It will never supplant its big brother in terms of popularity, but the Football Championship Subdivision looks like it got all the brains. This week, as the Football Bowl Subdivision decided that ''Gosh, 400 bowl games just aren't enough, so let's ad… more »

Dan Zeidman never heard his named called Sunday during the NFL Draft. But he didn't really care. Two hours later, the former Idaho State kicking specialist was a member of the Carolina Panthers. ''I didn't even ask about the money,'' Zeidman said.… more »

POCATELLO- When two hours of controlled mayhem had ended, Idaho State head football coach John Zamberlin met the media with a contented smile on his face. ISU ended spring practices with Friday's annual spring game at Holt Arena, won unofficially by the… more »

In terms of boring sporting events, Idaho State's annual spring game on Friday was about as dull as they come. It had everything going against it. No one kept score. Only a few hundred fans came out to sit in Holt Arena's bucket seats. And the off… more »

POCATELLO - Players jammed to pre-game music in the locker room while they taped their ankles, put on their game jerseys for the first time this year and prepared for Friday's spring scrimmage at Holt Arena. Coaches weren't keeping score, and really,… more »

POCATELLO - Before Idaho State's spring football game Friday at Holt Arena, coach John Zamberlin asked the officials on hand to be lenient on delay of game penalties. Good thing the zebras listened. The Bengals weren't whistled for a single delay of… more »

The 2008 NFL Draft looms, and Montana's Kroy Biermann and Lex Hilliard seem the most likely Big Sky Conference players to get the call by the end of Sunday's seventh round. Hilliard, Montana's No. 2 career rusher, and Biermann, UM's No. 2 sack leader… more »

POCATELLO - Cornerback D.J. Clark is part of an elite fraternity with the Idaho State football team - that of the four-year seniors. So when Clark showers praise, it carries with it an historical perspective just six other teammates can offer. And it… more »

There hasn't been an Idaho State football player drafted since the newly rich Jared Allen in 2004, and there probably won't be this year. No Idaho State prospects have a profile on NFL.com (only four Big Sky players do), Even Josh Barnett - who exhib… more »

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) _ Four years ago this week, Jared Allen was an unknown defensive lineman at Division I-AA Idaho State projected to be little more than a long snapper in the NFL. On Wednesday, the former fourth-round draft pick became the ric… more »

POCATELLO - There's really no doubt about who Idaho State's top quarterback is. Sophomore Russel Hill led the Bengals offense on scoring drives of 97 and 55 yards and finished the day 5-of-9 for 75 yards while leading an efficient first-team offense… more »

POCATELLO - At a glance, no one player stands out on the Idaho State defensive line. Just two of them, junior Brian Livesay and senior Jon Tuua, have started more than two games for the Bengals - and Livesay is out this spring with an injury. Just on… more »

Is FBS Idaho - finally - suprassing Idaho State in facilities? Idaho State fans long ago accepted Boise State as the flagship athletic program in Idaho. The Broncos play in front of the state's largest crowds in the state's biggest stadiums,… more »

Kickers, that is, for the Idaho State Bengals in spring ball. POCATELLO - With wind whipping across the south field outside Holt Arena, Jon Vanderwielen and Mike Ramos camped out by a nearby brick building. There they performed seemingly innocuou… more »

POCATELLO - Nick Tranmer's spinal injury set him back months, but competitively it was probably the best thing for his winter conditioning team. With the sophomore center, Tranmer estimates his team won about half the team-on-team drills. Without him… more »