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Idaho’s Isaiah Saunders followed in his father Walt’s footsteps during career with Vandals

Sat., Nov. 10, 2018

As he headed off the field after practice to a team meeting Thursday, with his father sitting in the Kibbie Dome stands watching, Idaho senior running back Isaiah Saunders must have been consumed by the universal fear – a parent on the loose telling stories about him.

Sports >  Idaho football

Idaho hosts former Big Sky rival Montana with perfect home record, Little Brown Stein on the line

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 9, 2018

Among the arcane assortment of cups, boots, boats, bells, buckets, artillery and statuary that comprise trophies in college football rivalries, Idaho coach Paul Petrino may have vied for one of the most unusual.

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Late score lifts Vandals to home win over North Dakota

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 3, 2018

In an era of run-pass options and spread offenses, Idaho and North Dakota met in a Kibbie Dome battle that could have been played on tall grass, outdoors under a bleak November sky, in 1965.

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Idaho opens two-game homestand against independent North Dakota

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 2, 2018

After practice one day early this week, when everyone had jogged into the locker room, Idaho senior linebackers Kaden Elliss and Ed Hall and a couple of teammates reassembled on the Kibbie Dome turf.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Idaho men: Losses force Vandals to rebuild around young talent

Thu., Nov. 1, 2018

An Idaho Vandals team that was going to be light on experience in the best of circumstances has the additional challenge of managing the loss of its best returning player to a career-ending illness.

Sports >  EWU football

Eastern Washington, Idaho set to resume gridiron rivalry featuring fresh, familiar faces

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 25, 2018

Brian Strandley remembers lining up against a behemoth Eastern Washington offensive line when Idaho’s annual tilt with the Eagles was more than just a Big Sky Conference affair.

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Top efforts highlights Idaho’s homecoming rout of Southern Utah

UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 20, 2018

The Idaho team that had been expected to dominate Big Sky Conference competition in its return to the Football Championship Subdivision finally put in an appearance for homecoming.

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Idaho’s Rahsaan Crawford always ready for contact, whether he’s on offense or defense

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 19, 2018

Rahsaan Crawford toils in the anonymity of the offensive and defensive lines and as a blocking back for the Idaho Vandals, yet he has the liveliest idiom on the team.

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Idaho looks to get back to winning ways in homecoming date with Southern Utah

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 19, 2018

Deflated by a 24-23 loss to Montana State a week ago, when an extra-point attempt narrowly missed, the Idaho Vandals are out to show they’re not demoralized.

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Mason Petrino set to guide Idaho offense at Montana State

Fri., Oct. 12, 2018

Through five games, the Vandals have alternated between junior Mason Petrino and sophomore Colton Richardson – sometimes play-to-play.

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Noah Johnson has overcome injuries to become leader of Idaho’s offensive line

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 11, 2018

Two years ago, Noah Johnson was standing at the entrance to the Kibbie Dome, an anxious freshman from Arkansas, new to the Northwest and wearing an Idaho Vandals game uniform for the first time.

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Idaho set to renew in-state rivalry with Idaho State

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 5, 2018

Idaho’s matchup with Idaho State in Pocatello is unique from at least three perspectives. It will be the first time the two have played since 2008, and the first time in 23 years the teams have faced each other as Big Sky Conference rivals. And for a change, the Bengals aren’t a doormat.

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Upbeat Idaho cornerback Dorian Clark finally plays without pain

Thu., Oct. 4, 2018

Dorian Clark developed early for the Vandals. He got into nine games as a freshman. He was supposed to be a grayshirt, but injuries on the depth chart ahead of him meant by the first day of fall camp he was running with the active players.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Significant donations help University of Idaho move ahead with its unique arena

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 4, 2018

In the future, the University of Idaho’s planned Idaho Central Credit Union Arena will simply be a building, a well-appointed, tasteful home to men’s and women’s basketball games, concerts and convocations.

Sports >  Idaho football

Methodical Vandals wear down Portland State for first Big Sky Conference football win in 23 years

Sat., Sept. 29, 2018

Idaho fashioned its first Big Sky Conference football victory since its return to the conference after 23 years away, wearing down Portland State 20-7 on Saturday.

Sports >  Idaho football

Vandals’ tasks are simple: Show up and win against Portland State

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 28, 2018

To jump-start a Big Sky Conference season that was becalmed in a decisive 44-21 loss to UC Davis last week, Idaho needs to do at least two things on Saturday against Portland State. 1. Make sure the entire Vandals team shows up. 2. Defeat the flex defense.

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Idaho receiver David Ungerer benefits from having mother as roommate for senior season

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 27, 2018

David Ungerer graduated from Pullman High School in 2013, less than 10 miles from the Idaho campus. But after his freshman year with the Vandals his family was scattered widely.

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Idaho expects trickery from UC Davis in Big Sky opener for both teams

Sat., Sept. 22, 2018

When Idaho travels to UC Davis at 4 p.m. on Saturday, the Vandals will face a team coached by Dan Hawkins, who led Boise State from 2001-2005.

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Idaho uses second-half surge to top Western New Mexico for first win of season

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 8, 2018

Surviving a first-half test when it fell behind, settling into its assignments and physically wearing down Western New Mexico as the game wore on allowed Idaho to finish with a flourish and collect its first win, 56-10, Saturday in the Kibbie Dome.

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Idaho football hopes to bounce back quickly against Western New Mexico

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 7, 2018

Whatever else Idaho sees when it opens the home season Saturday against Western New Mexico, the Vandals will be facing a team that must really like football. The Mustangs endured a two-day, 1,371-mile bus trip from Silver City to get here.

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Denzal Brantley, Jalen Hoover ‘quarterbacks of the defense’ for the Idaho Vandals

Thu., Sept. 6, 2018

The Idaho Vandals playing two quarterbacks has been closely watched and widely debated through the preseason and first game, against Fresno State.

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Idaho running back Isaiah Saunders stands as strong figure on field, at home

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 30, 2018

When Idaho opens the season against Fresno State Saturday – a Mountain West Conference team that won 10 games a year ago – the Vandals aim to clearly send the message, “Hey, we’re ready to play, too.”

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Idaho Vandals take game-day approach to final scrimmage before opening week

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 25, 2018

With little more than a week to go before its season-opening game with Fresno State, Idaho loosened the training wheels a bit Friday.

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With a two-quarterback system, Idaho has plenty of offensive options

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 22, 2018

The Vandals have been in preseason camp since Aug. 3, and their first game, with Fresno State, isn’t until Sept. 1. They have had a pair of Saturday scrimmages with a mock game to go. But an endless routine of position drills and running plays in pass skeleton and 11-on-11 stretches on day after day.

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Idaho quarterbacks, run defense shine in high-scoring scrimmage

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 18, 2018

Quarterbacks Mason Petrino and Colton Richardson combined to throw for 10 touchdowns. Petrino tossed eight, completing three to Connor Whitney and a pair to Cutrell Haywood, who also caught a Richardson pass over the middle for a score.