January 23, 1936: One of the most famous athletes ever to come out of the state of Idaho, Jerry Kramer, is born in the town of Jordan, MT, before moving to Sandpoint when he was in the fourth grade.
January 22, 1973: Big George Foreman overwhelms Joe Frazier, scoring six knockdowns in 4½ minutes to seize the world heavyweight championship in a stunning upset in Kingston, Jamaica.
When Boise State started the game 2-for-11 from the field in the first nine minutes Tuesday night, if I had told you the Broncos would lead by 20 points at halftime, you would have said “What?”
January 20, 1968: In a game that many consider the birth of modern-day college basketball, Houston upsets UCLA 71-69 in the Astrodome. A crowd of 52,693 watched, and millions more joined them on TV in the first NCAA regular season hoops game ever broadcast in prime time.
January 15, 2016, 10 years ago today: The coaching odyssey that started at Highland High in Pocatello and wound through Boise State ends on top in Tampa Bay, as Dirk Koetter is introduced as the new head coach of the Buccaneers.
In 1985, Chris Petersen was a junior quarterback at UC Davis and opened the season with a game against Boise State on the green turf of Bronco Stadium. The Aggies lost 13-9. It was a feeling that Petersen would rarely experience later in that facility.
It was a good effort, coming as it did without the injured Javan Buchanan. And it wasn’t a blowout like the previous two games. But bad passes here and there and untimely missed free throws were enough to send Boise State to an 89-85 overtime loss at UNLV Tuesday night.
January 13, 2021, five years ago today: Two nights after setting a new school record for longest winning streak, Boise State men’s basketball establishes its best start ever in any conference with a 90-70 win at Wyoming.
January 12, 1969: This was the day—Super Bowl III, with the NFL champion Baltimore Colts 18-point favorites over the upstart AFL champion New York Jets at the Orange Bowl stadium in Miami.
January 9, 2021, five years ago today: After two seasons as defensive coordinator at Oregon, Andy Avalos returns to the Boise State staff, this time as the man in charge.