According to the Idaho Stateman, Idaho AD Rob Spear has offered football coach Robb Akey a new deal and is waiting to hear back on the deal. Akey led the Vandals to an 8-5 season and an Humanitarian Bowl victory. He has been occupied by…
It was an unbelievable ending here in Cowan Spectrum, where Idaho failed to hold onto a nine-point lead late in the game after Boise State's Anthony Thomas stunned the crowd with a buzzer-beating 3 to send the game into OT. The Broncos wound up winning…
Boise State and Idaho spent most of the first half in terrible shooting droughts and chucking the ball to the wrong team, which led to a low-scoring 20 minutes of action. BSU leads 25-22 after trailing 12-5 inside the 9-minute mark. The Vandals shot just…
Before Idaho's biggest home game of the year starts, I wanted to check in and offer a few pregame observations. The student section is already packed and yelling obscenities at BSU, and it should be the biggest crowd of the year here at Cowan Spectrum.…
I touched on a variety of subjects -- the Super Bowl, GU's defense, a health update and how closely the Bulldogs follow the national rankings -- in a notebook i just filed for Tuesday's S-R. Read on for the unedited version.
Gonzaga's 2-0 WCC week propelled the Bulldogs up a couple spots in both polls -- to No. 8 in ESPN/USA Today and No. 13 in A.P.Saint Mary's received two votes in A.P. and 11 votes in ESPN/USA Today. Two of the three teams the Zags…
COUGARS An interesting Monday morning ... and not just because it's snowing/raining in Spokane. No, it's interesting on a couple of fronts, with basketball news from around the West Coast and football news out of Eugene. Read on.
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