MOSCOW, Idaho – As Idaho seeks to rehabilitate its season against Eastern Washington following a disappointing and unexpected homecoming loss to Northern Colorado, the Vandals are focused on what they did right, as well as what went wrong.
“We did some things right on both sides, but we were not complementary,” said Idaho coach Thomas Ford Jr. “Our group is very resilient. They are very hungry still.”
The Eagles (2-4, 1-1 Big Sky) are coming off a bye and yet to lose at Roos Field, where they will host the Vandals (2-4, 0-2) Saturday at 4 p.m..
Idaho did put up 33 points on Northern Colorado, which is enough to win many games. But they also gave up 49, which could have easily been 56, since the Bears had first and goal at the 6-yard line with 1 minute, 18 seconds to play but elected to kneel out the clock.
“We needed to play our best football to beat those guys,” said Ford. “We did not play our best football.”
Idaho was without starting quarterback Joshua Wood, who suffered a sprained knee against Montana Sept. 27.
“He has been attacking his rehab,” said Ford on Monday, adding that Wood’s participation against the Eagles will be a game -time decision. “It would be 50-50 if he had to play today.”
If Wood can’t play, Idaho will likely go with the duo of Jack Wagner and Rocco Koch who gave the Vandals a facsimile of Wood’s dual -threat ability against the Bears. Wagner completed 21 of 33 passes with two interceptions and a touchdown for 237 yards, and Koch was the Vandals’ leading rusher with 81 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries.
After starting quarterback Jack Layne got hurt last season, Wagner played in 11 games for the 10-4 Vandals and threw for 1,389 yards and 12 touchdowns.
He looked rusty in this year’s first outing against UNC. His first pass was…
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