The last time the Idaho football team took the field in December, the Vandals were busy putting up 61 points and 606 yards of offense in a Famous Idaho Potato Bowl victory over Colorado State.
Spring ball started Friday, and now the Vandals are busy trying to maintain the momentum.
“It’s still always going to (be), expect to win,” coach Paul Petrino said. “But now it’s about raising the bar.”
Idaho won its last five games of the season and its third bowl game all-time. The Vandals won nine games overall, their most since 1998. The program is trending upwards under Petrino, though it faces a strange dynamic: Idaho will transition from the FBS’ Sun Belt to the FCS’ Big Sky in 2018, meaning the 2017 season is the Vandals’ last chance to make a bowl game.