COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Vandals' belief to be tested in Boone
MARK NELKE | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 1 month AGO
Mark Nelke covers high school and North Idaho College sports, University of Idaho football and other local/regional sports as a writer, photographer, paginator and editor at the Coeur d’Alene Press. He has been at The Press since 1998 and sports editor since 2002. Before that, Mark was the one-man sports staff for 16 years at the Bonner County Daily Bee in Sandpoint. Earlier, he was sports editor for student newspapers at Spokane Falls Community College and Eastern Washington University. Mark enjoys the NCAA men's basketball tournament and wiener dogs — and not necessarily in that order. | October 22, 2016 9:30 PM
Appalachian State handled the Idaho Vandals 47-20 last year in Moscow.
And while the Vandals appear better than last season’s version, so, apparently, do the Mountaineers.
“I think they’re better on defense,” said Idaho coach Paul Petrino, whose Vandals (4-3, 1-1 Sun Belt) play at Appalachian State (4-2, 2-0) today at Boone, N.C.
Petrino had particular praise for App State outside linebacker Kennan Gilchrist and inside linebackers Eric Boggs and John Law
“It starts with those three guys,” he said.
Last year, Jalen Moore ran for 244 yards on 27 carries against the Vandals. Appalachian State totaled 415 yards on the ground.
“Offensively, they re going to run the ball,” Petrino said. “They do a great job running outside zone, and then mix it up with the option, and if you get too many guys up there, he (quarterback Taylor Lamb) is going to throw it over the top.”
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