In this August AP file photo, former Montana State University football coach Mike Kramer speaks at a news conference in this in Bozeman after settling with MSU for $240,000 in damages in a defamation lawsuit. Kramer, the former Bobcat & Eastern Washington coach has been named head football coach of Idaho State University. See link below. (AP Photo/Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Erik Petersen)

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