MOSCOW, Idaho – As Jhamell “Deuce” Blenman pours hopes, dreams and experience into a senior season, he is one of a handful of University of Idaho graybeards who seem like relics from a former era.
The Idaho Vandals gave San Jose State a scare, but the Spartans erased a 14-point deficit and took their first lead on a field goal with 7 seconds left to spoil the upset bid from the visitors out of the Big Sky Conference.
Spartans coach Ken Niumatalolo warns his team that rather than meeting an inferior opponent, it must rise to the challenge of facing a physically imposing Idaho.
Over the span of an eight-month offseason and three regular-season football games, Nate Bell went from No. 4 on Eastern Washington’s depth chart to starting quarterback.
MOSCOW, Idaho – Well, there are no “Fightin’ Taters” helmet decals this weekend that will get Idaho on ESPN’s College GameDay, as the first home game against St. Thomas did.
MOSCOW, Idaho – Idaho will be wearing gold jerseys for the Kibbie Dome’s 50th anniversary game Saturday against Utah Tech, replicas of the ones the Vandals wore in the first game in the dome, Sept. 27, 1975, a 29-14 loss to Idaho State.
MOSCOW, Idaho – The Kibbie Dome was hot and humid to the point spectators used programs as fans, a group cooling that looked like a flock of birds settling on to a roost. Or maybe the flashes from the fluttering white programs were the Idaho faithful’s way of frantically signaling a mayday, as Idaho’s lead improbably slipped against St. Thomas on Saturday.
