Big Sky Would Welcome UIdaho

The Big Sky Conference is “basically sitting and watching and seeing where all the chips fall,” Associate Commissioner Ron Loghry said. The Big Sky has 13 football-playing schools and 11 all-sport members. UC Davis and Cal Poly are football-only members. The league would like to add another all-sport members so it could divide into divisions for non-football sports and cut down on travel costs. “Part of the grand scheme is to get to 12 and possibly explore divisions and save money on travel. It’s there. The presidents and the commissioner are being very deliberate,” Loghry said. South Dakota State was slated to be the 12/14th member, but opted not to join the league. “They didn’t want to make any rash decisions by trying to find a 12th member,” he said. Idaho, however, would be an ideal candidate. The Vandals are former Big Sky members (1965-1996) and would be a terrific fit geographically for the Big Sky/ Brian Murphy , Idaho Statesman. More here.

DFO: Maybe UI should move its football team to Coeur d’Alene, which is easily more accessible and a place where FBS teams might want to play. Hey, just thinking out loud here.