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 […]
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Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Now, before you read this list you have to understand how I came up with it. There is a difference between me not liking a game and me not liking teams. I hate both BYU and Boise State, but I like watching the game between them. […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Two years ago, the Idaho State football team went 8-4 and had a chance at the FCS playoffs. After two straight 2-9 seasons, that seems like an eternity ago as the Bengals have now only won four games in the last two seasons. ISU started 2016 […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The Idaho State Bengals didn’t have anything but pride to play for Saturday afternoon as the team took on the Weber State Wildcats at Holt Arena. The Bengals had an opportunity to knock rival Weber State out of the FCS playoff picture with a win and […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Milton “Dubby” Holt, an ISU legend and the man that ISU’s Holt Arena is named after, was 92 when he died in 2007. He left behind two national championships, 13 conference championships and one new athletic facility. Holt retired in 1979 after leading the Bengals to […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor They call it “The Inferno.” An eye-popping, bright red field on the outskirts of Cheney, Washington with jet-black end zones, white lettering and sprawled out black and white eagle at midfield. This field has played host to Eastern Washington football since 1967, but has only been […]
Tanner Sucher Staff Writer When Idaho State won its lone National Championship in 1981, two current NFL coaches, Marvin Lewis and Dirk Koetter, were on the staff and team. ISU is one of three institutions in the entire country that has two NFL coaches as alums, the other two are […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Idaho State trailed 17-13 at halftime but was outscored 31-7 in the second half as the Southern Utah Thunderbirds throttled the Bengals in-route to a 52-27 victory Saturday afternoon at Holt Arena, handing ISU its fourth consecutive loss. The Bengals have been outscored 177-75 the […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Four years ago, Jakori Ford sat in a hospital room while doctors tapped the bottom of his foot, asking him if he could feel anything. He was 19-years old and a father to be. Ford knew why the doctors were tapping on this foot and knew […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor In a game with two completely different offensive styles, a run-heavy North Dakota team (6-2) took down an air-it-out Idaho State squad (2-5), 28-21 Saturday afternoon in Holt Arena. ISU now has dropped its third consecutive conference game and falls to 1-3 in conference play while […]
Tanner Sucher Staff Writer The Manu family is the definition of a football family and senior Taison Manu is just one of many branches of the Manu football tree. His father, Tony Manu, and uncle, Ron, played football at ISU while his uncle, James Manu, played football at Air Force […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor In a 56-7 loss to Colorado, Josh Cook hauled in a four-yard pass that launched him into the Idaho State University record books for most career receiving yards by a tight end in school history, a record previously held by current New Orleans Saints tight end, […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Rain or shine, tailgating is part of the cultural fabric of college football, drawing fans to brave the elements of Mother Nature to carry on a tradition that those who don’t partake in will never fully understand. For the diehards, it doesn’t matter if there is […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The Idaho State Athletic Department has pocketed close to $1 million in the last two weeks as the University of Colorado Boulder and Oregon State University paid to play ISU for an almost guaranteed win. Colorado paid ISU $500,000 while Oregon State paid $475,000, bringing the […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The 2015 season ended before it even began for Mario Jenkins and Taison Manu, as two of the team’s top three leading tacklers from 2014 both suffered season-ending injuries during the offseason. Jenkins, a redshirt junior, tore his ACL just four practices into the new campaign. […]