Welcome back, Idaho

[clenz]

[AZGrizFan]

Could you elaborate?

[AZGrizFan]

Never mind.

[clenz]

http://footballscoop.com/news/source-id ... op-to-fcs/

Tomorrow, University of Idaho President Chuck Staben will make an announcement regarding the future of Vandal football.

On March 1st, the Sunbelt announced that following the 2017 season, the conference would not be renewing Idaho’s football only membership (New Mexico State was voted out as well). Given the lack of a future conference affiliation, speculation grew that Idaho would seek to find a more local schedule, likely by dropping down to FCS play.

FCS sources tell FootballScoop this is the route Idaho intends to move and the official conference affiliation will be announced tomorrow.

[Grizalltheway]

Just what the Big Sky needed, more dead weight.

[dbackjon]

Way to go, Id-a-ho!

[ASUG8]

Another shakeout from the mighty mighty SunBelt.

[Jjoey52]

14 and counting, probably need divisions now.


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[EWURanger]

Kind of a no-brainer, IMO. Just from a scheduling perspective, they'd have a tough time getting even 5 home games playing FBS with an independent schedule. I actually think this gives them the opportunity to breathe some life into their football program, even if most of their fans don't want to admit it.

[kalm]

[CAA Flagship]

Since 2000, Idaho football is 46-144

[ASUG8]

Since 2000, Idaho football is 46-144

Told ya, that Sunbelt is a chipper.

[Mvemjsunpx]

A lot of teams fail after moving up, but I think Idaho is unique in that they actually become worse in absolute terms. The old Big Sky Vandal teams would kick the I-A/FBS Vandal teams' asses.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

A lot of teams fail after moving up, but I think Idaho is unique in that they actually become worse in absolute terms. The old Big Sky Vandal teams would kick the I-A/FBS Vandal teams' asses.

Absolutely agree.

[dbackjon]

It is official

http://www.uidaho.edu/news/news-article ... 6-football


April 28, 2016



The University of Idaho announced today it will accept an invitation to play football in the Big Sky Conference beginning in fall 2018, pending approval by the State Board of Education.

“I understand the magnitude of this decision and the strong opinions that surround it, both for and against, but joining the Big Sky Conference is the best possible course for our athletics program and for our university,” said Chuck Staben, UI president. “We have carefully weighed our options and concluded that competing as an independent with an extremely uncertain future conference affiliation would be irresponsible when we have the alternative of joining one of the most stable FCS conferences. The Big Sky allows us to renew traditional rivalries and offers our athletes the opportunity to excel, just as they do in our other Big Sky sports programs.”

[dbackjon]

Glad to see the Vandals back in the Big Sky!

[AZGrizFan]

Glad to see the Vandals back in the Big Sky!

Me too. Can't wait to see the Griz kick their asses every year.

[dbackjon]

Glad to see the Vandals back in the Big Sky!

Me too. Can't wait to see the Griz kick their asses every year.

They didn't before Idaho left. It will be interesting to see how your alma mater fares this time around.

[AZGrizFan]

14 and counting, probably need divisions now.


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Good God I hope so....ideally, we give UND back to MFVC, absorb NMSU (who I think will come to the same conclusion) and go like this:

UM
MSU
EWU
Idaho
Weber
Idaho State
UNC

Cal Poly
Cal Davis
Suck State
PSU
NAU
SUU
NMSU

[clenz]

UND never belonged to the MVFC. They were your mistake from the start

[Grizalltheway]

What's the point of divisions without a conference title game?

[AZGrizFan]

UND never belonged to the MVFC. They were your mistake from the start

by "give back" I meant "a conference where they actually fall within the footprint."

[AZGrizFan]

Me too. Can't wait to see the Griz kick their asses every year.

They didn't before Idaho left. It will be interesting to see how your alma mater fares this time around.

They are a worse team now than when they played in the Big Sky. No question.

[dbackjon]

What's the point of divisions without a conference title game?

If they ran them as two separate, 7 member football conferences (Big Sky and Great Northwest, For example), then you would have TWO autobids.

Big Sky
NAU
SUU
Sac State
Cal Poly
UC-Davis
UNC
UND

Great Northwest
EWU
Idaho
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
Weber State
Portland State


Play each team in your football conference (3 H, 3 A) 2 from other conference (1 H, 1 A) 3 other OOC

[AZGrizFan]

What's the point of divisions without a conference title game?

If they ran them as two separate, 7 member football conferences (Big Sky and Great Northwest, For example), then you would have TWO autobids.

Big Sky
NAU
SUU
Sac State
Cal Poly
UC-Davis
UNC
UND

Great Northwest
EWU
Idaho
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
Weber State
Portland State


Play each team in your football conference (3 H, 3 A) 2 from other conference (1 H, 1 A) 3 other OOC

Yep. But goddamn, that's a long, stretched out conference from Sac State to UND.