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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Yes. And prayers are the answer to the
drought in Texas, too. {see how well that is working out?]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>w.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=moscowcares@moscow.com
href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">Moscow Cares</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 04, 2011 3:04 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=idahovandal1@live.com
href="mailto:idahovandal1@live.com">Carl Westberg</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com>"><vision2020@moscow.com></A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Vandal football (again)</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Bro "C" -</DIV>
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<DIV>In spite of Thursday's loss to Bowling Green State University and
yesterday's #%*+£€¥#, which has placed me in an extremely slow recovery phase
from a near-comatose degree of denial, I have been, am currently, and will
always be a die-hard supporter of all things Vandal.</DIV>
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<DIV>College athletics, and that includes football, is a very important part of
college life, for both students and alumni. It instills a strong sense of
camaraderie . . . of competition.</DIV>
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<DIV>We should not . . . we CANNOT . . . we will not . . . look at our current
predicament as a failure, but as an opportunity, an opportunity to substantiate
the words of my alma mater . . .</DIV>
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class=Apple-style-span>"Now ours is the heritage, rich and so full,<BR>The gain
of their toil and their tears;<BR>And ours is the fruit, and the harvest is
ours,<BR>Oh, Idaho, gift of the years.</SPAN>
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class=Apple-style-span>And here we have Idaho,<BR>Winning her way to
fame;<BR>Silver and Gold in the sunlight blaze,<BR>And romance lies in her
name;<BR>Singing, we’re singing of you, ah, proudly too;<BR>All our lives
through we’ll go singing,<BR>Singing of you, Alma Mater, our
Idaho."</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Seeya round town, Moscow.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Hansen</DIV>
<DIV>Moscow, Idaho</DIV>
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<DIV>"Came a tribe from the north brave and bold . . . "</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>On Sep 4, 2011, at 14:33, Carl Westberg <<A
href="mailto:idahovandal1@live.com">idahovandal1@live.com</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Thought I'd revisit this issue, considering a couple of recent
game results. Last night before a huge national television audience,
Boise State pretty much dominated Georgia in Atlanta. Not much doubt
anymore that the Broncos are one of the very best teams in Division 1, and are
capable of winning the national championship this year. On Thursday,
Idaho was rather embarrassing in a drubbing in the Dome by Bowling Green, a
team that finished 2-10 last year. Boise State, (athletically), has some
large advantages over the Vandal athletic program, particularly in
football. The city of Boise has always been pretty football crazy, going
back to the Broncos winning the national junior college championship when the
school was a junior college. Boise has an obvious population advantage
regarding a fan base right there in the Treasure Valley. There's a
strong football culture, and Bronco football is the only game in town, and the
fans are, well, fanatical. We have a much smaller population base, and with
WSU eight miles away, Idaho football is not the only game in town. And I
get the sense anymore from talking to locals that that passion for football
that has existed for decades in Boise does not exist here. The large
percentage of fans here seem to be casual fans at most. I don't recall
talking to anyone yesterday that even knew that Idaho had played the night
before. The locals (and this means you, good reader), by the way, are
excoriated by many on a sports forum called andal Venue for not attending
games, hence apparently demonstrating an utter lack of regard for the
institution that is the University of Idaho itself. Moscow does not, in
the words of some, "deserve" the University of Idaho. Some people on
that forum are currently somewhat apoplectic. Do people here care enough
about football to wish to see the school continuing a Sysyphean task keeping
of "keeping up" with Boise State (as regards football) or explore different
venues? I know Nick has thoughts on this. I'd like to have some
local feedback to post on Vandal Venue, at potential risk of life and
limb.<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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