MOSCOW — For the first week of Idaho fall football camp, the offense won just about every day. This week has been the polar opposite, even during the scrimmage. The defense has looked massively improved just a week later.
Part of the reason for the recent defensive success may be because the Vandals are starting to catch up with learning a new and challenging defense. According to defensive coordinator Cort Dennison, he was throwing a lot at the players early and often.
“Our whole philosophy on defense is to try and get as much in as we can as fast as we can,” Dennison said. “You don’t want to throw everything in, but you want to see essentially how fast these kids can learn. … So we’ve thrown a lot at them. They’ve done a great job.”
How it went down for the defense
The defense forced multiple turnovers and got to the quarterback numerous times on Saturday at the P1FCU Kibbie Dome.
During the first 11-on-11 portion of practice, sophomore quarterback Joshua Wood was driving the offense down the field. He had multiple completions for short or medium gains, but as the offense got into the red zone the defense started to clamp up the receivers.
On a third-and-4, the pass was knocked down and the offense decided to stay out and go for it on fourth down. Wood threw a ball to the middle of the field only for it to be deflected by sophomore safety Brayden Rice of Lewiston High.
On the next possession, sophomore quarterback Nick Josifek replaced Wood. The Vandals again went for it on fourth down, this time a fourth-and-1. As soon as the play started, it ended as fifth-year edge Sam Brown got to Josifek in the backfield before he could even hand the ball off to sophomore running back Art Williams.
A few plays later, Josifek threw the ball toward the outside of the field, targeting a receiver on a dig route only…
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