When the Tommies make their first trip to Idaho on Saturday to play the University of Idaho Vandals, they will be led by a Boise, Idaho, native, who traveled halfway across the country to fulfill his dream of playing Division I football.

Had things worked out just a little bit differently, however, graduate transfer Andy Peters would be lining up against the Tommies on Saturday, instead of for them.

One of Peters’ former teammates and good friends at his previous school, the College of Idaho, works in the equipment room for the Vandals. They had a conversation in the offseason about Peters’ football plans, with Peters making it clear that he hoped to sign on with the Division-I team.

“He said he’d talk to some people (in the Vandals program) about it,” Peters said. “He came back a coupl

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