“ Definitely a good neighbor to have ,” Idaho HC Thomas Ford Jr. said of WSU’s HC Jimmy Rogers ahead of their Week 1 clash. “ But there’s no neighbors that are too friendly when it comes to Week One. ” And that right there is like a prophecy for what would go down in the Battle of the Palouse that kicked off for the first time since 2022. The niceties went out the window, and the fists almost came out with them.

Jaxon Potter’s first career start, Jimmy Rogers’ first win in his head coaching debut for the Cougars, and some last-minute dramas, the Cougars-Vandals showdown had it all. The clash wrapped up with WSU edging out Idaho 13-10 in a nail-biting finish, but the chaos didn’t stop when the final whistle blew. In fact, it was what happened afterward, captured in a viral clip by WSU

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