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Idaho looks to rebuild around new coach Thomas Ford Jr. despite several entrants into transfer portal

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 14, 2025

MOSCOW, Idaho – When former Idaho football coach Jason Eck told his team after its Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinal loss to Montana State that he was leaving to become the head coach at New Mexico, it left Vandals fans with complicated feelings.

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NCAA ruling on junior college athletes allows some Eastern Washington football players to return

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 26, 2024

Eastern Washington’s football team formally said goodbye to two dozen seniors in November, and earlier this month it said the same to more players who decided to enter the transfer portal.

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Idaho introduces head coach Thomas Ford: ‘People want to be a part of this program.’

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

MOSCOW, Idaho – Thomas Ford said that he began coming to the University of Idaho to attend high school football camps in the late 1990s.

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Financially, former Idaho coach Jason Eck’s move to New Mexico made perfect sense

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2024

Speaking at his introductory news conference at New Mexico, former Idaho football coach Jason Eck shared a story plenty of up-and-coming coaches – and their spouses – could relate to.

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Idaho football picks former assistant Thomas Ford to replace Jason Eck as head coach

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 18, 2024

Thomas Ford was named head football coach at Idaho on Wednesday. Ford replaces Jason Eck, who left to take the same position at New Mexico on Saturday.

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Idaho WR Mark Hamper, LB Jaxton Eck latest players to enter portal

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 16, 2024

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Coach Jason Eck leaving Idaho for New Mexico

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 14, 2024

MOSCOW, Idaho – A day after being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs by Montana State, Idaho is suddenly scrambling to maintain a three-year upswing in its football fortunes as coach Jason Eck and key players are leaving.

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Top-seeded Montana State thumps Idaho 52-19 in FCS quarterfinals

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 13, 2024

“Yellowstone” is coming to an end this month. And while the TV series is set to go off the air, a different group of Montanans was trying to avoid spoilers.

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Things to watch: Idaho needs steady presence up front to upset Montana State in FCS quarterfinals

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 12, 2024

MOSCOW, Idaho – A rallying cry for University of Idaho football fans who have seen more seasons end in November than not has been Vandals coach Jason Eck’s declaration that December in Moscow is not for Christmas parties but for playoff football.

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‘Be the hammer, not the nail’: Idaho looks to stun FCS playoffs in quarterfinal against top-seeded Montana State

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 11, 2024

MOSCOW, Idaho – The temperature was holding steady at 31 degrees. The practice field was illuminated by artificial light overhead in the evening chill, and the players, as they breathed, steamed like dragons.

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After blowout in first meeting, Idaho hopes returning players can turn tide against Montana State in FCS quarterfinals

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 9, 2024

MOSCOW, Idaho – When last seen, Montana State was trampling over the corpse of an injury-depleted Idaho in October, 38-7.

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‘This is the fun part’: Idaho advances to FCS quarterfinals with win against Lehigh 34-13

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 7, 2024

MOSCOW, Idaho – Big plays early allowed Idaho to begin enforcing its will in a second round Football Championship Subdivision playoff game against a Lehigh team that inexorably fell behind, could not contain the Vandals’ volatile passing attack and had trouble scoring points of its own.

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Idaho looks to rebuild around new coach Thomas Ford Jr. despite several entrants into transfer portal

NCAA ruling on junior college athletes allows some Eastern Washington football players to return

Idaho introduces head coach Thomas Ford: ‘People want to be a part of this program.’

Financially, former Idaho coach Jason Eck’s move to New Mexico made perfect sense

Idaho football picks former assistant Thomas Ford to replace Jason Eck as head coach

Idaho WR Mark Hamper, LB Jaxton Eck latest players to enter portal

Coach Jason Eck leaving Idaho for New Mexico

Top-seeded Montana State thumps Idaho 52-19 in FCS quarterfinals

Things to watch: Idaho needs steady presence up front to upset Montana State in FCS quarterfinals

‘Be the hammer, not the nail’: Idaho looks to stun FCS playoffs in quarterfinal against top-seeded Montana State

After blowout in first meeting, Idaho hopes returning players can turn tide against Montana State in FCS quarterfinals

‘This is the fun part’: Idaho advances to FCS quarterfinals with win against Lehigh 34-13