(01-16-2017 12:47 AM)LatahCounty Wrote:  

(01-16-2017 12:26 AM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  

(01-15-2017 10:03 PM)LatahCounty Wrote:  

(01-15-2017 08:31 PM)panite Wrote:  Keep NMST and Idaho FB only. If Idaho still decides to go back to FCS then pick up UMASS FB only.

I believe Staben has caught enough hell at this point that if any FBS conference, including the Sun Belt, offered a deal there is very little chance Idaho would say no. Especially if word of an offer got out.

LatahCounty,

Do you have Any insight about whether that could burn bridges with Big Sky members? Would their be anger from Montana, EWU, and the other long list of schools in that league who would demand Idaho be "all in or all out?" After all, it would really mess up their plans on pretty short notice if they joined an FBS league for football only. Or would they say, "it's cool. We'd be FBS too, if we could. Do your thing. We're just glad to have a school of Idaho's academic caliber on our league roster." Thoughts?

Hoping y'all get that call from Craig Thompson & the Mountain West to make this all, as Joey from Friends would say, a "moo point."

Some likely wouldn't be thrilled with us, but I doubt any ultimatums would be issued or any bridges would be burned. We make way too much geographic sense for many to want to boot us, and according to the report from the independent consultant Idaho hired to help make a decision (which Staben ignored) there are actually schools in the Big Sky who preferred that Idaho keep its football out of that conference because they didn't want to create an "arms race" within the Big Sky. So some would be happy for us to back out. Plus, we're a full member so it would take a lot to throw us out of the conference altogether.

A few would grumble, but they'd get over it pretty quickly.

Well, NoDak would be pretty ticked off if you guys turned away from the Big Sky in their hour of triumph.