Trevor Delaney

Sports Editor

The Bengals fell to the Weber State Wildcats in Ogden, Utah this weekend on Saturday, April 10, after a game that came close to falling in ISU’s favor. The final score for Saturday’s football game was 15 points for the Bengals, with the Wildcats finishing with an even 20 points to win the game.

In a game week interview with ISU Coach Rob Phenicie, he was asked how he thought the Weber State and ISU football teams have changed since they last played.

“They do a great job on defense and they do what they do,” said Phenicie. “You know, and they’re very confident in what they do and they’re very good at what they do on defense. So you know there’s some subtle changes to some things that they’ve done, but for the most part they are who they are and by this time of the year we are who we are. I think going into that Weber game we didn’t know our identity, and we now kind of have an identity of who we are and who we can rely on in games and stuff like that.”

“This has been a team that I feel that we’ve gotten better and the spring season has been very very productive for us,” Phenicie added. “We don’t take winning for granted around here, winning games is hard. The guys are fired up and I think they’re excited to carry that into this week hopefully.”

The Bengals went into the second quarter of Saturday’s game with the lead by 3 points to Weber State. Weber State gained momentum, with ISU nearly catching up Weber State and trailing by only one point. With 5:25 left on the clock in the fourth quarter, the Bengals gained the lead, 15-14. With only two minutes left, Weber State managed to blow past ISU and end the game with a five point lead over the Bengals.

Finishing out the spring season with a 2-4 season record, the Bengals have their sights set on the fall 2021 season, with a sense of normality returning with restrictions on capacity being lifted in the Holt Arena in Pocatello.

“I really like our home schedule next year,” said Phenicie. “We have the Vandals here, we have the Wildcats here, those two big games. I hope we fill Holt [Arena].”