(04-19-2017 09:03 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(04-19-2017 08:26 PM)MJG Wrote:  I could be slightly off on the numbers but not by much.
Idaho was top four in the SBC
in revenue before subsidies
lowest percentage of subsidies
number of ESPN3 viewers
With a lower conference payout and string of bad seasons.

I think with Liberty, NMSU and U Mass independence could work.
The state should mandate BSU and Idaho play. BSU athletics gets a bigger subsidy but lower percentage.

That would be four games plus a BSC buy game for three of the five home games required.
The thirty million that is being raised for the arena would need to be used to expand the dome. A pro FBS president and an AD good at fundraising could have made it work.


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With Liberty being a known option, I wonder if Chuckie may have tried FBS Indy?

The problem with independence is the middle of the season.
Idaho had four games scheduled early already.
Picking up a late P5 would probably be easy.
The more independent programs the better .
Liberty being FBS would have helped if Staben was on the fence he wasn't.
The subject of the future of Vandal athletics came up at his interview.
His talking points of playing regional rivals was probably his answer.
So I think for him the BSC is better for Idaho than the SBC.
Big Sky and independent in football wasn't a consideration for him.

He should have tried it at least until the new arena was built.

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