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{{Short description|Boise State University mascot}}
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| name = Buster Bronco
| image = Buster Bronco Boise State.png
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| caption = The mascot Buster Bronco during a game in 2010, wearing his jersey (#0).
| university = Boise State University
| conference = Mountain West Conference
| conference_short = MWC
| description = anthropomorphized bronco
| name_origin = 
| first_seen = 1932 
| related_mascots =
| official_website = 
}}

'''Buster Bronco''' is the official [[mascot]] of [[Boise State University]].

Buster Bronco, is a person in a brown [[bronco]] costume with a large head and an open mouth. Buster Bronco wears #0.

The idea to have a Bronco as a mascot originated in 1932 by Boise State Junior College Students.<ref>Brown, Janelle. "Compare and Contrast: Boise State and the University of Oklahoma." Boise State University 14 December 2006 12 Oct 2008, [http://news.boisestate.edu/newsrelease/archive/2006/122006/1214Fiesta_facts.shtml] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012011948/http://news.boisestate.edu/newsrelease/archive/2006/122006/1214Fiesta_facts.shtml |date=12 October 2008 }}</ref>''Buster Becomes A Bronco'' is a children's book based on Buster Bronco that was published in 2008.
<ref>McCurry, Janis.  Buster Becomes a Bronco.  Boise State University, 2008, [http://www.boisestatebooks.com/shop_product_detail.asp?catalog_group_id=LTQ&catalog_group_name=U2VhcmNoIFJlc3VsdHM&catalog_id=0&catalog_name=U2VhcmNoIFJlc3VsdHM&pf_id=2351&product_name=QnVzdGVyIEJlY29tZXMgQSBCcm9uY28&type=3&search_text=buster+becomes+a+bronco&f=]</ref>

Buster Bronco was ranked third on the Sports Illustrated Power Mascot Rankings in 2007.<ref>"Cy Competes for Mascot of the Year." 09022008 12 Oct 2008 [http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=1573399&SPID=4   256& SPSID=46688] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929040031/http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=1573399&SPID=4 |date=29 September 2011 }}</ref> Buster was also a candidate for the Capitol One Mascot of the Year for the 2008–2009 season.<ref>McCartney, Cory. "Mascot Power Rankings." Sports Illustrated 08092007 12 Oct 2008 [https://web.archive.org/web/20071113142334/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/sioncampus/08/09/mascot.power.rankings/index.html]</ref>

==See also==
* Buster Bronco is also the name of the mascot of [[Western Michigan University]].
* The [[Denver Broncos|Denver Broncos']] mascot is a live horse.

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