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Johnny and Greg get you over the hump and look ahead to Taylen Green and Malachi Nelson both playing ranked opponents this weekend. Bob talks with Leon Rice in Bronco Focus as the 2025-26 Mountain West conference schedule has been finalized. Johnny and Greg also re-draft the 2024 NFL QB class after JJ McCarthy is named the NFC's Offensive Player of the Week and they get the opinion of CFB writer Chris Vannini at The Athletic on what's going on with The American, Mountain West and Sun Belt in the G5 CFP race.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Johnny and Greg get you over the hump and look ahead to Taylen Green and Malachi Nelson both playing ranked opponents this weekend. Bob talks with Leon Rice in Bronco Focus as the 2025-26 Mountain West conference schedule has been finalized. Johnny and Greg also re-draft the 2024 NFL QB class after JJ McCarthy is named the NFC's Offensive Player of the Week and they get the opinion of CFB writer Chris Vannini at The Athletic on what's going on with The American, Mountain West and Sun Belt in the G5 CFP race.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Johnny and Greg discuss the early-season concerns for the Mountain West in the race for the Group of Five's automatic bid in to the College Football playoff, Bob gets some perspective from Raiders radio announcer Jason Horowitz on Ashton Jeanty's NFL debut, Vandals coach Thomas Ford checks in with the 50th anniversary of the Kibbie Dome being celebrated on Saturday, and BSU AD Jeramiah Dickey joins for his monthly spot.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Johnny and Greg discuss the early-season concerns for the Mountain West in the race for the Group of Five's automatic bid in to the College Football playoff, Bob gets some perspective from Raiders radio announcer Jason Horowitz on Ashton Jeanty's NFL debut, Vandals coach Thomas Ford checks in with the 50th anniversary of the Kibbie Dome being celebrated on Saturday, and BSU AD Jeramiah Dickey joins for his monthly spot.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Está na hora de mais um Degustando, e hoje Josimar Carlos e Rodrigo Resenha finalizam seu bate-papo sobre Dexter Ressurreição.Então bora dar o play se quiser saber o que achamos do episódio 10, do fechamento do Prater, das pontas soltas, do destino Dexter, da série como um todo e do até logo...Ou seja, é só dar o play e se divertir conosco!!
Johnny and Greg discuss the early-season concerns for the Mountain West in the race for the Group of Five's automatic bid in to the College Football playoff, Bob gets some perspective from Raiders radio announcer Jason Horowitz on Ashton Jeanty's NFL debut, Vandals coach Thomas Ford checks in with the 50th anniversary of the Kibbie Dome being celebrated on Saturday, and BSU AD Jeramiah Dickey joins for his monthly spot.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Johnny and Greg react to Boise State's first victory of the season, the first Sunday of NFL action in 2025, Ashton Jeanty's Raiders debut and Kellen Moore's head coaching debut with the Saints, and ponder if now is a good time for Boise State's first bye week of the 2025 season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Johnny and Greg react to Boise State's first victory of the season, the first Sunday of NFL action in 2025, Ashton Jeanty's Raiders debut and Kellen Moore's head coaching debut with the Saints, and ponder if now is a good time for Boise State's first bye week of the 2025 season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
pWotD Episode 3051: Matt Prater Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 300,244 views on Monday, 8 September 2025 our article of the day is Matt Prater.Matthew Phillip Prater (born August 10, 1984) is an American professional football placekicker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). Regarded as one of the best long distance kickers in NFL history, he held the NFL record for longest field goal (64 yards) from 2013 until 2021 and holds the NFL record for most 50+ yard field goals in a career with 81 as of end of 2024 season.He played college football for the UCF Knights, and was originally signed by the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2006.He was cut by the Denver Broncos after completing a suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. With the Lions in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, Prater set the NFL records for consecutive field goal conversions of 50+ yards (14 field goals) and 55+ yards (seven field goals).This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 03:07 UTC on Tuesday, 9 September 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Matt Prater on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Brian.
Johnny and Greg react to Boise State's first victory of the season, the first Sunday of NFL action in 2025, Ashton Jeanty's Raiders debut and Kellen Moore's head coaching debut with the Saints, and ponder if now is a good time for Boise State's first bye week of the 2025 season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Johnny "Ballgame" Mallory and Greg Frank are live from Ridley's Family Markets in Middleton. The NFL season kicks off on Thursday night and Greg is fired up for his Eagles to defend their super bowl crown. Both Johnny and Greg share their thoughts on another NFL season getting started, share some things they'd like to see change in Boise State's game plan ahead of Friday's home opener against Eastern Washington, give their favorite NFL storylines for 2025 and discuss Kellen Moore's head coaching debut and Ashton Jeanty's NFL debut with both set for Sunday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Johnny "Ballgame" Mallory and Greg Frank are live from Ridley's Family Markets in Middleton. The NFL season kicks off on Thursday night and Greg is fired up for his Eagles to defend their super bowl crown. Both Johnny and Greg share their thoughts on another NFL season getting started, share some things they'd like to see change in Boise State's game plan ahead of Friday's home opener against Eastern Washington, give their favorite NFL storylines for 2025 and discuss Kellen Moore's head coaching debut and Ashton Jeanty's NFL debut with both set for Sunday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Boise State hosts Eastern Washington in a Friday night home opener - Bob (Bronco Focus) takes a look at what needs to change after last week's loss at USF (No. 1 change - the running game), associate AD/operations Nathan Burk on what fans can expect Friday, especially the north end zone construction impact (and stadium entrances), there are 11 former Boise State players on 53-man rosters in the NFL - who has the best shot to reach the Super Bowl (or go deep into the playoffs), Rick Neuheisel on what he saw in the Boise State opener - and his favorite things about college football todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Boise State hosts Eastern Washington in a Friday night home opener - Bob (Bronco Focus) takes a look at what needs to change after last week's loss at USF (No. 1 change - the running game), associate AD/operations Nathan Burk on what fans can expect Friday, especially the north end zone construction impact (and stadium entrances), there are 11 former Boise State players on 53-man rosters in the NFL - who has the best shot to reach the Super Bowl (or go deep into the playoffs), Rick Neuheisel on what he saw in the Boise State opener - and his favorite things about college football todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Prater for victory over every battle
Veteran Saints reporter Ross Jackson (Locked on Saints Podcast, 104.5 ESPN, WWL-TV) joins Prater and Mallory for a deep dive into rookie head coach Kellen Moore and the impact he's had on the organization going into a new season. The Saints open their 2025 schedule at 11 a.m. Sunday at home against Arizona.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Longtime college football coach Rick Neuheisel, now a analyst for CBS Sports and SiriusXM, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about Boise State, its slow start in the USF opener, replacing Ashton Jeanty and Dirk Koetter, fixing effort ... and all the things he still cherishes when it comes to the current state of college football. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory to share his four keys to getting better after the Broncos lost their season opener at USF last week. What Bob wants to see Friday night in the home opener against Eastern Washington ... No. 1: Improved run game.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nathan Burk, a senior associate athletic director/operations at Boise State, joins Prater and Mallory to explain Albertsons Stadium changes going into a new home football season, starting Friday night against Eastern Washington. Burk touches on north-end zone construction and how it will impact the game-day experience, and he dives into changes to stadium entrances, logistical issues on the east side and concessions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Giving away tickets to the Boise State football home opener all week, how coach Spencer Danielson (and his two coordinators) explain what happened in the USF loss - and how to prevent more of the same moving forward, Bob talks to DT standout Braxton Fely in Bronco Focus, Boise ad director on the new Ashton Jeanty/Kendall Auto commercials, Saints insider on what to expect from Kellen Moore's season opener this weekend (11 a.m. Sunday, vs. Arizona), what did we learn about the Mountain West this weekend, Weekend Winners & LosersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Veteran Saints reporter Ross Jackson (Locked on Saints Podcast, 104.5 ESPN, WWL-TV) joins Prater and Mallory for a deep dive into rookie head coach Kellen Moore and the impact he's had on the organization going into a new season. The Saints open their 2025 schedule at 11 a.m. Sunday at home against Arizona.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nathan Burk, a senior associate athletic director/operations at Boise State, joins Prater and Mallory to explain Albertsons Stadium changes going into a new home football season, starting Friday night against Eastern Washington. Burk touches on north-end zone construction and how it will impact the game-day experience, and he dives into changes to stadium entrances, logistical issues on the east side and concessions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Giving away tickets to the Boise State football home opener all week, how coach Spencer Danielson (and his two coordinators) explain what happened in the USF loss - and how to prevent more of the same moving forward, Bob talks to DT standout Braxton Fely in Bronco Focus, Boise ad director on the new Ashton Jeanty/Kendall Auto commercials, Saints insider on what to expect from Kellen Moore's season opener this weekend (11 a.m. Sunday, vs. Arizona), what did we learn about the Mountain West this weekend, Weekend Winners & LosersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory to share his four keys to getting better after the Broncos lost their season opener at USF last week. What Bob wants to see Friday night in the home opener against Eastern Washington ... No. 1: Improved run game.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Longtime college football coach Rick Neuheisel, now a analyst for CBS Sports and SiriusXM, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about Boise State, its slow start in the USF opener, replacing Ashton Jeanty and Dirk Koetter, fixing effort ... and all the things he still cherishes when it comes to the current state of college football. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kelly Knopp, the Boise-based director of the longtime Kendall Auto ad campaign featuring Boise State football icons Kellen Moore, Leighton Vander Esch and Chris Petersen, joins Prater and Mallory for a behind-the-scenes look at the new commercial featuring Ashton Jeanty. The ad was filmed over a two-day span in Boise in June, Knopp said. Future Kendall commercials, starting this weekend and airing throughout the football season, include NFL quarterbacks Justin Herbert, Bo Nixon and Marcus Mariota.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 Tuesday's interview with defensive tackle Braxton Fely. The senior led the Broncos' defense in the 34-7 season-opening loss in Tampa, Florida.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kelly Knopp, the Boise-based director of the longtime Kendall Auto ad campaign featuring Boise State football icons Kellen Moore, Leighton Vander Esch and Chris Petersen, joins Prater and Mallory for a behind-the-scenes look at the new commercial featuring Ashton Jeanty. The ad was filmed over a two-day span in Boise in June, Knopp said. Future Kendall commercials, starting this weekend and airing throughout the football season, include NFL quarterbacks Justin Herbert, Bo Nixon and Marcus Mariota.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 Tuesday's interview with defensive tackle Braxton Fely. The senior led the Broncos' defense in the 34-7 season-opening loss in Tampa, Florida.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Live from Banbury Golf Course, Prater, Johnny, Bob (Bronco Focus), B.J. (Bronco Nation News) and listeners on the phone share a variety of reactions to the Broncos' 34-7 loss in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday, former Boise State offensive lineman and current radio analyst Pete Cavender with his new weekly post-game report, we preview the six biggest games of the college football weekend, we give away another pair of Boise State season tickets in our Touchdowns for Tickets contestSee 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 the four biggest downfalls that led to a 34-7 at South Florida on Thursday night.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about the Broncos' 34-7 loss at USF on Thursday night in Tampa. What went wrong, according to B.J.? And how can it be fixed?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Live from Banbury Golf Course, Prater, Johnny, Bob (Bronco Focus), B.J. (Bronco Nation News) and listeners on the phone share a variety of reactions to the Broncos' 34-7 loss in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday, former Boise State offensive lineman and current radio analyst Pete Cavender with his new weekly post-game report, we preview the six biggest games of the college football weekend, we give away another pair of Boise State season tickets in our Touchdowns for Tickets contestSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about the Broncos' 34-7 loss at USF on Thursday night in Tampa. What went wrong, according to B.J.? And how can it be fixed?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 the four biggest downfalls that led to a 34-7 at South Florida on Thursday night.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BOISE STATE FOOTBALL POST-GAME CALL-IN SHOW: Boise State lost its season opener at South Florida 34-7 in Tampa on Thursday night. The Broncos opened with a 7-0 lead then gave up 34 consecutive points after a series of mistakes and poor execution. What did fans and callers have to say about the loss?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BOISE STATE FOOTBALL POST-GAME CALL-IN SHOW: Boise State lost its season opener at South Florida 34-7 in Tampa on Thursday night. The Broncos opened with a 7-0 lead then gave up 34 consecutive points after a series of mistakes and poor execution. What did fans and callers have to say about the loss?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Boise State football plays at South Florida in a season-opening game in Tampa - we cover all the game-day storylines, Bob talks four keys to a victory in Bronco Focus, our exclusive interview with head coach Spencer Danielson (season expectations and Jeanty or Jesus?), Broncos are 9-5 all-time in NFL stadiums, KTIK Best Bets with national handicapper Lee SterlingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NOTE: SPECIAL PREGAME EDITION OF PRATER & THE BALLGAME - NOON-3 P.M. ON THURSDAY ... Touchdowns for Tickets - three more qualifying chances to win Boise State football season tickets (contest runs through Friday), meet five true freshmen who made the Broncos' depth chart and traveled to Tampa for Thursday's season opener in Tampa, Bob (Bronco Focus) previews four players who could impact the outcome at USF, Lions reporter on the future of injured DE Ahmed Hassanein, new Pac-12 signs five-year media rights package with The CW (good or bad?), WR Khalil Shakir back at Bills practice and QB Brett Rypien lands on Bengals' practice squad, fantasy draft preview with Howard BenderSee 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 from Tampa, Florida, to preview the Broncos' season opener at USF in Raymond James Stadium. Bob's No. 1 key to a victory: Boise State's run game, featuring Sire Gaines and Malik Sherrod.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NOTE: SPECIAL PREGAME EDITION OF PRATER & THE BALLGAME - NOON-3 P.M. ON THURSDAY ... Touchdowns for Tickets - three more qualifying chances to win Boise State football season tickets (contest runs through Friday), meet five true freshmen who made the Broncos' depth chart and traveled to Tampa for Thursday's season opener in Tampa, Bob (Bronco Focus) previews four players who could impact the outcome at USF, Lions reporter on the future of injured DE Ahmed Hassanein, new Pac-12 signs five-year media rights package with The CW (good or bad?), WR Khalil Shakir back at Bills practice and QB Brett Rypien lands on Bengals' practice squad, fantasy draft preview with Howard BenderSee 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 from Tampa, Florida, to preview the Broncos' season opener at USF in Raymond James Stadium. Bob's No. 1 key to a victory: Boise State's run game, featuring Sire Gaines and Malik Sherrod.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Boise State football plays at South Florida in a season-opening game in Tampa - we cover all the game-day storylines, Bob talks four keys to a victory in Bronco Focus, our exclusive interview with head coach Spencer Danielson (season expectations and Jeanty or Jesus?), Broncos are 9-5 all-time in NFL stadiums, KTIK Best Bets with national handicapper Lee SterlingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Detroit beat writer Nolan Bianchi (The Detroit News) joins Prater and Mallory to share a update on former Boise State defensive end Ahmed Hassanein, who suffered a pec injury in the Lions' training camp earlier this month. Hassanein, a sixth-round draft pick, was waived this week and given a injury settlement. What are the rookie's chances of rejoining the Lions later in the season?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We continue another week of Touchdowns for Tickets - 15 qualifiers (three per day) and one will win a pair of Boise State season tickets Friday, Aug. 29, we get you ready for Thursday's USF opener (comments from Boise State coach Spencer Danielson about the Broncos' run game, including QB Maddux Madsen and his role), 11 former Broncos make 53-man rosters in the NFL but DE Ahmed Hassanein is released on an injury waiver - what does that mean for his future, Bob sits down with EDGE rusher Jayden Virgin-Morgan in Bronco Focus - how many sacks this season, 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 from the Raymond James Stadium press box to share a list of four players he's thinking about going into the BSU-USF opener in Tampa on Thursday afternoon: Running back Sire Gaines, emerging wide receiver Chris Marshall, EDGE rusher Jayden Virgin-Morgan and new kicker Colton Boomer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We launch another week of Touchdowns for Tickets - 15 qualifiers (three per day) and one will win a pair of Boise State season tickets Friday, Aug. 29, we get you ready for Thursday's USF opener (comments from Boise State coach Spencer Danielson and USF play-by-play announcer Jim Louk, both focused on Bulls' QB Byrum Brown), thoughts on the Broncos' new depth chart, meet QB2 Max Cutforth (Skyview High, Nampa), Bob talks to senior linebacker and team captain Marco Notarainni in Bronco Focus, former Broncos Brett Rypien (Vikings) and Ben Dooley (Rams) looking for work - who else could lose their job before Tuesday's NFL cut deadline 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 an interview with team captain Jayden Virgin-Morgan. The redshirt sophomore from San Diego had 10 sacks last season - can that number go up in 2025? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jim Louk, the only play-by-play announcer in the history of USF football, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about the Bulls, who host Boise State in potentially tricky weather Thursday in Tampa. The conversation starts with USF dual-threat quarterback Byrum Brown, who set several school records in 2023 before suffering a leg injury in the first month of the 2024 season. Brown will start a game Thursday for the first time in 11 months.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.