Any way we could equip that plane with missiles or machine gun fire for our Vandal fans? That will get their attention. :-)

Since the U of I AD won't ride in the BSU Horizon plane, I think it's only fair that Horizon should even the score by giving the Vandals their own plane. It will be dark brown with big chunks of partially digested corn painted into the scheme. Right on!

and ask him how to schedule a game with a BCS opponent?

Interesting: "Horizon Air has gotten plenty of free advertising this week . . . The plane will make two passes over the stadium before Saturday’s Idaho-Boise State game at Bronco Stadium. The pilot of the plane will be Sherman Blaser, the father of former Boise State tight end Sherm Blaser."

Several observations;

1. Is this a scheduled passenger flight - and if so will the passengers from other states get pretty pissed concerning the landing delay and shortened time to make connecting flights - and direct their anger toward BSU and Horizon?

2. If not a sheduled passenger flight, will the Green Crowd have a field day with this as an example of 'waste of precious energy and contribution to needless Greenhouse Gas emissions" or will those with vested financial interest in Horizon view this as a poor choice by Horizon Management to utilize air hours and flight time that could be used carrying paying customers? Both, of which result in building animosity toward BSU gimmickry and questionable Horizon business model practices.

3. Is this flight FAA approved and if so will a copy of the Flight Plan be avaiable thru a common FOIA request?

4. Have Horizon's Management Team thoughoughly throught through the risk exposure implications of this 'stunt' - has it been vetted by their risk managers and general counsel's office?

Very interesting. The BSU gimmickry never ceases to amaze me.

What a week - first, the BAA announces the sale of stocks in Bronco, Inc. and next, we learn a valuable Horizon air asset is cutting doughnuts in the sky over Bronco Stadium on Game Day.

What next?

At least his 4th kid got the right school. Go Vandals!!

I don't think painting the plane BSU colors was a BSU generated decision. I think that it was most likely a marketing decision made by Horizon and they approached BSU. So if people have an issue with the BSU plane they should refuse to fly on any Horizon operated aircraft and not point the finger at Bronco Football.

As for the little 13 year-old Vandal brat that had a letter in the sports section of the Statesman this morning, I feel sorry for you. It must be awful having parents that are so filled with hate and rage that at 13 youu are already instilled with it. Honey, life is too short to be so hateful. Start getting counseling right now or you will have an heart attack by the time you are 15!

and never use the word "vetted." it aggravates me.
bsu grad is correct.
the photo that i saw depicted a very nice looking aircraft.

From Wikipedia RE: Horizon Air:

"Four CRJ-700s, formerly with Frontier JetExpress, have been painted in the colors of the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, University of Washington, and Washington State University.[33] Three of the Q400s are also painted in special liveries: . . . The third Q400 was pained in the colors of Boise State University to celebrate over twenty-five years in Boise.[35]. The 25fth anniversary plane is known amongst the pilots as GP-1 (Gay Pride 1)"

All I did was cut and paste - really. Look it up yourself, damn it.

Don't you ladies ever get tired of whining because you can't follow big brother(BSU) around every where? BSU 45, Idawhoo 10 (that's being generous!)

The Bronco's already have a 12 game schedule for 2011. They are looking for an extra game because they travel to Hawaii.

"Oh wait everyone in the media now notices that our schedule has zero BCS teams. Maybe we should try and get one on the schedule. But how can we make them think we want to schedule a BCS team and still be "strategic" (i.e. play the weakest OOC schedule as recommended by the WAC commissioner) with our scheduling? Well let's see, we want to maintain the worst OOC schedule in the country so we can have a shot at the BCS. Let's say any BCS team that wants to play us must donkey up $1 million or schedule a home and home. Heck, no one will do that, which will allow for us to keep the nation's worst OOC and we can use the excuse that everyone is scared to play us. Problem solved."

Hey nice schedule BSU, no BCS schools on the schedule. Heck even FCS teams have more BCS teams on their schedule. Maybe you can ask the BCS schools to buy some stock for a tax credit.