COUGARS Well, reading the comments it seems like football season has been forgotten and everyone is moving into basketball mode already. Well, not so fast my friends. We still have our Apple Cup game story and notebook to offer. So read on and check back…
Idaho played superbly in stretches in polishing off Eastern Washington 76-54 at Memorial Gym tonight. The Vandals were plagued yet again by turnovers (21 this time) but it didn't matter with Steffan Johnson's lights-out shooting. Click below for my game story that will appear in…
Three out of four teams have made it to the State football championship games.4A - Ferris defeated Skyview in an offensive shootout 46-41, thanks to a huge defensive play when the Storm, trailing 20-14, elected to pass rather than run out the clock at intermission.…
While watching the Idaho men's basketball team pour it on versus Eastern Washington (it's 59-31 as I write this), I thought I would post my game story of Idaho's 52-49 loss to Utah State. Crazy football game to end UI's regular season. Read on for…
For the second week in a row, Eastern Washington's defense had no answer to their opponent's passing game. This time, however, the offense failed to make up for that glaring defensive deficiency, and the Eagles saw their season come to end with a 44-33 loss…
COUGARSAre you loose? Think you might be available to play quarterback in the second half? Peter Roberts, are you at the game? Well, the way WSU quarterbacks are falling right and left - Kevin Lopina has left twice and Marshall Lobbestael once - anyone would…
The Vandals once again got off to a bumbling start this afternoon, falling behind 31-7 to Utah State before rallying to make it 31-21 at the half. Max Komar has caught two touchdown scores to help the Vandals stabilize after USU sliced through the UI…
COUGARS I've got a suggestion for future Apple Cups. Instead of holding them at Qwest Field, let's move them to Phoenix, or LA or Honolulu. True fans will show up and we can all be warm. It's a win-win for everybody. This cold crud has…
The coaches and players at Eastern Washington University like to say the playoffs began -- for them, at least -- back in mid-October when they lost to Montana and saw their record drop to 4-3.Read on.
The Vandals wrap up the regular season this afternoon at 2 against Utah State, and there's plenty riding on the result for Idaho. Click below for my preview.
COUGARS Took it easy last night just so I could be up early and have this Apple Cup post waiting for you. You don't know how big a sacrifice it really was. But it is Apple Cup day, a day that comes only once a…
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