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 […]
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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 […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Achieving childhood dreams is not common nature, especially in the world of athletics. But Jerry Miller took his childhood dream and made it a reality as he is closing out his 30th year as a play-by-play broadcaster for ISU athletics. He estimates that he has broadcasted […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer With the 2018 NFL Draft fast approaching, many college football players across the country will be waiting to find out where they will be playing football next season. One of these players will be ISU’s Skyler Phillips. Phillips was picked up by Reign Sports Management about […]
Madeline Leavitt Staff Writer This recruiting season started off different than most. The cycle normally starts in February, but head football coach Rob Phenicie didn’t have that option. But last Wednesday, Phenicie announced his first signing class at ISU, which consisted of 23 players. “The positions we filled were exactly […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer A recent study on ISU’s Pocatello campus has found that it could be possible that there are more concussions taking place in the NFL than are being reported. Dr. Caroline Faure conducted this study by reaching out to the wives of NFL players, asking if their […]