In 2013, a struggling 2-3 Augustana team drove over from Sioux Falls, SD to Mankato, MN and put a scare into 5-0 Minnesota State, ranked number one in NCAA Division II. The Mavericks had to rally late to win, 20-10.

A year ago, the Big Sky had a historically strong showing against FBS teams in its nonconference schedule.

Cameron Ward will start at Washington State. Michael Penix Jr. will do so at Washington. Gunner Talkington is now the starter at Eastern Washington. All three are out to prove this fall that they are the next frontman to lead his team to great seasons. Because at these programs, through exhaustive recruiting and rigorous development and retention, excellent quarterback play has become the standard.

It's pretty much a given that the Golden Age of College Quarterbacking in our neck of the gridiron extends from the early 1980s to today. In that span, the college programs of the Inland Northwest have produced 10 NFL draft picks, five Walter Payton Award winners and 26 of the 30 winningest quarterbacks in the schools' collective histories. So 40 pretty good years. Let's see if we can come up with the best quarterbacks, from 1 to 40.

They do not lack confidence.

The saying suggests that records are meant to be broken, but the circumstances of these records – all of them the best in their respective program and some also records at their respective level of college football – make these marks particularly unique and difficult to surpass.

In the last year, three of the top teams in the Football Championship Subdivision announced their intentions to ascend to the Bowl Subdivision, something that could be seen as a considerable blow to the competitiveness at the FCS level.

Idaho is opening its football season with a robust schedule reminiscent of its days as a member of the old Pacific Coast Conference, which ended in 1959.

What is it? Farmland foes Washington State and Idaho, both opening their seasons under first-year head coaches, will renew their Battle of the Palouse rivalry after a five-year hiatus.

Football games are won in the trenches, but you don't have to remind University of Idaho offensive line coach Cody Booth of that fact.

MOSCOW, Idaho – The transfer portal offers fresh opportunity but can make for strange alliances.