Alright I got a busy day at work tomorrow so I’m gonna post this tonight. This one should be a hot topic around here as there seems to be a lot of disagreement about how good the Vandys will be! I personally think they will be very good. They’re my pick to win the Big Sky. An offense that returns the Jerry Rice award winner in QB Gevani McCoy, and perhaps the top WR in the FCS in Hayden Harris, plus a stout defense and a good head coach! Plus a favorable schedule. Let’s dive in!
August 31 @ Lamar - W. Originally, Idaho had a home game scheduled against D2 Western Oregon, but replaced it with an FCS road game after seeing the importance of playing an all D1 schedule for playoff consideration. The bad news though is they sacrificed a home game in the process giving them a very heavy 7 game road schedule. Good thing Lamar is the worst team in the Southland. They’ll coast in this one!
September 9 @ Nevada - W. I’m calling it. Idaho wins this game! 10 days to prepare for one of the worst Mountain West teams. Incarnate Word beat Nevada last year rather comfortably and I think Idaho could potentially do to Nevada what Weber did to Utah State last year.
September 16 @ CAL - L. I really wanna pull the trigger and pick the upset in this one, but I’m just not quite there yet. I think CAL will be on high alert knowing Idaho beat Nevada the previous week. They could do it, and I won’t be surprised if they do, but for now I’m gonna say they lose a close one!
September 23 vs. Sacramento State - W. Idaho finally plays their home opener 4 weeks into the season. 3 really tough games in a row. Sac State plays Stanford the week before so back to back road games could be tough for Sac, but Idahos at home and they have the better team!
September 30 @ Eastern Washington - W. 4 out of the first 5 games on the road, brutal! Good thing Eastern won’t be very good this year. Idaho smoked them last year, and I see them doing it again this year!
October 7 @ Cal Poly - W. How about 5 of your first 6 games of the year all on the road? My god! By this time they could very well be worn out from all the travel. Look for a close game in this one as they may just be exhausted.
October 14 vs. Montana - W. I’d like to think with the amount of time the Vandys will have spent on the road, that we could jump up and surprise them in the dome, but I think that’s gonna be a lot harder now that this is a prime time game on ESPN2. They will be jacked for this one. They haven’t played on ESPN since 2018 against Florida, and haven’t played at home on ESPN since 2011 against Boise State. Expect a close game in this one, but I think the Vandys pull it out!
October 21 BYE. A late bye week and they’re gonna need it after all of that. A chance to finally spend some time at home.
October 28 vs. Montana State - W. Perfect time to have a bye week with the cats coming to town! Wanna hear how unbalanced the schedules are? Since 2018 when Idaho re-joined the Big Sky, the cats have never played Idaho in Moscow. Both of their prior 2 conference meetings were in Bozeman. The last time they played in Moscow was in 2016 in Choate’s first season when Idaho was still FBS. This is the back end of a 2 game road trip for the cats. They play at Sac State the week before. I like Idaho off a bye week in a close one!
November 4 @ Northern Colorado - W. After not leaving Moscow for 3 weeks, this is a chance to work on some things and blow the doors off a bad opponent. Idaho wins big.
November 11 @ Weber State - W. God the amount of back to back road trips feels flat out inhumane. I bet if these 2 teams played each other last year Idaho would’ve won. I think Webers overrated and Idaho wins this game rather comfortably.
November 18 vs. Idaho State - W. Tune up game for the playoffs before hopefully getting a first round bye.
sure, and the griz were going to win a championship by now. but, but, but....
