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HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:26 am
by BlackFalkin
1) WILL YOU BE HAPPY OR SAD BY THE NEWS?
2) WILL THEY MAKE THE CONFERENCE BETTER? WHY?
3) WILL YOU LAUGH AT IDAHO BC THEY HAD TO DROP BACK DOWN TO 1-AA?
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:27 am
by pantherrob82
Happy.
Hopefully better, but who knows.
No, probably not.
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:37 am
by Grizalltheway
I'll sure as hell laugh when leastern loses to them by at least a TD this season.

Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:39 am
by AZGrizFan
BlackFalkin wrote:1) WILL YOU BE HAPPY OR SAD BY THE NEWS?
2) WILL THEY MAKE THE CONFERENCE BETTER? WHY?
3) WILL YOU LAUGH AT IDAHO BC THEY HAD TO DROP BACK DOWN TO 1-AA?
1) It's the right move
2) Better immediately
3) See #1
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:42 am
by Brock Landers
Happy, better, and like is always the case, I will laugh at the douchebags who get in a tizzy over it
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:45 am
by grizfan47
I would be very happy to have them back. They were a power house in the day and it was a blast playing them.
They would instantly make the conference stronger and more respectable.
I would not laugh at them. There was a day...when I still hated them....that I would have. At least they had the courage to try and more courage to come back.
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:58 am
by Screamin_Eagle174
Grizalltheway wrote:I'll sure as hell laugh when leastern loses to them by at least a TD this season.


Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 11:09 am
by BlackFalkin
grizfan47 wrote:I would be very happy to have them back. They were a power house in the day and it was a blast playing them.
They would instantly make the conference stronger and more respectable.
I would not laugh at them. There was a day...when I still hated them....that I would have. At least they had the courage to try and more courage to come back.
Agreed, however does it really take courage to come back? What else are the gonna do?
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 12:23 pm
by grizfan47
BlackFalkin wrote:grizfan47 wrote:I would be very happy to have them back. They were a power house in the day and it was a blast playing them.
They would instantly make the conference stronger and more respectable.
I would not laugh at them. There was a day...when I still hated them....that I would have. At least they had the courage to try and more courage to come back.
Agreed, however does it really take courage to come back? What else are the gonna do?
I think they do have options left and they will try them before they return to the BSC. I don't think it is a done deal that they will come back. I think it would take more courage to bight the bullet and come back then to hang on to the BCS at all costs.
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 1:29 pm
by grizzaholic
BlackFalkin wrote:1) WILL YOU BE HAPPY OR SAD BY THE NEWS?
2) WILL THEY MAKE THE CONFERENCE BETTER? WHY?
3) WILL YOU LAUGH AT IDAHO BC THEY HAD TO DROP BACK DOWN TO 1-AA?
1) Super Happy. I always enjoyed their games.
2)Yup.
3) Nope. I will welcome them with open arms.
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 2:05 pm
by Cujo
Grizalltheway wrote:I'll sure as hell laugh when leastern loses to them by at least a TD this season.

I'm picking the Iggles by 10 in that one.

Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 2:13 pm
by Wildcat Ryan
1. Happy
2. Stronger
3. Yes (but not at the university, just thier fans)
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 4:04 pm
by Ursus A. Horribilis
Wildcat Ryan wrote:1. Happy
2. Stronger
3. Yes (but not at the university, just thier fans)
Same answer from me. I would leave it alone until their fans tried to use it as smack and then I'd start chopping away at them with it.
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 9:42 pm
by SDHornet
Ursus A. Horribilis wrote:Wildcat Ryan wrote:1. Happy
2. Stronger
3. Yes (but not at the university, just thier fans)
Same answer from me. I would leave it alone until their fans tried to use it as smack and then I'd start chopping away at them with it.
I agree.
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 9:45 pm
by Grizalltheway
Cujo wrote:Grizalltheway wrote:I'll sure as hell laugh when leastern loses to them by at least a TD this season.

I'm picking the Iggles by 10 in that one.

That's okay, we can't all be right.

Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 11:33 pm
by Trapped in CA
Idaho got the slap down from the SunBelt. Ouch
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Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 9:34 pm
by SuperHornet
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 8:10 am
by kalm
With the improved Kibbie Dome and their history of success It would be a massive win for Idaho and the conference and we would be gaining a very close natural rival.
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 11:54 am
by alvin kayak
1) Happy
2) Stronger
3) Certainly
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 10:52 am
by SUUTbird
1) Happy, FCS or FBS what matters is that you start winning games.
2) Better, would not only give us an even # of teams but would make the conference stronger.
3) Only @ idiot fans that deserve it

Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 7:47 pm
by EWURanger
BlackFalkin wrote:1) WILL YOU BE HAPPY OR SAD BY THE NEWS?
2) WILL THEY MAKE THE CONFERENCE BETTER? WHY?
3) WILL YOU LAUGH AT IDAHO BC THEY HAD TO DROP BACK DOWN TO 1-AA?
1) Glad, but don't think they are coming.
2) Yes, they had a good 1-AA program. 1-A, not so much.
3) No.
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:55 pm
by kemajic
kalm wrote:With the improved Kibbie Dome and their history of success It would be a massive win for Idaho and the conference and we would be gaining a very close natural rival.
Downgrading their program from major college to small college with the likes of SUU and UNC would not be considered "a massive win for Idaho" by any Idaho fans I know and I know quite a few.
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:03 am
by kalm
kemajic wrote:kalm wrote:With the improved Kibbie Dome and their history of success It would be a massive win for Idaho and the conference and we would be gaining a very close natural rival.
Downgrading their program from major college to small college with the likes of SUU and UNC would not be considered "a massive win for Idaho" by any Idaho fans I know and I know quite a few.
The size of their college would shrink?
There are several FCS programs including one to their immediate northeast that are far "bigger" programs than what Idaho currently is. They get less exposure than we do and that has been the case for quite awhile.
Aside from losing 22 scholarships, does anything else really have to be reduced? It's not as if their facilities or things like marketing need to. It's not as if the size and the scope of the program exploded once they moved up. If they stay on their game, I'm guessing they can move down without losing much of the fan base and donors.
BTW, nice choices in using SUU and UNC as a comparison.

Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:22 pm
by putter
kalm wrote:kemajic wrote:
Downgrading their program from major college to small college with the likes of SUU and UNC would not be considered "a massive win for Idaho" by any Idaho fans I know and I know quite a few.
The size of their college would shrink?
There are several FCS programs including one to their immediate northeast that are far "bigger" programs than what Idaho currently is. They get less exposure than we do and that has been the case for quite awhile.
Aside from losing 22 scholarships, does anything else really have to be reduced?
It's not as if their facilities or things like marketing need to. It's not as if the size and the scope of the program exploded once they moved up. If they stay on their game, I'm guessing they can move down without losing much of the fan base and donors.
BTW, nice choices in using SUU and UNC as a comparison.

If they came back to the FCS their facilities - outside of the dome, are pretty nice as they have put a lot of money into their weight room etc.
Re: HONESTLY! IF IDAHO DOES RE-JOIN THE BIG SKY...
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:40 pm
by SDHornet
It doesn’t sound like much came out of the WAC meetings earlier this week, which I take it to mean there is no plan to save it even as an Oly sports conference. Anyone hear differently? I would have thought invites to Bako and UVU would have been sent out immediately. They do have until the end of June to figure something out, but that is a very tight timeline if the WAC wants to maintain FBS status.