Around the Big Sky on opening day of practice

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Sacramento State
http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/310716.html
Sac State football: Five keys to watch
Sacramento Bee by John Schumacher 8/6/07

Montana State
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articl ... /20msu.txt
Ash era begins with first preseason practice
Bozeman Daily Chronicle by Tim Dumas 8/6/07

Portland State
http://www.oregonlive.com/vikings/orego ... xml&coll=7
Glanville gets down to business at PSU
Portland Oregonian by Jim Beseda 8/6/07

Northern Arizona
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2007 ... rts_22.txt
Training camp opens with multiple players looking to bounce back after missing 2006 season
Arizona Daily Sun by Chris Gabel 8/6/07

Northern Colorado
http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/2007 ... /108040097
Downing ready to leave past behind
Greeley Tribune by Tom Wright 8/4/07

Weber State
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,695197790,00.html
Wildcats hope infusion of new talent will add confidence, rhythm
Deseret News by Jared Eborn 8/4/07

Didn't see any current or recent articles on the University of Montana, Idaho State or Eastern Washington in their local papers

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Idaho State's first practice is a week away -- August 13th. The first game is September 8th.

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Montana
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007 ... orts02.txt
Grizzlies get new season under way
Missoulian by Fritz Neighbor 8/9/07

Still don't see anything on Idaho State or Eastern Washington. Apparently not much media attention in Pokey or Spokane. Did see articles on ISU volleyball and soccer, though.

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Never fear, lifesapuntreturn, there will be some stories once practice starts. Part of the problem is that the Idaho State Journal (the Pocatello newspaper) only offers 2 or 3 stories on its website -- the powers that be want you to pay to see all of the stories online. It's a pain, especially for those of us outside the area. They have ran some good football/practice related stories, though, this summer. Another couple of places to see some good ISU write-ups from the last month or so are the Idaho State Journal blogs:

ISJ Blog: Journal Sports

ISJ Blog: Kellis Robinett (sports reporter)