Watch Out For The Vandals

I know a few Idaho Vandal fans, and they have been suffering at the bottom of the college football world for a long time. I can sympathize with them, since my Oregon State Beavers suffered so many consecutive losing seasons in the recent past. But the times they are a changin'. The University of Idaho announced today that they have hired Dennis Erickson as their new head football coach. He coached there many years ago as a young rising star. Since then, he has won everywhere he has coached in college football. There's no doubt about it. He will also win at Idaho... and then he'll be gone with the wind. But in the meantime, it will be good times in Moscow. Wanna bet?

Guess who's worried. The Boise State Broncos. They just lost head coach Dan Hawkins to the University of Colorado, and now the Vandals are poised to steal all of their recruits. The football winds in Idaho are blowing north.