2008 Woodie Awards
Gone are the orange jerseys and white pants worn by the football team the past two seasons and in their place the Bengals will wear all black home uniforms. The Bengals will also tweak the helmets a little bit. The design will remain the same but, the "IS" logo on the side of the helmet will change from orange with a black outline to black with an orange outline.
Longtime Idaho State University play-by-play announcer, Jerry Miller, has officially been named the lead broadcaster for Idaho State's football and men's basketball coverage for the 2008-09 season, replacing Russ Eisenstein. Eisenstein informed the university that he would be taking over as the broadcast director for Ohio University's football and men's basketball program and was officially introduced at Ohio University on Thursday Aug.
Idaho State University Interim Director of Athletics, Jeff Tingey, has announced that Chad Teichert, one of the top volleyball clinicians in the nation and one of the nation's winningest high school coaches, has been tabbed as the ninth head volleyball coach in ISU history, replacing Mike Welch, who held the post from 2000-2007.
Seton Sobolewski, an assistant at UC-Riverside for the past six seasons, has been named by Interim Director of Athletics, Jeff Tingey, as the 12th Head Women's Basketball Coach in Idaho State history, replacing Jon Newlee, who left the Bengals on April 15 to take over the University of Idaho's program.
In a long and strenuous span of seven days, eight Olympic events stood before American swimmer Michael Phelps in Beijing. From individual medleys, team relays, and his own individual competitions, he has conquered seven of them in world (and Olympic) record fashion while winning eight gold medals for the most gold medals at an Olympics.
Among all the newsmaking stories that took place this summer, like Dr. Bruce Ivins and his attempts to carry out anthrax attacks in 2001, the unpredictable race for President between Barack Obama and John McCain and the major pollution crisis in China, the sports world has still managed to make a little noise during our break.
For fans, the history of sports is something that most are familiar with, and reading a book about it doesn't excite them. But when an ESPN anchor known for his humor and take on the sporting world writes a book about the history of sports it becomes much more interesting.
If 2007 was a drought year for Idaho State soccer when it came to getting the ball into the back of the net and winning the close games, then 2008 may be the year of the floods. After steam rolling over Northwest Nazarene 4-0 in an exhibition game last Wednesday, Aug.