The University of Northern Colorado football team is off this weekend, giving the Bears time to rest, heal and plan and prepare for the remainder of the 12-game regular season.

UNC (2-3, 0-1 Big Sky) took a couple of days off earlier in the week, and the team will have additional time off over the weekend before gearing up for a very challenging portion of the schedule coming out of the bye.

Starting with the Oct. 11 game at Idaho, the Bears will face a Football Championship Subdivision ranked team for four of the next five weeks.

Certainly, much can change week to week. As of Sept. 27, Idaho was ranked 12th and 15th in two FCS polls. The Vandals are ranked 12th in the STATS Perform FCS Top 25 and 15th in a coaches poll.

The Bears then play at Sacramento State (Oct. 18), home against U

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