Idaho State Football Has Certainly Change
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2009 IDAHO STATE COACHING STAFF FOOTBALL John Zamberlin ....................Head Coach/LBs Pacific Lutheran, 1979 ................... 3rd Season Steve Amrine ....................................Safeties Eastern Washington, 1996 ............. 3rd Season Fast Facts for Game Week *Junior Falevai ..............................Tight Ends Idaho State Bengals (0-1, 0-0 Big Sky) at Oklahoma Sooners (0-1, 0-0 Big XII) Idaho State, 2002 .......................... 4th Season Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 - Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (81,112) - Norman, OK Mike Havens ...........................Offensive Line Kickoff: 5:05 pm Mountain Time Idaho State, 2007 .......................... 4th Season Radio: ISU - The Bengal Radio Network, flagshipped at ESPN Radio 930-AM KSEI, Pocatello. Joe Cullen .............................. Defensive Line (Jerry Miller, Play-by-play; Brad Bugger, Color). Carried throughout southern Idaho, and on the Massachusetts ................................1st Season *Brian Jensen .........Off. Coord/Quarterbacks internet at www.isubengals.com. Central Washington, 1997 ............. 3rd Season OU - Bob Barry, Sr. and Merv Johnson will have the call to all of Sooner Nation. Drew Miller .......................... Wide Receivers TV: The game is being broadcast on a Pay Per View basis. Idaho State, 2007 .......................... 3rd Season RankingS (SportS network & CSn COaCheS): Idaho State is not ranked nor receiving *Kenyon Blue ................................. Asst. LBs votes. Oklahoma is ranked #13 in the AP poll, and #14 in the USA Today Poll Idaho State, 2009 .......................... 3rd Season COACHES: Idaho State is led by John Zamberlin (Pacific Lutheran, 1979), who is 67-61 in his *Brian Strandley ....................Def. Coord./DL 13th years as a head coach, including a 63-41 record at Central Washington. This is his first Idaho, 1995 .................................... 3rd Season meeting against Oklahoma. *Brandon “Cherokee” Valeria ....Cornerbacks Oklahoma is led by Bob Stoops (Iowa, 1983), and he is 109-25 overall in his 11th Central Washington, 1999 ............. 3rd Season *Nick Whitworth ..Recruiting/Running Backs season with Oklahoma. He has never faced off against Idaho State. Idaho State, 2002 .......................... 7th Season *denotes in coaching booth for games 2009 IDAHO STATE SCHEDULE & RESULTS Date ISU Rk. Opp. (TSN/Coaches Rank) TV Time/Res. Series Standing Quick Facts Sept. 5 ---/--- at Arizona State Fox AZ L 3-50 ASU now leads 1-0 Bengals now 0-3 vs. Pac-10 ... ISU nets just 37 total yards ... Vanderwielen avg. 45.2 with 2 I20 ... Huk career-long 55 yd FG ties ISU road record ... ISU offense commits five TOs ... ISU defense holds ASU first string offense to one TD on nine drives. Sept. 12 ---/--- at Oklahoma (13/143) Fox SW (PPV) 5:00 pm First Meeting First meeting between ISU and the Sooners ... first time ISU is facing off against reigning Heisman Trophy winner in Sam Bradford ... ISU is 0-1 against the current configuration of the Big 12, having lost 41-7 to Kansas State in 1991. Sept. 19 ---/--- *at Weber State (11/NP) Altitude 6:05 pm WSU leads 34-14 ISU has lost 23 of last 25 to WSU ... Last eight meetings have seen average of 59.4 points per contest, last four 70.8 points per game ... ISU’s last Division I shutout was 34-0 win over Weber State in 2002 * ISU’s last win in Ogden came in 1984. Sept. 26 ---/--- *Central Washington (6) --- 3:35 pm ISU leads 1-0 ISU won only other meeting 38-26 in 1992 ... ISU HC John Zamberlin served as Central Wash.’s HC for 10 seasons, from 1997-2006, and led CWU to four conference titles ... CWU HC Blaine Bennett was ISU’s Off. Coord. for just a day in March of 2001 Oct. 3 ---/--- *Eastern Washington (18/NP) --- 3:35 pm EWU leads 21-9 EWU has won three straight in the series ... ISU HC John Zamberlin coached at Eastern from 1992-94 ... ISU DC Brian Strandley was Eastern’s DL coach in 2006 * ISU defensive backs coach Steve Amrine is an EWU graduate ... Game in ’08 was tied at 31 after 3. Oct. 10 ---/--- *at Sacramento State --- 3:05 pm SAC leads 7-6 Burel’s 127 rec. yds last year was first 100-yard game for ISU against SAC ... last year’s OT win made ISU 5-0 at home in OT, and ISU has won last five OTs ... ISU defeated the Hornets in Sacramento in 2005 27-17 ... Last year’s OT was first in the series. Oct. 17 ---/--- *Northern Colorado --- 3:35 pm ISU leads 19-6 ISU six-game series win streak ended last year ... Holt turf renamed Caccia Field on UNC’s last visit ... ISU is 9-3 against Bears in Pocatello all-time ... Last year’s game featured an NCAA I-FCS record-tying three combined safeties ... series started in 1939. Oct. 24 ---/--- *at Northern Arizona (RV/NP) FOX CS 4:05 pm NAU leads 28-17-1 ISU has nine 300-yard passing games against NAU all-time ... Last year ISU down 38-3 in the second half before Russel Hill led a big comeback ... ISU has won five of the last six games at Holt Arena ... Teams played in ISU’s last 0-0 tie, back in 1965 in Flagstaff Oct. 31 ---/--- *at Montana State Altitude 1:35 pm MSU leads 42-30-3 Two have met 75 times, making the Bobcats ISU’s most common opponent ... Fourteen of the last 21 meetings decided by one score or less ... in ’08 Hill threw for 350 yards, the most in the series ... ISU’s last win in Bozeman was a 23-17 win back in 2003. Nov. 7 ---/--- *Montana (5/NP) KPAX 3:35 pm UM leads 38-13 Five of top 13 rec. games in ISU history have come against UM ... UM won 23 of last 25 ... ISU’s 43-40 2OT win over UM in Holt in 2003 equals the highest ranked opp. ISU ever defeated (#5) * First time ISU/UM have met in Nov. for three straight seasons. Nov. 14 ---/--- *Portland State --- 3:35 pm ISU leads 22-11-1 Home team won the last eight in series ... Two of ISU’s eight 200-yard rushing games have come against PSU ... ISU sacked PSU quarterbacks nine times last time in Holt ... PSU threw for 535 yards last year. 2009 IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY BENGAL FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Idaho State Two-Deep & Quick Notes Offense pos No Player ht Wt Cl. Exp. Hometown note(s) QB 8 Kyle Blum 6-2 197 Jr 1VL-RS Moorpark, CA Will make fourth career start on Saturday. 3-10 for 10 yds vs. ASU -OR- 17 Russel Hill 5-11 192 Jr 2VL-RS Boise, ID Has thrown for 4,979 yards in career ... 6-10 for 32 yds vs. ASU 10 Evan Mozzochi 6-4 230 So 1SQ-RS Vancouver, WA Has not seen action in his career WR 1 Jaron Taylor 5-11 178 Sr 3VL-RS Lacey, WA 3 Rec, 25 yds vs. ASU, third last year with 55 rec, second with 735 yds 84 Roderick Rumble 6-2 193 Fr HS Oak Harbor, WA True Fr. ... DNP vs. ASU (flu) ... was a part of spring practice in 2009 WR 6 Isaiah Burel 6-2 183 Jr 2VL-RS Corona, CA 1 rec, 4 yds vs. ASU ... 2nd last year w/ 56 rec, 3rd with 607 yds, 1 TD 18 Kelvin Krosch 6-5 221 So 1VL-RS Mackay, ID Caught 3 passes for 33 yards as freshman WR 9 JD Ponciano 5-9 183 Sr 2VL Vancouver, WA 1 rec, 1 yd vs. ASU ... Averaged 22.9 per catch in 2008 82 Andrew Benavides 5-7 167 Fr HS Folsom, CA True freshman ... scored 23 TDs as a senior with 1,223 yds TE 88 Josh Hill 6-5 227 Fr TR Blackfoot, ID Transfer from Boise State ... led Blackfoot High to state title in 2007 83 Bryant Ward 6-2 228 Fr RS Twin Falls, ID 1 rec, -1 yd vs. ASU RB 5 Clint Knickrehm 5-11 214 Sr 3VL-RS Pocatello, ID Led team with 24 yds rush vs ASU ... also 3 rec for 12 yds. 31 Ben Laporta 5-7 195 Fr RS Idaho Falls, ID Rushed for 20 yds vs. ASU FB 83 Bryant Ward 6-2 228 Fr RS Twin Falls, ID Redshirted last year LT 76 Braeden Clayson 6-6 301 So 1VL Burley, ID Played 11 games last year with no starts ... 1st carrer start vs. ASU 70 Travis Nua 6-2 300 Jr JC Wai’anae, HI JC Transfer LG 71 Lance Cartwright 6-6 295 Sr 3VL-RS Layton, UT Started first nine games last season ... has played 29 career games 64 Brad Curtis 6-5 272 Fr HS Idaho Falls, ID True freshman C 75 Ryan Henry 6-2 283 Sr 1VL Upland, CA Started all 13 games last year at center in his ISU career 67 Nick Tranmer 6-0 267 Jr 2SQ-RS Pocatello, ID Played in three games the last three years RG 66 Mitch Rudder 6-3 300 Jr 1VL Nampa, ID Started all 13 games at right guard in his ISU career 76 Braeden Clayson 6-6 301 So 1VL Burley, ID Played 11 games last year with no starts ... 1st carrer start vs. ASU RT 79 Brad Shedd 6-7 274 So 1VL-RS Flagstaff, AZ Started 10 games last year ... has played in 23 career games 77 Demetrius Grant 6-4 285 Jr JC Spring Valley, CA JC Transfer Defense pos No Player ht Wt Cl. Exp. Hometown note(s) DE 48 Jeff Tuua 6-2 250 Jr 2VL-RS Long Beach, CA Has 2 tackles 97 Rustin Phillips 6-2 237 Jr JC Bothell, WA Has 2 tackles NT 98 Demetrius Amos 6-1 317 Sr 2VL Long Beach, CA Has 2 tackles ..