Seiji Wood Sports Editor The Idaho State football team was upset by Cal Poly last Saturday in a 37-14 loss in San Luis Obispo. The Bengals (6-4, 5-2 BSC), could never get going on offense and ISU was held to a season-low 14 points. “(Cal Poly) played a heck of […]
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Seiji Wood Sports Editor The Idaho State football team held on for a win against Portland State Saturday night, 48-45. The win puts the Bengals at 6-3 overall and in a three-way tied for second in the Big Sky Conference at 5-1. The win also guarantees Idaho State a winning […]
Seiji Wood Sports Editor The ISU football team won a close game against Montana State last Saturday, 24-17. The win snapped an 11-game losing streak against the Bobcats. The Bengals are now 5-3 overall and 4-1 in conference play and the win will ensure ISU a winning season for the […]
Seiji Wood Sports Editor The ISU football team lost, 48-41, last Saturday to Liberty. The Bengals are now 4-3 on the season after losing two close games in back-to-back weeks. This game was a non-conference game, so it doesn’t affect ISU in the conference standings, but how “a win is […]
Seiji Wood Sports Editor Idaho State’s football team is off to one of its best starts in years with a 4-2 record midway through the season. The Bengals are 3-1 in conference play and are tied for second in the conference standings. The only losses so far this season have […]
Seiji Wood Sports Editor ISU’s football team won its second consecutive game Saturday on Homecoming against NAU, 56-42. The win snapped a 10-game losing streak against the Lumberjacks and the Bengals are now 3-1 overall and 2-0 in conference play, which is the first time they’ve started 2-0 in the […]
Seiji Wood Sports Editor ISU’s football team opened conference play last Saturday against No. 22 North Dakota. The previous two games with the Fighting Hawks have been close and this game wasn’t much different. It was a tough fought game with ISU walking away with the win, 25-21, the first […]
Seiji Wood Sports Editor On Jan. 25, North Dakota (UND), ISU’s football opponent this Saturday, announced they would leave the Big Sky Conference and join the Summit League and Missouri Valley starting in the 2018-2019 season. The Summit League doesn’t sponsor football, so school officials at UND then stated the […]
Seiji Wood Sports Editor ISU will start conference play against North Dakota this Saturday. The Bengals are currently 1-1 and up to this point, I’m left with one question: who are we? ISU opened the season with a 45-10 win against Western State of Colorado, a Division II school and […]
Sasha Ambrose Sports Reporter This Saturday, the Bengals will kickoff their second game of the season against the Cal Bears, a game in which ISU will get $625,000 for playing. After taking care of Division II Western State of Colorado, a game ISU won 45-10, the Bengals will now look […]
Seiji Wood/ Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor/ Editor-in-Chief There are four goals painted on the windows of the football offices in Holt Arena. Those four goals are to have a winning record, beat Weber State, make the playoffs and to win the conference. Last season, ISU wouldn’t have accomplished any of […]
Jerry Miller Advisor to the Bengal Idaho State’s football Bengals were once known as “The Throwin’ Idahoans” in deference to an always nationally-ranked passing offense. Although the Bengals still love to throw, they’re now a “run first” team, and last season was a good example why. The Bengals opened the […]
Seiji Wood Sports Editor With the upcoming season right around the corner, the ISU football team has a positive mindset and foresees a season unlike what we’ve seen in the past. It went 2-9 in 2016 and 2015, but went 4-7 in 2017, under first-year head coach Rob Phenicie, the […]
Jerry Miller Advisor to the Bengal One of the most prominent forms of entertainment on the Pocatello campus is athletic events. During the fall, four ISU athletic teams compete against other competition throughout the country and the Big Sky Conference. Admission to these events is free for all ISU students. […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer Lucas Gebhart Editor-in-Chief After a turnaround season last year, the ISU football team wrapped up spring practices last weekend with its annual spring game. The 15 spring practices began March 29 and were held on the ICCU practice field. After going 2-9 for two consecutive seasons […]