Game day: Idaho State at Eastern Washington

Idaho State at Eastern Washington game day coverage ...

The offenses are prolific but Idaho State's defense doesn’t want a shootout

Today's crucial matchup and keys to success

And here are links to the Journal's ISU football coverage leading up to this week's game

Idaho State’s early success catching attention

ISU notebook: The Bengals never want to slow down on offense

Ignore the look, this guy is for real — ‘A notch better than all of them who have ever played’

The good and the bad: ISU vs Sac State — deciphering the pluses and minuses from the Bengals’ win

Don't forget, videos of Idaho State's weekly press conference talking about the Sac State win and the Eastern Washington game are available here.

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ISU head coach Mike Kramer on Eastern Washington's defense

“They graduated two very good defensive tackles last year. They played pretty good last year against a lot of teams. They didn’t play good defense against us. We were record setting last year in our offense against their defense at home. We hope we can continue the pace we played at last year and with the effort and effectiveness we played at last year. We just have to hold serve. Last year we solved their defense and unless they’ve got an influx of great new players, I think we’ve got their defense solved to a point. But that’s just words and words don’t win games. We still have to go out and play catch, run the ball, protect the ball, score touchdowns and capitalize on opportunities. A lot of that has to do with how we play and not necessarily who they are or how they play.”

How healthy are the Bengals headed into the Eastern Washington game? (keep in mind, Idaho State does not comment on injuries. Available = healthy; Unavailable = injured)

“Beautiful. Our availability is unmitigated in the history of this program. Why? because when bad things happen that stuff avalanches you. When good things are happening, nobody gets unavailable.”

Kramer on going to back to Eastern Washington, where he started his head coaching career

“It’s always really poignant until kickoff and then after kickoff it’s a game. And fortunately for them and unfortunately for us we’ve got out butt kicked there every time we’ve gone up to Cheney and played. ... Eastern plays well at home ... I’m the head coach at Idaho State now. So I don’t think about what I did at Eastern Washington when the ball gets kicked off.”