I happened to be one of those unfortunate alums who watched the Idaho-North Carolina game on the internet last Saturday. After a while, I asked myself, “Why the self-abuse going through this mental torture?”
Why are we playing football at the division 1A level instead of 1AA? No conference will take us, yet we believe we will do well as an independent. The coach keeps running the same plays, we played hard but did not do the things we needed to do to win. Isn’t that where coaching comes in?
We lost at home to Eastern Washington, and the coach tells us we lost to a better team. We need a new approach to head in a new direction. That will begin with a new coaching team. For a team that was a founding member of the Pac-8 that evolved into the Pac-10, and now the Pac-12, it’s very saddening that it cannot find a decent conference to join. Even as a small market, success on the field would have made us worth giving consideration by some conference. Who does the coach expect to have us on their schedule, and make the games television-worthy?
Let’s be realistic. Look for success where our skill level allows. Go back to the Big Sky in football. When we were there, we had the likes of Ken Horbart and John Yarno play for us. Winning is everything — losing does no one any good.
I’m heart-broken and very crest fallen. I have had to watch Boise State play. How bad can it be?
–Che Sunday