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Column: Waiting for compromise

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Nasty. Inebriated.

Those were the colorful adjectives uttered by Boise State president Bob Kustra back in 2010.

The statement preluded Boise State and Idaho’s final meeting on the gridiron. The Broncos would be leaving the Western Athletic Conference for the Mountain West. Idaho would remain in the WAC before going independent and eventually joining the Sun Belt.

Kustra’s remarks referred to what he believed to be a poisoned culture in Moscow.

“It’s a culture that is nasty, inebriated and civilly doesn’t give our fans the respect that any fan should expect when visiting an away team,” Kustra said in an interview with the Idaho Stateman.