<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><div><span>Courtesy of KHQ at:</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/18151325/idaho-will-seek-to-stay-in-fbs"><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/18151325/idaho-will-seek-to-stay-in-fbs">http://www.khq.com/story/18151325/idaho-will-seek-to-stay-in-fbs</a></a></div><div> <br><span>-----------------------------------</span></div><div><span></span> <br><span><h3 class="" style="display: block; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Idaho will seek to stay in FBS</h3></span></div><div><span>MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - Idaho athletic director Rob Spear says he is disappointed the Vandals were not offered membership in the Mountain West Conference in the current round of sports league reshuffles.</span><br><span></span><br><span>He said Friday that Idaho is considering four options for its athletic programs.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The first is finding a major college conference for all its sports. Another is finding a conference just for the football program, with other sports in a separate conference. The third option is playing as an independent.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The final option is reviewing the feasibility of dropping to the Football Championship Subdivision.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Spear says the Mountain West indicated Idaho was in too small a television market for the league to be interested.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Spear says his top goal is to find an FBS conference for all Idaho sports.</span><br><span></span><br><span>---------------</span></div><div><br></div><div><span></span>University of Idaho Athletic Director Rob Spear addressed the media on Friday in a teleconference discussing UI’s future after five WAC schools left the conference earlier in the day.<br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.uiargonaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1027.mp3"></a><a href="http://www.uiargonaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1027.mp3"><a href="http://www.uiargonaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1027.mp3">http://www.uiargonaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1027.mp3</a></a></span><br><span></span><br><span>-----------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span>Seeya round town, Moscow.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom Hansen</span><br><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br><span></span><br><span>"If not us, who?</span><br><span>If not now, when?"</span><br><span></span><br><span>- Unknown</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div><div></div></div><div></div></div></body></html>