Yes!! I'm a snob! Thankfully, we've had leaders with vision and forethought who planned well and executed their dreams. Yes, I applaud each schools efforts to improve their facilities and realize that Sac, UNCO, PSU haven't really had many opportunities to improve upon what they have and I hope that their visions can be realized. That would be great for them and their communities.
As for ISU...lets have a history lesson. First, the Dee was quite the venture when it was built and took a lot of sacrifice, work, support and administrative efforts. The resources used to build that facility were substantial for 1970s dollars on par with what it would take to build one like it today. Now the lesson...ISU did have community support, funds, and resources. They elected to build an indoor dome instead of a basketball facility. We kept our football outdoors. They didn't. At the time it was a nice facility one of progress. At least it shows ISU in a better light than going backwards and playing in a terrible facility that is worse than local high schools. But they did have the opportunity to build a basketball facility and keep their outdoor stadium for football. They had the chance and they used it on a Dome. Idaho and NAU both have improved their facilities that are domes and once again, if they can then why not ISU? They will and that is where the funds are headed. Football is driving college athletics not basketball. I hate to break this to Bengal fans, any funds available will be used toward the Holt. Also, yes Boise, Jeff has two but not the most important key to the building piece, those two make up 1 of the original 2 needed, but he also needs to get government, community, student, and administrative support that he doesn't have. I know this and you do to. That money is going to be used for the dome first, as it should. You don't build something new that isn't the revenue generator while your original facility needs those funds more.
As for you apologists on here, with friends like you, who needs enemies. Wow...you bow down to opposing fans so quick without thinking and just agree. ISU has had the same chances as Weber, but they made different desicions. Now, there isn't the money/support available. Simplot won't give to basketball but to the Dome (boise that's one of the two). I'm happy for PSU and the work done to get the Stott done but that has taken a lot of coordination and support. Portland has a lot more money than Poky. And it barely happened.
Okay, so the game. Refs were fine till the last 5. A team trying to get back in the game spent a lot of time on the foul line. Lots of ticky tack fouls on one side and nothing on the other. Telfir is good and I like his game but he got away with two offensive fouls, a charge and a hook and got 5 points from them. Life on the road. No matter our team leader needs to make foul shots. That's the difference. Senglin misses a freebie. He makes a fall away three that he was fouled on but can't make the front end of a one and one. This is the second time we've lost because he misses freebies at the end. There's the loss right there.
