September 12, 1998, 25 years ago today: Boise State plays only its second home game ever against a Pac-10 school, as Washington State comes into Bronco Stadium a year after waxing BSU 58-0 in Pullman.
This Day In Sports: The most painful of sports postponements
September 11, 2001: Nobody needs to tell you what happened this day. But it had an effect on sports for months to come. Immediately following the events of 9/11, virtually every scheduled sporting event was either postponed or cancelled entirely.
This Day In Sports: A Broncos yardage barrage like no other
September 8, 2018, five years ago today: Of all the great offensive days in Boise State football history, this is tops. The Broncos destroyed Connecticut 62-7 in their home opener, rolling up a school-record 818 yards of total offense, shattering the old mark by 76 yards.
This Day In Sports: Ian’s biggest night in a big season
September 7, 2006: Indisputably the best performance ever by a Boise State running back, as sophomore Ian Johnson gains 240 yards and ties a school record with five touchdowns in a 42-14 rout of Oregon State at Bronco Stadium.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Can the Broncos play to their strengths?
You might say that Boise State didn’t put its best foot forward last Saturday at Washington, and Boise State offensive coordinator Bush Hamdan might agree with you.
This Day In Sports: The beginning of Cosell’s unceremonious end
September 5, 1983, 40 years ago today: On ABC’s Monday Night Football, Redskin’ wide receiver Alvin Garrett uses a herky-jerky maneuver to get a first down against the Cowboys. On the replay, Howard Cosell remarks, “That little monkey gets loose, doesn’t he?”
This Day In Sports: It’s Scoop ‘N Score Night for the Broncos
September 1, 2018, five years ago today: Boise State’s Tyler Horton ties an NCAA record with two fumble returns for touchdowns as the Broncos open the season with a 56-20 road rout of Troy.
This Day In Sports: Broncos try to avoid decade-old déjà vu
August 31, 2013, 10 years ago today: Washington revels in the celebration of the grand re-opening of Husky Stadium and gets revenge against Boise State for a loss in the Las Vegas Bowl eight months earlier, routing the Broncos 38-6.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: It’ll be fun trying to stop this guy Saturday
Oddsmakers have Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. No. 6 in the 2023 Heisman Trophy race. That means, for one thing, that Penix has to have a pretty strong body of work.
This Day In Sports: A Yankee year the polar opposite of this one
August 29, 1998, 25 years ago today: The New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 11-6 for their 98th win in 134 tries, clinching a post-season spot the earliest in the team’s storied history.