Monday, November 02, 2009

Idaho 35, Louisiana Tech 34

The resurgence of Idaho football continues after their disaster last week in Nevada (70-45 loss). Playing at home in the Kibbie Dome, the Vandals opened the show with something that seemed extremely common this Halloween weekend: a 98-yard kickoff return for a TD.

They promptly gave that score back with interest as they fell behind to the Louisiana-Tech Bulldogs 21-7 at the end of the first quarter. On the theory that slow and steady wins the race (ask the tortoise), the Vandals scored 7 in the second, and 7 in the third while holding the Bulldogs to just 7 points in the second, to draw to 28-21 and set up a wild fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs' Myke Compton scored on a 1-yard run but then they missed the extra point giving them a 34-21 lead.

The Vandals then came back with two scores of their own, the final coming with just 52 seconds left, and, more importantly, made both extra points for a 35-34 victory.

Next up for the Vandals is a home game with the Fresno State Bulldogs(5-3, 4-1).

Idaho is now 7-2 overall and 4-1 in conference and ranked 44 on the CBSSports120. Having dropped their game to Nevada (5-3, 4-0) and with Boise State (8-0, 3-0) two weeks from now, it is unlikely that the Vandals will be able to win the Western Athletic title, but their accomplishments thus far after years of frustration (when they were consistently down there around 110 of 120 or so) should get a lot of notice for Coach Robb Akey's Vandals.

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