Opinion: Heartache factory

For people living seven miles west of Moscow, there’s a common expression applied whenever their sports teams underperform, are upset, or let a game or season slip away — “Couged it,” or any variation of the phrase.

Colton ClarkAs Vandals, fans don’t really have a statement like that, but maybe it’s time to fashion one. Fans have endured enough heartbreak, right?

Not everything, but close to all went wrong for Idaho in its 92-78 quarterfinals loss to No. 10-seeded Southern Utah in Reno, Nev. during the Big Sky Conference Tournament Thursday.

If there ever was a year during Idaho Head Coach Don Verlin’s 10-year tenure for the Vandals to finally grasp that slippery title, it was this one.…