Sean Kramer

Idaho football coach Paul Petrino met with the media on Tuesday to discuss Idaho's second consecutive loss and the Vandals' upcoming game against Appalachian State

The Vandals, once again, couldn't hold on to a sizable lead at halftime and dropped another Sun Belt Conference road game. This time it was a 52-45 loss at the hands of South Alabama.

Idaho defensive coordinator Mike Breske met with the media on Wednesday to discuss Idaho's game at New Mexico State and the upcoming task at South Alabama. Idaho conceded 48 points after halftime in its 55-48 loss to the Aggies last week.

Idaho couldn't hold a 30-7 second-half lead and eventually feel 55-48 in overtime in Las Cruces.

The Vandals defeated Saint Martin's 86-62 Friday night in its exhibition opener, featuring a changing of the guard in the back court.

With Dezmon Epps's suspension, the Vandals will be without each of their top three receivers. Who will step up in their stead? What other players have stepped up at other positions?

Dezmon Epps will be dismissed from the Idaho football teams if allegations of him striking his girlfriend are confirmed.

Idaho won its second consecutive game on Saturday with a 27-13 Homecoming against against the ULM Warhawks. The win brought Idaho to 3-4, its first season above the two-win mark since 2010 and its first time winning back-to-back games since 2009.

Idaho coach Paul Petrino was noticeably more upbeat and talkative on Tuesday afternoon when recapping his first road win as coach of the Vandals.

The Idaho football team didn't even arrive in Troy, Alabama until about five hours before kickoff, and the Vandals still didn't trail and held onto a 19-16 lead late in the fourth quarter for its first road football win under Paul Petrino.

Jake Luton scored three rushing touchdowns in his first collegiate start, orchestrating four perfect trips into the red zone for Idaho.

Redshirt freshman Jake Luton threw for 166 yards and ran in three touchdowns in his first collegiate start, but Arkansas State hit big play after big play to tame the Vandals 49-35 in Jonesboro on Saturday night.

MOSCOW, Idaho – A familiar script is starting to develop for Idaho when it comes to Sun Belt Conference games within the confines of the Kibbie Dome. Momentum swings gone awry and leaving with the feeling of “what if?”

The University of Idaho has placed men’s basketball assistant coach Joe Ford on administrative leave pending an investigation into his conduct while he was an assistant at University of Pacific. Pacific has hired an outside, independent investigator to look in to a possible inappropriate relationship Ford had with a female student-athlete while coaching at the school. This was first reported by CBS Sports.

Clarkston HS star Trevon Allen committed to Idaho last week over Eastern Washington and will be a combo guard with the Vandals.

MOSCOW, Idaho – Matt Linehan has never been happier to see the Vulcan Salute. Fans of the popular Sci-Fi series Star Trek know the symbol well – Spock sticks his thumb out and creates a ‘V’ with his other four fingers to express living long and prospering. For Linehan, a redshirt sophomore, it’s hopefully a symbol of many career victories and a prosperous career full of touchdowns as the starting quarterback at Idaho.

The Idaho Vandals kick off season three of the Paul Petrino era. What are the things to watch when Idaho takes the field against MAC opponent Ohio?

There’s really no question as to what Matt Linehan’s low point of his redshirt freshman season was. He threw three interceptions and fumbled twice in a home contest versus Arkansas State. Coach Paul Petrino benched him the next week at San Diego State.

MOSCOW, Idaho – With the support of Idaho athletic director Rob Spear, Idaho football coach Paul Petrino issued a statement on Thursday denying a claim made in a column written by the Moscow-Pullman Daily News that he needed to be restrained during a confrontation with reporters following Wednesday morning’s practice. “Today the Moscow-Pullman Daily News published an article stating that I had to be ‘physically restrained’ from one of their reporters, and insinuated that I intended to physically harm him.  This is not an accurate account of what happened after yesterday’s practice,” Petrino said in a prepared statement.

Idaho football coach Paul Petrino and athletic director Rob Spear responded to a Moscow-Pullman Daily News column detailing Paul Petrino's behavior following Wednesday's practice, which alleged the coach moved toward two media members in a threatening member and had to be restrained by a graduate assistant coach.

Notes and Petrino quotes from a Tuesday morning practice