Spring football nearing
Coach Paul Petrino and the Idaho football team are set to begin spring football Wednesday. Spring football marks the start of Petrino’s third year with the program.
“You have to identify who your best players are on each side of the ball,” Petrino said. “We have to make sure coming out of spring ball we know who our top players are. Who are the guys we’re going to get the ball to? Who are the protectors? Who are the best linemen you’re going to run behind?”
A few of the things to watch heading into spring practice are the quarterback battle between sophomore Matt Linehan
and freshman Jake Luton, how returning wide receiver Dezmon Epps fits back in with the team, how the early enrollees
fair and how the team handles the new assistant coaches.
“Matt has a really good handle on the offense,” Petrino said of his quarterback. “Jake has been around it for a year and understands it a lot better and (grayshirt freshman) Gunnar (Amos) is learning it.”
The NCAA allows a total of 15 spring practices in March and April. The spring practices conclude with the annual Silver and Gold Game at 6 p.m. April 24.