Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Last week was a money game for the Idaho State football team and was essentially a full-speed scrimmage for Utah State, who paid Idaho State $280,000 for an easy win. From Idaho State’s perspective, these games are not about winning, they are about collecting a paycheck […]
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Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor LOGAN, Utah – The Idaho State football team was slaughtered by the fast-paced Utah State offense Thursday night at Maverick Stadium in Logan, Utah, as the Bengals fell to Utah State, 51-13, while surrendering 596 yards of total offense. Utah State (1-1) collected points on its […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Over the next two weeks, the Idaho State football team will play two Mountain West schools, hauling in over $500,000. Idaho State will make $280,000 for playing in Logan Thursday night and will rail in another $300,000 for traveling to Nevada the following week. “I love […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor POCATELLO – The Idaho State football team survived its season-opener, beating Western Oregon, 37-6, after trailing 6-3 at halftime. Idaho State, (1-0) who finished the game by scoring 37 unanswered points, didn’t take the lead on its Division II foe until the 6:19 mark of the […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The $80,000 that members of the Football Alumni Team (FAT) told the Idaho State Journal earlier this month they would withhold from the school until President Author Vailas and Athletic Director Jeff Tingey were removed, was in the form of a fund-raising account that already belonged to the […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Four days before spring football was set to begin, former head coach Mike Kramer was forced into retirement. Current head coach, Rob Phenicie, was brought back to Idaho State after leaving for Northern Iowa and offensive coordinator Matt Troxel was brought back after leaving for Montana. […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Idaho State has won four football games in the last two seasons, two of which were to Division II schools, and the team has had two winning seasons since 2003. Stats like that indicate that something needs to change so Idaho State can finally start winning […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Former offensive coordinator and quarterback’s coach, Rob Phenicie, who left briefly to coach receivers at Northern Iowa, was introduced as the Idaho State’s 27th head football coach last week just four days before the start of the spring footbal season. Phenicie started coaching at Northern Iowa […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Former Idaho State head football coach Mike Kramer retired last Thursday following a meeting, which according to Athletic Director Jeff Tingey, was held with intention of improving the football program. Tingey said that if Kramer had not retired, he would no longer be coaching football at […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor One year after signing the biggest recruiting class in this six-year tenure at Idaho State, head football coach Mike Kramer announced last Wednesday the signing of 15 players, the smallest in the Kramer era. Seven of the 15 are from Idaho, four played their […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor After joining the Big Sky Conference in 2012, the University of North Dakota announced last week that the school will pull out of the Big Sky to join the Summit League and Missouri Valley Conference. The Fighting Hawks will join the Missouri Valley for football in […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Idaho State head football coach Mike Kramer promoted Rob Phenicie to offensive coordinator in the wake of Matt Troxel’s departure to Montana, where he accepted an offensive assistant position. Phenicie was an offensive assistant head coach as well as receivers coach last season for an offense […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Skyline Sports reported last week that ISU offensive coordinator Matt Troxel is heading to Montana where he will take an offensive assistant position. Troxel will join the staff of Bob Stitt, who will enter his third season at the helm for the Griz this fall. The […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The College Football Playoff seemed like a great idea at the time, but two years later it is apparent that it was a huge mistake. On paper, it seemed like a great idea. Instead of having the top two teams duke it out for the national […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Idaho State head football coach Mike Kramer is about to enter the last year of a three-year extension he signed after the 2014 season despite rumors around campus regarding a possible dismissal. According to Athletic Director Jeff Tingey, coaches are graded, in order, on three things […]