Mansfield: Here Comes Idawahio

Blogger Dennis Mansfield believes Easterners who don’t know Idaho from Iowa will have a problem on their hands if Boise State joings the Big East conference. Dennis: “The perfect example that represents this odd geography dilemma once happened to me on a S. Cal trip. The conversation went somethinlg like this:

• Semi-interested person: “So tell me, how far is De Moines from Boise?”
• Dennis: ” Oh, about 1.300 miles. Why do you ask?”
• Semi-astonished questioner: “Wow, that’s a HUGE state. Almost like Texas, huh? It’s right under Michigan, right?”
• Dennis: “It’s tucked a little to the west of Michigan, actually…”
• Now-disinterested questioner: “Oh, really…that’s interesting.”

Question: Which Eastern states, besides those tiny ones near Maine, confuse you?