Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Travis Mason-Bushman at The Mid Majority

The man of all things Vandal basketball goes "My Own Private Idaho" at The Mid Majority today with a great read.

My School: Idaho
Travis Mason-Bushman
February 24, 2010

The first time I came to the Idaho Palouse, a California kid on a college tour of the middle of nowhere, the Kibbie Dome was the first thing I saw of the University of Idaho. Driving east on Highway 8 and rounding the bend at the Washington state line, its grand, curving arch pops out of the monotonous landscape of rolling hills and snow-dusted wheat fields.

A 35-year-old, multi-million-dollar monument to American-Style Football, the Kibbie is a campus landmark. It's a point of pride for UI -- it's the second-largest university-owned dome in America, or so the tour maps proclaim. Erected during the dying days of the "multi-purpose stadium" movement, the Kibbie was indeed intended to house the football and basketball programs in a single building...
Go here for the remainder.

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