Good morning, Bronco Nation! Now just three days out from the start of the season, Boise State soccer is working on getting better day by day. Get your tickets today!

What else is brewing in today’s edition, Bronco Nation?

🏈 Broncos extend AP Preseason Poll streak
⚽️ Introducing the Bronco goalkeepers
🔷 And much, much more!

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🔷 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF

18 days until kickoff, Bronco Nation!

Running back Jay Ajayi set the single-season rushing record at Boise State during the 2014 season with 1,823 rushing yards. In the same season, Ajayi rushed for 28 touchdowns, another program record. The Broncos finished the season with a 12-2 record, a Mountain West title and a victory in the Fiesta Bowl over Arizona.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Back In The Poll. Boise State football continued its annual tradition, nearly a quarter-century old, as the Broncos received votes in the Associated Press preseason college football poll for the 23rd straight season. The AP tallied 47 points for the Broncos, the most the program has received in a preseason AP poll since 2018 when Boise State entered the season ranked No. 22, receiving 292 points.

🔼 Off The Blue. Ahead of the Broncos’ first game of the 2024 season, Off The Blue, from the Bronco Sports Podcast Network, welcomes the 2023 All-MW Second Team selection and forward, Carly Cross. The crew talks about how she got into the sport, the success she has found in Boise, and what she expects from the team heading into the home opener this Friday.

🎧️ Listen to Off The Blue with Carly Cross

🔼 Watch Out. Boise State defensive end Ahmed Hassanein added another accolade, earning a spot on the Bednarik Award Preseason Watch List, an award given to the best college defensive player of the year by the Maxwell Football Club. Hassanein's dominant 2023 campaign saw him compile 12.5 sacks, ranking sixth in the country, and 16.5 TFLs, ranking 19th in the country. He tallied at least 0.5 sacks in nine consecutive games, the longest streak in the FBS since 2015. The native of Cairo, Egypt, was tabbed All-Mountain West first team and CSC Academic All-America second team.

🔼 Final Introduction. It’s time to introduce the final members of this season’s Boise State soccer team: the goalkeepers.

⚽️ Genevieve Crenshaw, a 2023 MW All-Tournament Team selection, returns to the Broncos as their top goalkeeper. The fifth-year earned five shutouts in 2023, propelling her to the top of the program's career leaderboard with 20. She also recorded 94 saves on the season, ranking her third in the MW and 31st in the NCAA.

⚽️ Redshirt junior Jazmyn Brass played limited minutes last season and returns as a goalkeeper for the Broncos. Gabrielle Hanke and Molly McCabe both redshirted last season and look to make their Boise State debuts.

🔼 Home At Last. Boise State track and field welcomes sprinter Dalton Wild to the team for the 2024-25 season.

🔼 Live On Air. Entering his first full year at the helm, Boise State football head coach Spencer Danielson is more than ready for the season to kick off. Tune in to themw.com to hear more from Spencer Danielson at football media day about the upcoming season!

🤔 BLUE TURF TRIVIA

Chart Toppers. Today’s trivia question…what is the highest the Broncos have been ranked in the AP Poll?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom and find out!

📱 FROM THE AD’S DESK

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🗓 COMING SOON

(All times are MT)

Friday, August 16
⚽️ Soccer vs. Portland State @ 7 p.m. in Boise, Idaho | Tickets

Friday, August 23
⚽️ Soccer vs. Idaho State @ 7 p.m. in Boise, Idaho | Tickets

Thursday, August 29
⚽️ Soccer vs. UC Riverside @ 6:30 p.m. in Boise, Idaho | Tickets

Friday, August 30
🏐 Volleyball at Arizona @ 7 p.m.

Saturday, August 31
🏈 Football vs. Georgia Southern @ 2 p.m. in Statesboro, Ga. | Tickets | ESPNU
🏐 Volleyball vs. Tennessee St. @ 11 a.m. (Tucson, Ariz.)

🔷Click here to view the entire Boise State Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: No. 2!

During the 2010 season, Boise State football reached the No. 2 spot in the AP Poll for three weeks before finishing the season at No. 9.

🔷 Have a great Tuesday, Bronco Nation!