win. Tons of celebrations and hugs. What a moment.
We’ll break it all down on the
@BoiseFord
@BNNBroncoNation
Postgame Show around 10pm. Stay up and join us!
Final: Boise State 68, Wyoming 61.
Broncos establish a new program record with 26 wins.
They'll play for their first Mountain West Tournament championship tomorrow afternoon.
This team truly is 'different'.