Stapilus: Bigger not always better

Ever upward, we tend to think: Bigger is better, more is merrier. But not always, and credit the University of Idaho for figuring that out. When it has come to Idaho football, the example of Boise State University has loomed over all. BSU has moved to big time, though now in the Mountain West Conference after a 2011 flirtation with the Big East Conference. The UI Vandal program has never quite reached those heights, even early on. Back in the mid-70s, looking for a college to attend and uninterested in one that would be football-obsessed, I found the UI amenable. From the end of World War II to the early 80s, the Vandals posted winning seasons in just three years, 1963, 1971 and 1976/ Randy Stapilus , Ridenbaugh Press. More here.