Biggest mistake Idaho made De - emphasizing athletics due to a scandal that we were not involved in.
Idaho would be in the PAC 12 if that decision instead was the opposite of that.

Building a 18k dome to replace a 25K stadium that we use to host WSU and Oregon and other top Western schools.

How Idaho has been lucky the dome is expandable most are not like the Fargo Dome. The small second decks for three thousand additional sideline seats is new technology. The company who built are suites and new press box has given a reasonable quote to get it done.

One more way Idaho has been lucky is getting invited back to the SBC for football only and BSC for everything else.

I guess other conference members have those bad decisions/luck and lucky breaks.
Two new conference members having ready made stadiums. Still others who could just as easily be on the outside of FBS with no spots left. Literally half the conference is between one and three years from that scenario.