Workouts for Boise State’s Tyson Degenhart last summer were mostly about taking his three-point shooting to the next level. Degenhart shot a very respectable 38 percent from deep last season on his way to Mountain West Freshman of the Year honors.
This Day In Sports: The Hall wait ends for Hammerin’ Harmon
January 10, 1984: A massive sigh of relief for Payette’s Harmon Killebrew, who is finally elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his fourth year of eligibility. Every year he was passed over it was a little more discouraging, but there was elation at the end.
This Day In Sports: A decade later, he is Caldwell’s rock
January 9, 2013, 10 years ago today: The College of Idaho introduces Mike Moroski as its first head football coach since the program was disbanded in 1977. Moroski had been on the UC Davis staff for the previous 26 seasons after spending eight years as a backup quarterback in the NFL.
This Day In Sports: Gruden’s last go on Monday Night Football
January 6, 2018, five years ago today: Jon Gruden departs the ESPN broadcast booth for the final time, having been hired to return to the Oakland Raiders, the team he had coached from 1998-2001. He would officially be introduced by the Raiders at a press conference three days later.
This Day In Sports: It’s the Broncos by 67
January 5, 2013, 10 years ago today: Boise State posts its largest margin of victory in basketball in school history, walloping Walla Walla University 106-39 in Taco Bell Arena. The Broncos scored the first 18 points of the game and led 47-7 late in the first half.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Shades of last season’s Shaver
There were times during Boise State’s championship season a year ago that Marcus Shaver Jr. had his struggles. At Utah State, for example, when Shaver’s only basket of the night was…a game-winning three-pointer.
This Day In Sports: The day the Bills were done, and then they weren’t
January 3, 1993, 30 years ago today: The Buffalo Bills pull off the greatest comeback in NFL history to that point, rallying from a 35-3 third quarter deficit to shock the Houston Oilers, 41-38, in overtime in an AFC Wild Card game.
This Day In Sports: The birth of what is now the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
December 29, 1997, 25 years ago today: The first Humanitarian Bowl is played before 16,289 fans in Bronco Stadium, with Cincinnati beating Utah State, 35-19. At a time when there were only 17 bowl games (as opposed to 43 today), the Boise event was in demand.
This Day In Sports: A Pavilion scene unlikely to be duplicated
December 22, 1987, 35 years ago today: Boise State draws 12,265 fans, to this day the biggest crowd for a non-conference game in its history, as fifth-ranked Wyoming comes to the BSU Pavilion three days before Christmas. It was a surreal scene.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: A deeper dive into 10-win seasons
In case you missed it on Sunday Sports Extra, it’s worth expanding on that coveted 10-win season Boise State earned with its victory over North Texas in the Frisco Bowl.