After ten years of the renewed rivalry , Vandal head coach Robb Akey , previously WSU 's defensive coordinator , said in 2008 that he preferred the game not be played every year , instead saying he would prefer it as a " once-in-a-while thing . " Only one game was played during Akey 's tenure , in his first season in 2007 , and he was fired in October 2012 . The meeting in 2013 on September 21 was a one-year revival , but the future of the series under current Vandal head coach Paul Petrino is unclear ; WSU in 2016 , and the next meeting is scheduled for 2020 in Pullman . Because of the difficulty of scheduling as an isolated FBS independent , Idaho returned to FCS and the Big Sky in 2018
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