<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Leaving the Big Sky was a big mistake, and we need to put money into women's programs. Lady Vandals KICK ASS! Have always been a league above the rest. They were 3rd in the nation in Rodeo when I was there. Not many know that. </SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Carl Westberg <idahovandal1@live.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> "<vision2020@moscow.com>" <vision2020@moscow.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, May 2, 2012 12:35 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] Vandal sports<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>As much of a die-hard Vandal as I am and as much of what remaining in Division 1A may mean to the <SPAN id=misspell-1 class=mark>UI</SPAN>
Athletic Program, the boys of Bozo State, coupled with the loss of <SPAN id=misspell-2 class=mark>UI's</SPAN> "Flagship" moniker, have taught me one valuable lesson . . .<BR><BR>It simply is NOT that important!<BR><BR>Boise State is a prime example of what can happen if your priorities are messed up. Boise State has been a four-year college since the 60s. Although their football program has become a national Division 1A contender, their academic program remains at tier 3 along with a majority of northwest community colleges . . . not one PhD program and very few masters programs, while the University of Idaho has evolved into a nationally competitive tier 1 source of higher education and possesses a wide variety of many graduate programs.<BR><BR><SPAN id=misspell-3 class=mark>Seeya</SPAN> round town, Moscow.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho <BR>(<SPAN id=misspell-4 class=mark>UI</SPAN> '96, Information Systems)<BR><BR>"If not us,
who?<BR>If not now, when?"<BR><BR>- Unknown<BR><BR><BR><BR>On May 2, 2012, at 11:08, Carl Westberg <<A href="mailto:idahovandal1@live.com" ymailto="mailto:idahovandal1@live.com">idahovandal1@live.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>> I've brought this subject up before, but recent conference shuffling events really seem to have put U of Idaho athletics in a very hard place. No Division 1 conference seems to want the Vandals. I just saw a <SPAN id=misspell-6 class=mark>Facebook</SPAN> poll asking which of three options respondents would prefer given the circumstances. 1. Try playing as a D-1 independent, which would probably mean about three home games a year while hoping for an eventual conference invitation. 2. Play, again, in the Sun Belt (teams in Louisiana, Tennessee...) to stay D-1. If the Sun Belt wanted Idaho. 3. Swallow pride and return to 1-AA and the Big Sky. So far in the <SPAN
id=misspell-7 class=mark>Facebook</SPAN> poll, the Big Sky leads comfortably. Any thoughts? Or is it even a concern outside of the hard core fans?<BR>> =======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> serving the communities of the <SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>Palouse</SPAN> since 1994.<BR>> http://www.fsr.net<BR>> <SPAN id=misspell-9 class=mark>mailto</SPAN>:<A href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>> =======================================================<BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>serving the communities of the <SPAN id=misspell-10 class=mark>Palouse</SPAN> since 1994.<BR>
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