[Vision2020] Idaho-LSU

[Wayne Price]

Carl,

University of Idaho pride - YES, but let's remember that we are a  
UNIVERSITY, not a football team!


Wayne






On Sep 16, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Carl Westberg 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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