A weekend that began with such promise for Vandal sports ended with a couple big disappointments. The Vandals upset Utah on Friday night to open the hoops season, but things went upside down from there.
On Saturday, Idaho was blasted by No. 6 Boise State in the rivalry game, 63-25, and the volleyball team was handed its first home conference loss by No. 3 Hawaii. Last night, the Vandals were upset themselves on the hardwood, by an upstart Texas Southern team that forced 18 Idaho turnovers.
We hope the week to come is a happier one for Vandal sports — it’s been a weekend to forget.
It’s a bye week for football, but tonight, Idaho’s women open their hoops season against Gonzaga in Memorial Gym at 7 p.m. Let’s pack the gym and support the Vandal women!
On Thursday, volleyball closes out the WAC regular season with a home match against Boise State at 7 p.m.
Then, on Saturday, the Vandal men travel to Fargo, N.D. to take on the North Dakota State Bison at 2 p.m. We’ll be courtside with live coverage as Mac Hopson, Steffan Johnson and the rest try to get their season back on track.
Now for the links:
Football
- ESPN’s Graham Watson still projects Idaho to end up in the Humanitarian Bowl.
- Larry Johnson of GoVandals.net has a photo gallery of the debacle.
- The Idaho Statesman’s Chadd Cripe looks at the Vandals’ seven game-killing turnovers.
- San Jose State coach Dick Tomey is retiring after going 1-8 this year with the Spartans, reports Jon Wilner of the Mercury News.
- That came after the Utah State Aggies drilled the Spartans, 24-9, on Saturday.
- The Fresno State Collegian’s Logan Hopkins says when Ryan Mathews was knocked out, the Bulldogs’ hopes of beating the Wolf Pack went down with him.
Basketball
- The Spokesman-Review has a quick brief on the Vandals’ loss at Texas Southern.
- The Logan Herald-Journal’s Shawn Harrison examines Utah State’s narrow road victory over Weber State.
- Boise State came away with two wins and one loss from their opening weekend, reports the Idaho Statesman’s Nick Jezierny.
- Jason Groves of the Las Cruces Sun-News looks at the NMSU Aggies’ blowout defeat by St. Mary’s.
Just a comment from listening to the feed on Vandals Xtra..it would be nice if the announcer would let the listeners know at various times the guys who are on the court, it was hard to know who was playing and who was sitting..I know when you were blogging live you would list who was on the court, thanks for that..Just giving a little feedback if maybe you could pass it on..Don’t keep us guessing…Thanks