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Jul. 30—The leaves are not quite changing color yet, but the Washington State and Idaho football programs will open their respective fall camps Wednesday, exactly one month prior to the first games of the season against Oregon-based opponents.
The Cougs and Vandals open with 15 and 16 fall camp practices, before school begins on each campus Aug. 19. Both teams will shift to the fall semester practice schedule leading up to their season openers Aug. 31.
WSU will host Portland State at noon, at Gesa Field while the Vandals make the trip to newly crowned Big Ten country to challenge the preseason darling Oregon Ducks at 4:30 p.m. The Cougs’ season opener will be their first of six games broadcast by the CW while Idaho’s opener will be the first Oregon home game broadcast by the Big Ten Network.
WSU will open with helmet-only practices for two days, add shoulder pads Friday and begin practicing using full pads Aug. 6 at Rogers Field. Head coach Jake Dickert will follow a similar model as last season with two scrimmages before school begins. These scrimmages will take place on Saturdays at 10:15 a.m. Aug. 10 and 6:45 p.m. Aug. 17, likely at Gesa Field.
While the program has not announced arrangements for an open practice or scrimmage, Dickert encouraged Cougs to show up to several open practices/scrimmages last year, especially after school began and students were back on campus.
Idaho will follow a similar schedule, with two scrimmages Aug. 8 and 17, likely in the Kibbie Dome. All Idaho practices will be open to the public, according to the Vandal football website.
WSU and UI held their spring camp in April, with Wazzu’s camp concluding with a 22-21 Team Crimson walk-off win over Team Gray while the Black jerseys beat the Yellow jerseys 35-21 in the Vandal Spring Game. The respective spring games provided plenty of…
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Author : Lewiston Tribune, Idaho
Publish date : 2024-07-30 21:47:00
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