Denim Millward Sports Editor When it comes to defensive performance, the two words Bengal head football coach Mike Kramer hates the most are “last year.” Anyone who watched the 2012 ISU campaign or even has glanced at a statistical breakdown of its historically bad defense from last season knows exactly […]
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SVEN ALSKOG STAFF WRITER Under the direction of Athletic Director Jeff Tingey, the Idaho State University athletic program has seen a complete resurgence in the financial aspects of its operation. Prior to the transition to a new leader, the athletic program found itself in a less-than-stellar state financially, including overspendings […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor After a stellar debut performance leading to a rare ISU football win, Justin Arias had every right to be happy, excited and otherwise stoked at the postgame press conference. Based on his placid demeanor while fielding media questions, it seemed as if Arias had just finished […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor After a 2012 campaign featuring one win, negative national publicity and a dearth of even remotely competitive contests, a lack of excitement and enthusiasm for Bengal football in 2013 is understandable. Despite the collective dumpster fire that was the 2012 season, there are an abundance of […]
Growing Pains The Idaho State football team conducted their second scrimmage of spring training on April 19. While watching their practices leading up to the scrimmage, I focused on watching the defense. I will note a few general thoughts about the defense before I break them down by position. We […]
From Young Guns to Top Guns In last year’s first spring scrimmage, I pulled my hamstring. This year’s opening spring scrimmaged netted me a nasty paper cut. Transitioning from collegiate football player to collegiate newspaper sports writer is still a painful process. For the last week, I attended the early […]
New Beginnings Spring symbolizes rebirth and growth, among other things. Apparently the symbolic meaning of spring has transferred over to the football field. Spring practice started on April 2 and the Idaho State men’s football team is already seeing plenty of rebirth and growth. “Everything is new,” said Idaho State […]
Local Talent Highlights Recruiting Class The Idaho State Bengals football team announced its 2013 recruiting class on National Signing Day, Feb. 6. The Bengals signed 14 high school athletes along with four junior college transfers. Two signees and one walk-on will not have to travel far from home to play […]
The Idaho State Bengals have been thrown into the media spotlight in recent weeks for reasons that should make students proud. Former ISU football player Josh Hill was selected to play in the East-West Shrine game on Jan. 18. The game is played in front of NFL scouts and Hill […]
John van Vliet Guest Writer As the Sports Editor the number one question that I get asked is, “Why do they make the football players go against these college powerhouses just to get embarrassed on national television?” I asked senior offensive lineman John van Vliet to write an article for […]
The Idaho State Athletic Department has announced that the football program will have a perfect 1,000 Academic Performance Rating, or APR, score for the 2011-12 school year, pending NCAA approval. The Academic Performance Rating is a way for the NCAA to measure an athletic department’s academic success. “I appreciate the […]
Leaving ISU as an all-time great Idaho State wide receiver Rodrick Rumble was a once-in-a-generation type of player. He was one of those rare players that was worth the price of admission. When fans look back at the last two seasons of Idaho State University football they shouldn’t view it […]
Andrew Benavides still supporting on the sideline Idaho men’s football player Andrew Benavides will never make a play for the Idaho State University football team on the field again, but he is still doing everything that he can to help the Bengals win. After suffering a career-ending injury, Benavides serves […]
No Criminal Charge for Kramer It’s time to close the chapter on the incident involving Idaho State head football coach Mike Kramer and wide receiver Derek Graves. Pocatello prosecutors decided not to file criminal charges against Kramer. There wasn’t enough merit to charge the second year coach since investigators believed […]
The incident involving Idaho State University head coach Mike Kramer allegedly shoving wide receiver Derek Graves keeps on escalating and continues to garner national attention. According to sources, Kramer will be charged with a misdemeanor if he hasn’t already been charged by the time our papers have gone to the […]