SPOKANE, Wash. – The Big Sky Football Kickoff begins Saturday, in Spokane, Wash., including the league's annual media days Sunday and Monday at the Davenport Grand Hotel. The University of Idaho will be represented by head coach
Paul Petrino and senior cornerback
Lloyd Hightower and senior offensive lineman
Noah Johnson. Media members from 27 outlets will be on hand.
The media-day festivities will include live interviews Monday, streaming on PlutoTV channel 531 and WatchBigSky.com. Petrino will be featured at 10:10 a.m., while Hightower and Johnson will be live at 1:15 p.m.
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Monday will also mark the release of the preseason coaches' and media polls, as well as preseason all-conference teams. The Vandals return three All-Big Sky selections from last season, including first-team choices Johnson and junior punter
Cade Coffey. Junior linebacker
Christian Elliss was a third-team honoree in 2018. Johnson and Coffey have each been named to multiple preaseason All-America teams in recent weeks.
Fans can get a behind-the-scenes look at the Big Sky Kickoff by following the Vandals on Facebook (VandalAthletics), Twitter (@VandalFootball) and Instagram (@Idaho_Vandals). Hightower and Johnson will take over the Instagram account throughout the event, and participate in a Facebook live interview Monday at 2 p.m.
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The schedule for each live interview airing on PlutoTV and WatchBigSky.com Monday is available below.
2019 Big Sky Football Live Stream on Pluto TV Ch. 531
Monday, July 15
9:00am               Jay Hill, Weber State
9:10 a.m.            Troy Taylor, Sacramento State
9:20 a.m.            Tim Walsh, Cal Poly
9:30 a.m.            Bruce Barnum, Portland State
9:40 a.m.            Demario Warren, Southern Utah
9:50 a.m.            Rob Phenicie, Idaho State
10:00 a.m.         Dan Hawkins, UC Davis
10:10 a.m.        Â
Paul Petrino, Idaho
10:20 a.m.         Chris Ball, Northern Arizona
10:30 a.m.         Jeff Choate, Montana State
10:40 a.m.         Earnest Collins Jr., Northern Colorado
10:50 a.m.         Aaron Best, Eastern Washington
11:00 a.m.         Bobby Hauck, Montana
11:10 a.m.         Dan Hilsendeger, My Place Hotels
11:30 AM Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jahque Alleyne & Kevin Kassis, Montana State
11:43 AMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kevin Thomson & Caelan Barnes, Sacramento State
11:56 AMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kenton Bartlett & Charlie Taumoepeau, Portland State
12:09 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â J.J. Koski & Kitu Humphrey, Cal Poly
12:22 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Zach Larsen & Jay Green Jr., Southern Utah
12:36 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mitch Gueller & Kody Graves, Idaho State
12:49 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Nas Anesi & Jake Maier, UC Davis
1:02 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jacob Knipp & Luke Nelson, Northern Colorado
1:15 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Noah Johnson &
Lloyd Hightower, Idaho
1:28 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rashid Shaheed & Jonah Williams, Weber State
1:41 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Case Cookus & Anthony Sweeney, Northern Arizona
1:54 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jayce Gilder & Dylan Ledbetter, Eastern Washington
2:07 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Dante Olson & Dalton Sneed, Montana
2:20 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tom Wistrcill, Big Sky Conference
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