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A look at the 13 ex-Eastern Washington and Idaho players at NFL training camps

UPDATED: Wed., July 29, 2020

While the Big Sky Conference football season remains in limbo on the cusp of August, more than a dozen ex-Eastern Washington and Idaho standouts enter preseason NFL training camps around the country.

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Big Sky Media Days Notebook: Aaron Best and Beau Baldwin virtually reunite

UPDATED: Mon., July 27, 2020

Big Sky virtual media days – the video conference version of the annual event that was slated to be at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane before the coronavirus pandemic – presented a reunion of sorts.

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20 for 20: Ranking Idaho’s top 20 athletes since 2000

Sun., July 26, 2020

An Idaho 20 for 20? As in the number of conferences the Vandals have called home since the turn of the century?

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Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere named Big Sky preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Idaho linebacker Christian Ellis, Barriere answer questions

UPDATED: Sat., July 25, 2020

Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere was named the Big Sky Conference's preseason Offensive Player of the Year on Friday.

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Eastern Washington coach Aaron Best and Idaho coach Paul Petrino speak at Big Sky virtual media days; Preseason polls released

UPDATED: Thu., July 23, 2020

Before the coronavirus pandemic halted college sports in March, Big Sky Conference football media days were slated to take place in downtown Spokane at the Davenport this summer.

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Former Idaho athletic director Bill Belknap dies at 81

UPDATED: Tue., July 21, 2020

Bill Belknap, who led the University of Idaho athletic department to new heights during his 10-year run as athletic director, died Friday at the age of 81.

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GNAC suspends fall sports season, leading to cancellation of Idaho’s home opener

UPDATED: Fri., July 17, 2020

The Great Northwest Athletic Conference announced Friday it would suspend its fall sports season, leading to the cancellation of Idaho’s football home opener against Western Oregon on Sept. 5 in Moscow, Idaho.

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Idaho football announces Kibbie Dome capacity of 5,100 fans for upcoming season

UPDATED: Wed., July 15, 2020

Seating capacity for Idaho football games this fall in the Kibbie Dome will be capped at 5,100 fans, the university announced Wednesday.

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Big Sky Conference filled with FBS transfer quarterbacks looking to earn starting jobs

UPDATED: Wed., July 1, 2020

The NCAA transfer portal has been a boon for Big Sky Conference programs in the market for a quarterback.

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Safety concerns, social change on minds of Idaho football players, coaches as program heads into season

UPDATED: Sat., June 20, 2020

World War II. Would that be how far back you would have to go to find a year with so many unsettling cross currents as college football teams try to prepare for a season?

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Idaho quarterback Colton Richardson to miss upcoming season

UPDATED: Sat., June 20, 2020

Quarterback Colton Richardson will not be with Idaho’s football program in 2020 because of a credit-hours issue stemming from a medical withdrawal in fall 2019, the Lewiston High School graduate confirmed Friday.

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Analysis: Five Idaho football players not to miss this season

UPDATED: Sun., June 14, 2020

To spark a bit of debate before the tentative start of Idaho’s third season back in the Big Sky Conference – after a 5-7 season – I’ve compiled my personal picks for the Vandals’ top five must-watch players of 2020.