Idaho, WSU football teams lose home games

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  Idaho fell to No. 14 Lamar 23-17“The Vandals fell to the No. 14 Lamar Cardinals 23-17 at the P1FCU Kibbie Dome.”
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  The game was at the P1FCU Kibbie Dome“The Vandals fell to the No. 14 Lamar Cardinals 23-17 at the P1FCU Kibbie Dome.”
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  The game was on Saturday“MOSCOW — A football game is 60 minutes of game time, and usually to win a game a team needs both sides of the ball to click for the majority of that time. For the Idaho Vandals on Saturday, the defense clicked for about 45 minutes, while the offense clicked for just under 30. The result? The Vandals fell to the No. 14 Lamar Cardinals 23-17 at the P1FCU Kibbie Dome.”
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  Idaho's loss marked their third consecutive lossNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  Idaho's offense struggled to score“A slow start on offense has been a throughline throughout all of the Vandals’ games so far this season, including this loss to Lamar (2-1). Idaho coach Thomas Ford Jr. said that the first thing that Idaho (0-3, 0-1 Big Sky) plans on doing to try to solve that issue is to change the way the offense practices and emphasize starting fast. ”
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  Idaho's offense managed only 17 pointsNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  Idaho's defense held Lamar to 159 passing yards“The Vandals held Lamar junior quarterback Aiden McCown to 13-of-22 passing with just 159 yards and one touchdown.”
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  Idaho coach Thomas Ford Jr. said the team will focus on improving their start to games“"That is something that we obviously struggled with today," Ford said. "Struggled with that in Week 1, and really in Week 2 (too). We’ve got to do a better job starting fast. And so we’ll continue to look at the way we practice, the drills that we’re doing in practice, especially the competitive drills, because I think one thing we can continue to do is get those guys competing right away. "There’s no time to wait to compete, and we’ve got to get off to a faster start if we want to have success this year."”
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  Idaho coach Thomas Ford Jr. said the team will focus on improving their start to games through practice adjustments“"That is something that we obviously struggled with today," Ford said. "Struggled with that in Week 1, and really in Week 2 (too). We’ve got to do a better job starting fast. And so we’ll continue to look at the way we practice, the drills that we’re doing in practice, especially the competitive drills, because I think one thing we can continue to do is get those guys competing right away. "There’s no time to wait to compete, and we’ve got to get off to a faster start if we want to have success this year."”
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  Washington State suffered a 34-7 loss to Kansas State“The Wildcats doubled their offensive output and shut out the Cougs in the second half en route to a 34-7 win over WSU in the programs’ inaugural meeting.”
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  Washington State's loss was their first 0-2 start since 2016“It’s Wazzu’s first 0-2 start to a season since 2016.”
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  Washington State's offense failed to score a single point“In a performance that included a missed field goal, a turnover on downs, a fumble, three three-and-outs and eight total punts, the Cougar offense failed to score a single point.”
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  Washington State's first-year coach is Kirby Moore“first-year Cougar coach Kirby Moore’s unit could not catch lightning in a bottle, emerging from their locker room down by 10, but just as flat-footed as they had been an hour prior.”
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  Kirby Moore stated, 'Everyone’s gotta take ownership on this,' starting with himselfNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  WSU's defense bent but didn't break for three quarters in last week's Apple Cup loss“While WSU’s defense bent but didn’t break for three quarters in last Sunday’s 24-10 Apple Cup loss at Washington, WSU was not so lucky Saturday in a game that kicked off at 9 a.m. Pacific time, 11 a.m. local.”
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  WSU's defense couldn't maintain their performance in the Kansas State gameNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.