Football Preview: Big Sky beginnings

With Idaho’s Big Sky return days away, the Vandals look to kick off their welcome home party with a crucial conference win this weekend.

The Vandals will travel to take on the UC Davis Aggies Saturday (Sept. 22) to play in their first Big Sky football game since 1995.

Vandal fans have high expectations for the next few seasons back in the Big Sky, as to be expected for a team that was nearly dominant many years ago.

Idaho joined the Big Sky in 1963, but didn’t play its first conference game until 1965. Six years later, the Vandals brought home their first outright conference title in school history during the 1971 season.

The golden age of Vandal football hit in 1985, when Idaho was not only…