POCATELLO — Through six games, the Idaho State Bengals have played two FBS opponents and, on Saturday, a Montana Grizzlies team that came into the ICCU Dome as the nation’s No. 4-ranked FCS squad.

The Bengals (2-4, 1-1) held fourth-quarter leads against all three of those opponents. But after another come-from-behind, 42-38, loss at the hands of the Grizz (5-0, 2-0), ISU fell to 0-3 in those games.

Head coach Cody Hawkins said after the game that he was proud of the way the team played, but that the pride he feels “doesn’t change the fact that this sucks in every way imaginable.”

“You’re a split-second away from pulling it off and — I’m heartbroken for our guys, they deserve to have smiles on their faces,” he said, adding that he felt physically ill while addressing the team in the lock

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