Idaho quarterback Joshua Wood lifted by support of parents Victor, Renee: 'It's a blessing'
Apr. 18—MOSCOW, Idaho — The Palouse, at least on the eastern side, is the domain of University of Idaho starting quarterback Joshua Wood, who threw for 1,898 yards and 14 touchdowns and ran for another 589 yards and seven TDs as a redshirt sophomore last season. His parents, Victor and Renee Wood, came across the Cascades from Graham, Washington, to watch him in one of Idaho's spring football scrimmages Saturday.
They sat unobtrusively in a largely empty Kibbie Dome, except for a couple of occasions when Victor first jumped up into the aisle, then stirred in his seat when his son threw incomplete passes. "Sometimes I go into coach mode," he said. "I've got a different lens.
" Joshua's mom "is like, 'it's practice,' " Victor said. Four decades ago, though, Victor began to shape his lens on the western side of the Palouse at Washington State University. An unlikely 5-10, 162-pound walk-on receiver and kick returner in 1984, he concluded his career in 1988 as a member of a storied Cougars team.
WSU beat top-ranked UCLA, led by future Dallas Cowboys three-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Troy Aikman, and then took down Houston and Heisman Trophy quarterback Andre Ware, 24-22, in the Aloha Bowl on Christmas Day. Victor's handiwork was all over that game. He returned a bobbled handoff between quarterback Timm Rosenbach and Steve Broussard 5 yards for a touchdown to give WSU a 7-3 lead.
Five minutes later, he caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Rosenbach to put the Cougars ahead 14-3. For the game, he registered 48 receiving yards, returned punts for 52 yards and ran for 123 yards on kickoff returns to become the game's MVP. Yeah, Dad could play.
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