I apologize if this has already been brought up, but I just noticed in a Q-A on the ISU web site that Jeff Tingey says the Big Sky is considering going to a 9-game league schedule in football. With ISU committed to two money games a year, that would eliminate the D-2 games in years when teams can only play 11 game schedules --at least in years when ISU had 5 home league games. It would also allow ISU to play the more attractive league teams like MSU and Montana more often.
Hopefully this kind of thinking would also spread to basketball and a 22-game league schedule. Right now there are a lot of league teams with awful non-conference home schedules -- Idaho State included. A fully balanced league schedule would give each team two more D-1 home games every year.
Hopefully this kind of thinking would also spread to basketball and a 22-game league schedule. Right now there are a lot of league teams with awful non-conference home schedules -- Idaho State included. A fully balanced league schedule would give each team two more D-1 home games every year.