Before their walkthrough. Before their news conference. The Vandals reached out to the Boise Community and to a very special Vandal.
After starting their day at an FCA breakfast at which former Nebraska coach Tom Osborne was the keynote speaker, Buck Cowan loaded up some of his best Vandal friends and headed to the Touchstone Retirement Village where his 98-year old grandmother Peggy lives. In June, Cowan sent her a birthday card promising he would be playing in a bowl game his senior year and he would be playing in Boise so she could watch. He surprised her with his visit at what was billed to the residents as a Vandal Spirit party.