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Idaho State at a glance: go ahead and sleep on them

The mood around Boise State's first game of the season is decidedly scrimmage-ish. A Division I-AA team must be coming to town.

Sure enough, the Idaho State Bengals are set to have a certain body part that shall remain nameless handed to them on Saturday in ways that it has never been handed to them before. Brought to you by KTVB.

But we at OBNUG are not insensitive to the Bengals feelings. They are a football team, too, and they deserve the same amount of attention as any other BSU opponent...just with more jokes at their expense. Behold everything we know about Idaho State and plan on forgetting on August 31.

Last season's record: 3-8

Last week: The Bengal offense beat the Bengal defense in the final scrimmage of fall practice

Famous Idaho State alumni: Jared Allen, Merril Hoge, farmers

What Idaho State has going for it: The Bengals are supposed to have a decent secondary...decent by Big Sky standards. D.J. Clark and Keith Goins will be the defensive backs least likely to trail Titus Young by five yards on go routes.

Bonus good thing: Idaho State coach John Zamberlin returns for his second year. We're still not sure what kind of effect this will have on Saturday.

Player most likely to be crushed by losing to the Broncos: QB Russell Hill. Get prepared to be overwhelmed by Hill stories in the newspapers this weekend. "He went to Timberline, and the Broncos didn't recruit him!" Yes, we're sure they wish they could have that one back.

Hill looked good in the preseason, he has a year of experience under his belt, and Ryan Winterswyk might even take it easy on him for a play or two. Hey, one can dream.

Interesting fact to impress your friends: Idaho State will start two brothers at defensive end: Jeff and Jon Tuua. Have fun with that tidbit.

Idaho State's best player: WR Eddie Thompson may become the school's all-time leading receiver this season. Boise State's best defensive player: possibly CB Kyle Wilson.

Bottom line: Idaho State is better than they were last year, which could result in a few more wins in Big Sky play this season. Of course, we don't care about Big Sky play, and neither do Bronco coaches. This one will be ugly. And over by halftime.

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While I agree with the message, I disagree with the delivery. Everyone knows how this game is going to go but we don’t have to dis the Bengals in the process. This Bengal program has been through some tough times lately and they’re trying to claw – pardon the pun – back into the top half of the Big Sky. Besides, we share a common foe – the hated Vandals.
Don’t ask me why, but the Pocatello folks hate ‘em almost as much as we do. I give them a 50-50 chance of beating UI in Moscow. Did you see the last game between these two? Under loser Larry the Bengals almost pulled it off. This year they have a lot of experienced players vs. Idaho’s loads of freshmen and everyone’s favorite coach: Robb Akey. My prediction: ISU 28 Idaho 24 – The Bengals pull off the embarrassment of the year in Idaho sports and Bronco and Bengal fans party together.

by Berto on Aug 30, 2008 12:03 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for the perspective, Berto. Yes, we rag on Boise State opponents a little much sometimes, but hopefully it’s viewed as all in good fun. When the Idaho game rolls around later this year, no doubt the ribbing will be fierce.

And with Boise State on a bye next weekend, I have no problem adopting the Bengals as Bronco Nation’s official team. Go Bengals, beat Vandals!

by kevanlee on Aug 30, 2008 12:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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