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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>Since </span></font><font
size=2 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>WAC</span></font><font size=2
color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'> commissioner Benson replied with “no
comment” regarding the question of whether BSU had anything to do with
wooing </span></font><font size=2 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>Reno</span></font><font
size=2 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'> and </span></font><font size=2
color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>Fresno</span></font><font size=2 color=maroon
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:maroon'> </span></font><font size=2 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>State</span></font><font
size=2 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'> from the </span></font><font size=2
color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>WAC</span></font><font size=2 color=maroon
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:maroon'> to the MWC, I think it’s just another reason to hate </span></font><font
size=2 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>Boise</span></font><font size=2
color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'> </span></font><font size=2 color=maroon
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:maroon'>State</span></font><font size=2 color=maroon
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:maroon'>. Those donks are going to do all they can to torpedo any
sort of success the UI as a whole, and the Vandals in particular, might enjoy.
They continue to have an inferiority complex regarding Idaho (as they should),
so they are doing all they can to reduce Idaho’s size and relevance, and
they figure they might as well start with athletics, football in particular.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>I want to
fight them.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>DC</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Carl Westberg<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 19, 2010
1:10 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Warning:
Sports related post</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>It's a long, complex story that is
still evolving, but the Western Athletic Conference, of which the
University of Idaho is a member, is in some danger of collapsing in a couple of
years, with the possibility of the U of I being left out in the cold regarding
any conference affiliation. For those who follow and care about this sort
of stuff (and I'm not advocating anything, just wondering how Moscow people
feel), if the conference, which is Division 1, does dissolve (which may well
not happen), should the Vandal program continue to try to compete at the D-1
level, go back to the 1-AA Big Sky conference, with Montana, Montana State,
EWU, etc., or drop football? Again, I'm not advocating anything, just
curious. Obviously it's a big, big issue on Vandal Venue currently.</span></font></p>
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