ISU's Introduction to Pain

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So ISU, thanks to some wonderful budget shortfalls and a very opportunistic Athletic Department, will play Arizona State, Oklahoma (you read that right), and defending Conference Champion Weber State...in one month. And if it wasn't enough to potentially start 0-3, the Athletic Department (along with the clowns at the NCAA) threw in General Zamberlin's old haunt of Central Washington. And they're not just any team, they are a D-2 Powerhouse. Shades of the Fighting Souix!

This schedule may be eternally amusing (and it is...I've spent some beer-filled nights laughing about it), it sets ISU up for disaster not seen since the Russians were crushed at Tannenburg. And since ISU doesn't have millions of peasants to throw at the German Empire, this may be the shotgun blast that ends this mangy old Bengal's life. ISU goes 0-3; and the average Pocatello sports fan, not knowing a whole lot about the subtle things about football, will only see 0-3 and fan support, always a disappointment, will dwindle to a few diehards and Yours Truly. So ISU limps into the game against a CWU team that's going to be very excited about knocking off a bigger program. If ISU loses and goes 0-4, then the Bengals must make a desperate stand in October (because losing to a team a division lower than you is demoralizing, no matter how good they are).

This schedule, at this time in Bengal history, combined with the severe economic downturn and 4 Athletic Directors in 6 or 7 years is the recipe for total disaster. I understand the need to whore ourselves out for money. I don't have a problem with that. It's just whoring ourselves out to 1 good program(in ASU) and 1 Epic Level 80 Horde Program (Oklahoma) (there's the WoW again) isn't what I'd recommend in this noble quest to save ourselves. I liken it to a war in Civilization 3. It's like ISU is an ancient-age program, moving our little Swordsmen, Spearmen, Catapaults and War Galleys to take on the Modern Armor, Stealth Bombers, Tactical Nukes and AEGIS Cruisers of Oklahoma (and we don't even have any luxury resources to boot...hahaha Civ Joke).