MOSCOW, Idaho – Idaho concluded spring practice Friday night with redshirt sophomore Nick Josifek emerging as the current leader to be starting quarterback after completing 6 of 14 passes for 63 yards and a touchdown in its spring game.
A Vandals offense that had been cuffed around all spring by the defense got a measure of revenge, and Idaho emerged with confidence from old hands on both sides of the ball under the leadership of new coach Thomas Ford.
“Whenever there is a new staff, there are wrinkles, growing pains. I am really proud of the guys, how they adjusted,” said sixth-year senior offensive lineman Nate Azzopardi, whose block sprung senior running back Nate Thomas for a touchdown.
“A lot of our young guys have made roles for themselves,” noted senior defensive tackle Sam Brown of his final spring with the Vandals.
But the starting quarterback position remains unresolved after the Vandals plucked former Fresno State QB Joshua Wood from the transfer portal. While Wood did not take part in spring ball, however the depth chart looks in spring, it may not look that way in fall, Ford said.
The offense won 27-23 in the final scrimmage, but the format allowed defenders to score points on three-and-outs and forced punts.
The defense missed out on a chance to get even after the second half was shortened because the Vandals were playing with only seven healthy offensive linemen. In addition, the defense was playing without all its tricks.
“We were a little bit more vanilla on defense today,” Ford said. “(Defensive coordinator Cort Dennison) has got some good stuff cooked up. But we didn’t want to show too much of it today.”
One insight from spring is that Idaho is loaded with running backs .
Idaho running back Art Williams steps into the end zone during the team’s…
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