Idaho has gotten some hurt players back, including their QB.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/nov/04/idaho-will-try-to-carry-momentum-of-consecutive-wi/

Idaho was terrible when Wood missed the Northern Colorado and Eastern Washington games. Surprisingly so because two backups had played effectively last year. Their win streak started when Wood returned, not coincidence.

wood looked much better in the first half than the second half at NAU. His accuracy in the second half was very poor - I think in part due to pressure from the NAU pass rush. I think the key with Wood is to not let him beat you with his legs - his completion percentage is 59% compared to Pinnick’s 70%. Not terrible but I think he’s inconsistent.

Wow - 2022 - who'd have thought it? I ride around Sochor Field quite a bit and watched them take up and then install the new surface. It was quite fascinating to see the depth of preparation the new field required. Is it better than grass or Acme Screendoor and Field Surface? No idea. But I don't think we can lay injuries even mostly on the field. As athletes become more powerful they surely put more stress on their bodies and finding the right balance between pure strength, weight, and what the body can actually endure must be an increasingly difficult assessment for trainers and coaches. You can look across all of sport these days and see the rate of injury, substantial injury, rising. Compare an NFL lineman from the 60s to a college lineman in even the Big Sky let alone Ohio State. It's a different world. At some point we'll reach a limit and may already be there.