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Following the first scrimmage of the preseason Thursday, the Idaho Vandals are not where they want to be when they meet Washington State in the season opener for both teams Sept. 3.

Hours after Washington Commanders Coach Ron Rivera announced linebacker Tre Walker abruptly decided to retire Friday, the rookie had a change of heart and was reinstated to the team, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

MOSCOW — Idaho has conducted two football practices so far this fall, with the third one set to take place 9:30 a.m. today. With that, here are some way-too-early takeaways from fall camp:

Terez Traynor got the ax. In a good way.

As it begins the Jason Eck era, Idaho’s football team is coming out of the blocks like an Olympic sprinter.

Montana was pegged by coaches and media as the favorite to win the Big Sky Conference this football season, but it was hardly a landslide when the polls were released Monday.

As Jason Eck blows a whistle for the first time at the start of the University of Idaho’s training camp on Aug. 3, the longtime assistant will be on the last leg of his journey to leading a college football team into a game, when the Vandals open at Washington State a month later.

If the departure of UCLA and USC from the Pac-12 is going to ripple down the ranks of college football in the West, it hasn’t done so yet.

Playing in the NFL was all well and good for John Friesz, but memories from the years he played college football at Idaho are the ones the quarterback cherishes the most.

Every day, Idaho receivers coach Matt Linehan gets to wake up, go to work and walk through the same Kibbie Dome doors his dad, Scott Linehan, entered as Vandal wideouts coach more than 30 years ago.

EAGLE, Idaho – The last time we saw the Idaho Vandals in real pads and helmets and surrounded by fans was in November. And it was, well, depressing.