Here is the current state of basketball in 2019... from 1989. Toronto
#Raptors
head coach Nick Nurse being guarded by University of Virginia head coach Tony Bennett.
After three years at
@UNIAthletics
, I am stepping down next week to take a position a lot closer to home. I am so grateful for the opportunity and for everyone that makes UNI special. We are excited for our kids to be close to their grandparents and cousins.
#EverLoyal
He came about eight days early, but as of 1:02 a.m., our family is complete. Meet our caboose, Axton Jerome Wolcott.
We are in love already. Everyone is happy and healthy.
Honored to get on another flight with
@VandalFootball
this week. This team is putting in work to represent Vandal Nation and the State of Idaho. They are carrying the weight of tragedy on their shoulders and doing it with dignity and class.
#GoVandals
#VandalStrong
Vandals back on
@SportsCenter
!
This'll be a line checked off of
@DenkerQuinn
's bucket list. No. 1 play on Sportscenter. More importantly, 1-0 in Big Sky play.
#GoVandals
Big props to
@Joshua_Bender15
and
@NickHarveySID
for getting up early, getting to Ames and getting that Panther flag out there to remind the Clones how close they were to missing out on Gameday.
You knew the Kibbie Dome was the best stadium in college football, but now it is the best stadium in college tennis.
Vandals and Redhawks first serve at 9:30 pacific on ESPN+.
#GoVandals
Unbelievable light show in North Idaho right now.
Just north of Moscow.
Very visible with the naked eye, but took these with my Samsung Galaxy S21+.
#aurora
#NorthernLights
As I ready to head to the dome for what surely will be a 15-hour day. I want to take this time to thank my wife for her patience and care. This job would not be possible without her support and patience.
#ThankYourSID
I can't put into words how proud I am of this group.
Adversity? They've faced it.
Doubters? we've had more than a few.
Challenges? One of the toughest schedules in the FCS.
I am so honored to be a part of what is happening here.
#UNIFight
As of today, I have completed the FCS Domefecta. I have worked a game at every FCS dome.
In order of appearance...
Idaho State
North Dakota
UNI
South Dakota
NDSU
Idaho
NAU
Watch this celebration.
This is the reaction of a team who is genuinely thrilled for a great dude finally breaking through and getting in the end zone on his senior day. If I could have jumped up and down in the press box, I would have done it.
#GoVandals
Last one as I head out. What an unbelievable experience. Montana is my alma mater and this place is so, so special to me, but damn, that felt great. Fired up for our players, coaches and staff. Get on board the Vandalwagon.
#Govandals
I've watched this clip of
@T_Bird100
a couple times this week. I love how he is wrestling right now. The whole
#PantherTrain
is building confidence and momentum heading into Tulsa. The Big 12 better watch out.
#UNIFight
The numbers confirm what your eyes have been telling you all season. Despite losing four All-Americans and having
@Flater22
go down with an injury,
@UNIFootball
has the best defense in the FCS.
#UNIFight
I left a place I loved and hauled my family across the country. This is why. At
@UNIAthletics
, we compete at a high level and we have the leaders to keep getting better. I can't wait to see what's next, but first, more postseason!
#UNIFight
Hey you, yeah, you.
We don't do moral victories at UNI, but if you saw what I saw today, you'll want to be in the dome every single game in 2019.
Oh, Panther volleyball looks great too and hosts three of the best teams in the country next week.
Tomorrow we find out whether we are having a boy or a girl. Whatever we are having, its name will be Russell Wilson Wolcott. My wife doesn’t know this yet.
I know that a lot of people are excited to see Coach Stitt go, but please, please remember, there are a lot of kids that are going to be pulled from schools, lots of families looking for new homes. Not criticizing Kent's decision, but don't forget about the world outside Wa-Griz.
The second greatest thing to happen to a sousaphone in UNI Athletics history. Lesson learned, don't take a knife to a gun fight, but do take a sousaphone to a dance battle.
#UNIFight
CC:
@uni_pepbands
This is so embarrassing. UNI athletics already receives the lowest campus support of any MVC/MVFC school. Athletics staffing, staff pay and resources are far behind its peer schools. Infighting won't help. UNI needs to build a community that will attract students.
I appreciate what they are trying to say, but
@Hayden_Hatten88
is not just a "great story" out of Idaho. He is a straight dog who has over 3k recieving yards and 34 tds. He might have the best hands in the draft. He isn't some charity case, he earned this, and frankly more.
This has been one of the most gratifying weeks of my career. It included a lot of travel and hard work, but also new experiences, built relationships and broadened horizons. It ended with two tremendous young men being drafted to play in the NFL.
It is a big priority for the
@Idaho_Vandals
to be in the community making face-to-face connections in our increasingly digital world. Thank you to these four for taking hours out of their very little free time to put some smiles on faces at the North Idaho State Fair.
#GoVandals
I wish it was under better circumstances, but it was great to catch up with
@MaritsaGeorgiou
. Been a long time since we were doing the A.M. news with
@KBGA
. ASo stoked to see you keep climbing.
I have watched every single
@Gevani_McCoy
throw as a Vandal. This might be his best. Un-freaking-believable. There are thousands of high school quarterbacks who can throw it a mile. There a very few humans who can make this throw.
#GoVandals
When I came to Moscow, I said I would keep the Little Brown Stein as my phone wallpaper until it was sitting on my desk. Today my family reclaimed their rightful place.
#GoVandals
Perspective. On days like today, I am grateful for my father, who sawed logs and set chokers in the pouring rain on steep coastal mountains so that I could have a career where I get to take pictures in the pouring rain on beautiful coastal golf courses.
Music City ✈️ Moscow
We are thrilled to welcome
@BraxLawrence11
to the Vandal Family!
He is a playmaker and an athlete with the frame to grow into a big-time difference maker under the P1FCU Kibbie Dome lights!
#GoVandals
#NSD24
You want to talk about coaching legacy? In one photo, an FCS coord (Johnson), two Power5 assistants (Verduzco, Chinander), two NFL assistants (Austin, Montgomery) and as of today, two Power5 Head Coaches. A lot of sharp minds have coached and still coach here at UNI.
#UNIFight
PSA for all my passionate Class A Montana high school football followers: My Libby Loggers are 3-0 and have outscored their opponents 121-18. ( Yes, that is a teenager running a chainsaw at a high school football game.)
#GoLoggers
The
@wsdot
ferries are the best form of public transportation, and it isn't close. My family gets a sightseeing tour of Puget Sound and saves gas while crossing the sound.
I know people that ride this every day are used to it, but man, I love it every time.
WHAT A DAY!
@UNIWBB
signs arguably the best recruiting class in school history and then imposes its will on an SEC team. The future is now for Panther women's hoops!
#UNIFight
Recap of tonight's win over Mizzou! ⤵️
We can't wait to play at home on Sunday and we can't wait to see everyone pack McLeod, and we mean everyone!
#UNIFight
I had a chance to watch a
@unifootball
voluntary workout for a few minutes.
1.
@UNIStrength
and
@UNIAthTraining
are doing an amazing job keeping our student-athletes safe and getting them ready for the season.
2. The guys did not waste their quarantine time. They look great.
Sunset from Normal, Illinois. That was the most complete game I have witnessed during my time here. An all-around great game. We all want to see the dome packed next week, these guys deserve it!
#UNIFight
Man. High schools have got to get better at stat keeping and making that information available to the public. Every year I spend hours scanning through random news articles for stats that may or may not be correct.
I'm tired.
#GoVandals
Every single time I walk by the early voting area in the UNI-Dome, there have been UNI student-athletes there doing their civic duty. Keep it up, Panthers.
#PanthersVote
The Little Brown Stein has been around since 1938.
Did you know it was created and proposed by
@asum406
and accepted by
@ASUIDAHO
? The acceptance came with some trash talk by ASUI president Max Kenworthy and the Vandals backed it up with a 19-6 win in Missoula.
#GoVandals
'Twas the night before Panther Hoops and all through McLeod
Not a Hooper was stirring, not even Trea Berhow
The basketballs were cleansed and sanitized with care,
In hopes that the referees soon would be there.
First game in the books. It didn't end the way we wanted, but I am stoked for the future. Glad to be back in Missoula. Saw a lot of friends, gave a lot of hugs and got to meet
@SethBodnar
and catch up with
@Coach_Hauck
. See you down the road Grizzlies.
I've worked at a lot of different schools with a lot different fight songs. I like them all for different reasons, but none of them SLAP like UNI Fight! As far as fight songs go, it is a straight banger.
The first game was a neutral-site meeting in Boise, eight years before another school was even established and 41 before it was a four-year school.
If we throw for 300, I am using the phrase "bewildering aerial attack against the Nevada Wolves," in my recap.
#GoVandals
After the Pack opener celebrated a 1923 centennial anniversary vs USC, week two is the renewal of an all time series that dates back to 1924 per
@Jerekwolcott