Vandals fall in conference opener

Box Score MOSCOW, Idaho – Disappointment was felt throughout the Kibbie Dome Saturday as the Idaho Vandals lost 34-13 to Troy University in their Sun Belt Conference opener.

Vandal coach Paul Petrino was left shaking his head at the outcome – and how it transpired.

"It was just a disappointing day," he said. "We just didn't get it done. Bottom line. We can say 8,000 different ways. Probably the best way to say it is I didn't get it done as the head coach. Didn't get them ready to play good enough and we didn't execute good enough."

The first minutes of the game were a different story. Austin Rehkow opened the scoring for the Vandals with a 21-yard field goal to cap a length of the field drive…