[Vision2020] Idaho-LSU

[Tom Hansen]

Shelley Bennett is right (now there's something you won't hear me say very often),  the city of Moscow must reflect a more prideful relationship wi the University of Idaho.

Shelley Bennett on Vandal Pride in Moscow at the Moscow City Council session (September 4, 2012)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eGdt6Nv6eE


 
Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares"
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
 

On Sep 16, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Carl Westberg <idahovandal1 at live.com> wrote:

> On a related note....    http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/College-towns-on-Palouse--169704746.html
> 
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Idaho-LSU
> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:54:54 -0700
> To: idahovandal1 at live.com
> 
> Worse yet . . . 
> 
> Idaho is going independent next season.  This will drastically reduce our potential for post-season play, unless the Vandals can string together a series of winning seasons (in the neighborhood of 8-4 or better) to earn respect among other independents.
> 
> Invites to post-season play will also take into consideration such things as "strength of schedule", which means we would have to play (and beat) other strong Division 1 schools (I.e. Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Alabama, Texas, etc. etc.); something I don't see happening in the near future.
> 
> So, what we have here is the Idaho Athletic Director pimping off my alma mater for a few bucks.  Translation: If you give me enough money, I'll let you beat me up.
> 
> As much as the thought upset me in the past, it seems appealing now . . . 
> 
> IDAHO MUST RETURN TO THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE ! ! !
> 
> I seriously miss those good ol' rivalry days when I/we would plan parties around games in the dome against Montana.
> 
> I may be criticized for suggesting that we return to the Big Sky, but there is a reason why they are called student athletes.  They are students FIRST!
> 
> How about this for a competition?  Compare graduate programs between Idaho and Bozo State.
> 
> Came a tribe from the north brave and bold . . .
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
> 
> "Moscow Cares"
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>   
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> 
> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
>  
> 
> On Sep 15, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Carl Westberg <idahovandal1 at live.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not even going to listen to one moment of this titanic, absurd mismatch this afternoon in Baton Rouge.  Why in the world are the Vandals playing this game against perhaps the best team in the nation?  Oh yeah, $900,000, and absolute humiliation.  Insane.  Give me a Big Sky game against Montana in the Dome, that somehow sounds more...realistic?
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