A Dispatch from Moscow...

The opener is racing up on us, and I was on the internets today and I found some information from the opposing camp....our friends in Moscow, the Idaho Vandals.

The big news is that they cancelled their full-pad scrimmage on Friday.    They are apparently battling injuries and didn't want to push it.  Right now, Akey is saying that he is only worried about one guy being ready for the opener, but that remains to be seen....you can easily imagine a motivation to say otherwise about right now.

The biggest issue is Justin Veltung, their top WR, who has turf toe, but they have 2 TBs down and a couple of guys on the O-lineman, along with a LB, a d-lineman and the long snapper.

Other notes:

• Their QB Brian Reader (Sr.) has been very effective this Fall.
• The defense was torched in their previous scrimmage and was better this time, though they continue to struggle at CB.
• Apparently, (this is funny) one of the team's DBs said that Idaho wants a bend but don't break defense.

To which Akey said:

 “I think I need to have a conversation with old Channel 6 (Grymes) there because I don’t want to see bend-don’t-break. I want to see … let’s don’t bend (at all).

• They are looking at about four true freshman to play.
• One guy to watch out for...true FR. Todd Handley, described as having "elite speed."

More Idaho stuff as we get closer to game day.