[Vision2020] University of Idaho

[Carl Westberg]

Given the University of Idaho's financial travails, I wonder what chance the 
athletic program has of Board of Education approval to participate in the 
Sun Belt in all sports?  I know there already was skepticism expressed by at 
least a couple of board members before all of this hit the fan.  If they say 
no, where do the Vandals go from there?                                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                  Carl Westberg Jr.


>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com>
>Reply-To: <thansen@moscow.com>
>To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] University of Idaho
>Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 09:36:49 -0700
>
>Greetings Visionaires -
>
>The Idaho State Board of Education considers the UI to be in a peer group 
>of
>15 other universities in the U.S.   It is a very respectable group of
>schools and 14 of the 15 play 1-A football.  One of the arguments the UI
>administration has made is that competing in 1-A football is typical of
>educational institutions in their peer group.  The schools are:
>
>Washington State
>Arizona
>Oregon State
>Utah State
>New Mexico State
>Colorado State
>Wyoming
>Nevada
>Arkansas
>Nebraska
>Iowa State
>Texas Tech
>Kansas State
>Oklahoma State
>Montana State
>
>As most of you know, three of these schools are on UI's 2003 schedule (WSU,
>USU, NMSU),  five have been on recent UI football schedules (Arizona,
>Wyoming, MSU, Nevada, CSU), and one (OSU) is on future UI schedules.  If UI
>dropped back to 1-AA football, its scheduling of peer institutions would be
>limited to Montana State.  After seeing the names of the peer schools, the
>point made be the UI administration made more sense.
>
>GO VANDALS!!
>
>Tom Hansen
>UI '96
>Moscow, Idaho
>
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