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2021 Idaho State Bengals Football Team
The 2021 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Rob Phenicie, the Bengals finished at 1–10 (1–7 in Big Sky, twelfth) and played their home games on campus at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. After being shut out at home by intrastate rival Idaho in the season finale on November 20, Phenicie was fired with a cumulative record of . Preseason Polls On July 26, 2021, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Bengals were predicted to finish ninth in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media. Preseason All–Big Sky team The Bengals had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team. Offense Tanner Conner – WR Schedule Game summaries No. 8 North Dakota At Nevada Sacramento State At Northern Arizona No. 7 UC Davis At Portland State At No. 8 Montana State No. 23 Weber State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky Conference (BSC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the eight states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Four affiliate members each participate in one sport: two from California are football–only participants and two from the Northeast participate only in men's golf. History Initially conceived for the Big Sky was founded on July 1, 1963, with six members in four of the charter members have been in the league from its founding, and a fifth returned in 2014 after an 18-year absence. The name "Big Sky" came from the popular 1947 western novel by A. B. Guthrie Jr.; it was proposed by Harry Missildine, a sports columnist of the '' Spokesman-Review'' just prior to the founding meetings of the conference in Spokane in February 1963, and was adopted w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walkup Skydome
The J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome is an indoor multipurpose stadium in the southwestern United States, located on the campus of Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, Arizona. It is primarily used as the home of the NAU Lumberjacks football and both men's and women's basketball teams of the Big Sky Conference. The seating capacity is 11,230, with 10,000 permanent seats and 1,230 seats in portable bleachers. History Opened nameless in the inaugural football game was a one-point conference win over Montana before 12,860 on it hosted five games that first season, with an average attendance NAU football was previously played outdoors on natural grass at Lumberjack Stadium. The dome hosted the Big Sky men's basketball tournament in 1987, 1997, 1998, For its first six years, the Walkup Skydome was the world's largest clear-span timber dome, until the completion of the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, in 1983. was Wendell Rossman of Phoenix, also responsible for ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaVell Edwards Stadium
LaVell Edwards Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the western United States, on the campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. Primarily used for college football, it is the home field of the BYU Cougars, an independent in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Opened as "Cougar Stadium" in 1964, its seating capacity is 63,470. The natural grass playing field is conventionally aligned north–south at an elevation of above sea level, with the press box along the west sideline. History and seating On the north end of campus, the stadium opened in 1964 as Cougar Stadium, replacing a much smaller 5,000-seat venue of the same name. The first game on Friday night, October 2, was attended by 33,610, a state record. The original stadium, corresponding to the lower half of the current facility's grandstand seats, had a seating capacity was just over 28,800. Seating was soon added to make room for 35,000, and temporary bleachers in the end zones raised the capacity to 45,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 NCAA Division I FBS Football Rankings
Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship at the FBS level. Instead, that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. One additional poll, the College Football Playoff (CFP) ranking, is usually released starting midway through the season. The CFP rankings determine who makes the four-team playoff that determines the College Football Playoff National Champion. Legend AP Poll Ranking highlights ;Preseason * Iowa State received its highest ranking (No. 7) in program history. * Coastal Carolina and Louisiana, respectively No. 22 and No. 23, were the first Sun Belt Conference teams ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 BYU Cougars Football Team
The 2021 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars were led by sixth-year head coach Kalani Sitake and played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This was the eleventh year BYU competed as an NCAA Division I FBS independent. The Cougars finished with 10 wins for the second year in a row. Before the season Previous season In an unprecedented season deeply impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cougars finished the 2020 season 11–1. This was BYU's first 11-win season since 2009, and their first one-loss season since 1996. They finished the season ranked No. 11 in both the AP and Coaches Poll Top 25. The team finished highly ranked in both offensive and defensive numbers. Quarterback Zach Wilson, offensive lineman Brady Christensen, and wide receiver Dax Milne all opted to forego their senior seasons and leave early for the NFL Draft. Wilson became the highest draft pick in program histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Weber State Wildcats Football Team
The 2021 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by eighth-year head coach Jay Hill and played their games at Stewart Stadium as members of the Big Sky Conference. Previous season They finished the 2020–21 season 5–1, 5–0 in Big Sky play to finish for the Big Sky championship. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Southern Illinois. Preseason Polls On July 26, 2021, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Wildcats were predicted to finish first in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media. Schedule Game summaries at No. 24 (FBS) Utah at Dixie State No. 3 James Madison No. 12 UC Davis at Cal Poly No. 9 Montana State at No. 2 Eastern Washington at Idaho State Portland State at Southern Utah at Northern Colorado References Weber State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SWX Right Now
SWX Right Now (Sports and Weather Right Now) is a regional digital subchannel network broadcasting high school and college sports, and automated weather and news on Cowles Company-owned stations throughout Eastern Washington state, the Idaho Panhandle, and Montana. The channel airs over the secondary digital subchannels of Cowles' three NBC Network affiliated stations in Eastern Washington, including KHQ-TV in Spokane, KNDO in Yakima and KNDU in Richland, as well as the third subchannel of KULR-TV in Billings, Montana. In addition, it is seen on most cable systems throughout the markets they serve. Typical programming on SWX Right Now includes three-minute weather forecasts called ''The Weather Authority'' and sports segments titled ''SWX Sports Update''. Programming carried includes Gonzaga University men's basketball; local high school and college football; Spokane Chiefs Western Hockey League games; Spokane Shock indoor football; and a sports commentary show from a studio loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bozeman, Montana
Bozeman is a city and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States. Located in southwest Montana, the 2020 census put Bozeman's population at 53,293, making it the fourth-largest city in Montana. It is the principal city of the Bozeman, MT Micropolitan Statistical Area, consisting of all of Gallatin County with a population of 118,960. Due to the fast growth rate Bozeman is expected to be upgraded to Montana's fourth metropolitan area. It is the largest micropolitan statistical area in Montana, the fastest growing micropolitan statistical area in the United States in 2018, 2019 and 2020, as well as the third-largest of all Montana's statistical areas. The city is named after John M. Bozeman, who established the Bozeman Trail and was a founder of the town in August 1864. The town became incorporated in April 1883 with a city council form of government, and in January 1922 transitioned to its current city manager/city commission form of government. Bozeman wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University)
Bobcat Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. It is the home of the Montana State Bobcats college football team of the Big Sky Conference. At the south end of campus, the stadium has a seating capacity of 17,777 and a NW-SE configuration, with the press box along the southwest sideline. Originally natural grass, the playing field was switched to FieldTurf in 2008 and is at an elevation of above sea level. History Reno H. Sales Stadium The stadium opened in 1973 as Reno H. Sales Stadium, built for about $500,000. Sales was a lineman on the first Bobcat football team in 1897 and was the college's only graduate Later in life he was an engineer and philanthropist. Born in Iowa, Sales moved with his family as a youngster to Montana in 1881 and they homesteaded near Salesville (now Gallatin Gateway); he was the chief geologist for Anaconda Copper for During his long life, Sales w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Montana State Bobcats Football Team
The 2021 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by first-year head coach Brent Vigen and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman, Montana. The Bobcats finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (7–1 in conference), losing only to Wyoming (an FBS team) and Montana. They were seeded eighth in the FCS postseason tournament and received a first-round bye; they then defeated UT Martin, Sam Houston State, and South Dakota State to advance to the final match of the tournament. In the championship game, the Bobcats were defeated by North Dakota State on January 8, 2022, in Frisco, Texas. Previous season The Bobcats opted out of the 2020–21 FCS season, contested during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. During the 2019 FCS season, the Bobcats finished at 11–4 overall, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillsboro, Oregon
Hillsboro ( ) is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Situated in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city hosts many high-technology companies, such as Intel, locally known as the Silicon Forest. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 106,447. For thousands of years the Atfalati tribe of the Kalapuya lived in the Tualatin Valley near the later site of Hillsboro. The climate, moderated by the Pacific Ocean, helped make the region suitable for fishing, hunting, food gathering, and agriculture. Settlers founded a community here in 1842, later named after David Hill, an Oregon politician. Transportation by riverboat on the Tualatin River was part of Hillsboro's settler economy. A railroad reached the area in the early 1870s and an interurban electric railway about four decades later. These railways, as well as highways, aided the slow growth of the city to about 2,000 people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillsboro Stadium
Hillsboro Stadium is a multi-sport stadium in the northwest United States, located in Hillsboro, Oregon, a suburb west of Portland. Opened in 1999 and owned by the city of Hillsboro, the award-winning stadium is part of the Gordon Faber Recreation Complex located in the northeast part of the city, adjacent to the Sunset Highway. The facility hosts home football games for Portland State University, plus state playoff games for the Oregon School Activities Association's smaller school divisions. Hillsboro Stadium is also used for baseball, softball, soccer, and lacrosse and has hosted college and professional teams. Hillsboro Stadium is used for the NWAPA's annual Century Showcase. The adjacent Hillsboro Ballpark (now Ron Tonkin Field) opened in 2013. The primary playing field runs northwest to southeast, at an approximate elevation of above sea level. The covered main grandstand and press box are along the southwest sideline. History The stadium cost $7.5 million to build, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
