Prater & The Ballgame

Former Boise State basketball star Coby Karl in the IST studio - after one season in the NBA on the 76ers' bench, how Karl visualizes his coaching career and why he still keeps in touch with Leon Rice, Bob (Bronco Focus) projects the top four offensive players for the 2024 Mountain West football season (hmmmm, who's No. 1?), what do we miss the most about the now-dead Pac-12, who stole the Meridian Speedway pace car, Weekend Winners & Losers See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Boise State basketball star Coby Karl, now a first-year assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers, joins Prater & The Ballgame in the KTIK studio to talk about life in the NBA, coach Dan Hurley turning down the Lakers and what he’s doing in Boise this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-THURSDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory to share a top four list: Best offensive players heading into a new Mountain West football season. Tuesday: Top four defensive players for 2024. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KTIK gives away two more sets of Boise State football season tickets, new offensive coordinator Kellen Moore has changed "95 percent'' of the Eagles' offense - how is that sitting with coaches and players in Philadelphia, hear from QB Jalen Hurts on what he thinks of Moore's changes, B.J. on his weekly BNN Report - what's up with the Mountain West bowl situation for the next two years, Johnny tries to pitch three (bad) movie ideas See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about the Mountain West and its primary bowl games for 2024-25: LA (vs. TBD), Potato (vs. MAC), Hawaii (vs. C-USA), Gin & Juice (vs. MAC) and New Mexico (vs. C-USA). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boise State athletic director Jeramiah Dickey joins IST in studio to share how Notre Dame landed on the football schedule, how fans can get tickets, the art of building a nonconference schedule and his vision (and money plan) behind the north end zone project, what listeners/fans are saying about the football schedule and NEZ, Bob looks at rivalries lost/gained in college football realignment in Bronco Focus, who will be the first $100M/per year athlete (NBA?) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeramiah Dickey joins Prater & The Ballgame in the KTIK RoePaint.com studio for a interview to talk about the art of scheduling a game at Notre Dame, why he believes football scheduling is so difficult and the Albertsons Stadium north end zone project. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-THURSDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory to continue his series on changes coming to college football this season. Thursday: Rivalries that are back - and some rivalries that are disappearing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boise State adds Notre Dame to 2025 football schedule, Broncos will receive $1.35M and 5,000 tickets for playing the biggest nonconference game in school history, we break down the known details of the game on Oct. 4 with potential kickoff time and TV info, Bob explores TV changes coming to CFB in Bronco Focus - with a crystal-ball look at BSU-ND, Alexander Mattison scouting report from Raiders' camp, former Steelheads announcer Doug Plagens on calling the Stanley Cup Finals for Florida. NOTE: Jeramiah Dickey on IST on Wednesday See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Doug Plagens is the radio play-by-play announcer for the Florida Panthers, who play the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Finals starting Saturday night. Plagens joins Prater and Bob for a trip down memory lane - how he transitioned from the Treasure Valley to the NHL (including one memorable stop at the Homedale Demolition Derby). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-THURSDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater to begin a four-part series this week: Changes coming to college football this season and how they impact the Broncos and their program. Tuesday: TV changes, including a crystal-ball look into the BSU-Notre Dame game in 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Assistant coach Mike Burns joins Prater and Bob to share the story behind new point guard Alvaro Cardenas, who is from Spain. Head coach Leon Rice said last week that he's wanted a European PG on his roster "because of the way they play.'' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touchdowns for Tickets (and free Boise State football season tickets for this season) is down to its final week of qualifying, former BSU quarterback Kellen Moore on the 2025 ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame (is the fourth time a charm?), BSU basketball assistant coach Mike Burns on why the Broncos wanted a European point guard on the roster, Burns on how Alvaro Cardenas (Spain) can make the Broncos better, Bob (Bronco Focus) begins four-part series on changes coming to college football in 2024 - and how they impact BSU, Weekend Winners & Losers See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-THURSDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater to begin a four-part series this week: Changes coming to college football this season and how they impact the Broncos and their program. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Live from the BNN Golf Tournament at Timberstone GC, Boise State coach Spencer Danielson on how the north end zone project impacts his program - and throwing up, QB Maddux Madsen says football team is back together for summer workouts and 'it's all ball,' what Danielson and basketball coach Leon Rice said at a BNN function, stories on how Prater and Ballgame used to stalk athletes as kids, B.J. with his BNN Report on the Madsen-Nelson QB battle, we give away a pair of BSU season tickets (we'll do it again next week) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory from the BNN Golf Tournament at Timberstone GC, where the conversation focuses on this fall's QB competition between Maddux Madsen and Malachi Nelson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boise State football coach Spencer Danielson joins Prater and Mallory for a wide-ranging conversation about how the north end zone project impacts his program, how he processes the chaos of college football, throwing up while running decks and summer vacation plans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boise State quarterback Maddux Madsen joins Prater and Mallory at the BNN Golf Tournament at Timberstone Golf Course on Friday. Madsen said the Broncos are back as a team for summer workouts - and "it's all ball.'' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boise State releases updated details on 2024 football schedule - Oregon is on Peacock and Oregon State is on Black Friday morning (FOX), fans and listeners have mixed feelings about a schedule that includes nine Saturday games and seven night games, three games are on Fridays including UNLV (road) and San Diego State (home), Bob offers his first impressions of the schedule in Bronco Focus, Mike Sanford visits Denver OTAs to check out JL Skinner, hockey insider on the new vibe in SLC See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Sanford, now working for Altitude Sports Radio in Denver, joins Prater and Mallory after visiting the Broncos' training camp Thursday. Sanford touches on former Boise State safety JL Skinner and the QB battle between Bo Nix and Zach Wilson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.