Boise State
Boise is 300 highway miles (480 km) south of Moscow, and many UI students are from the Treasure Valley (greater Boise area), the major population area of the state. Idaho has had a major in-state rivalry with Boise State since 1971; BSU joined the Big Sky in 1970 but the football teams did not meet that season. BSU and UI moved to Division I-AA in 1978 and to Division I-A in 1996, joining the Big West.
BSU was 8–2–1 in the first 11 meetings, including five in a row from 1977–81. Idaho immediately followed with 12 straight wins from 1982–93 and won 15 of 17 before Boise State began its current 12-game winning streak in 1999, in which BSU has dominated the Vandals. The composite score for the most recent dozen games is 613–213, an average BSU victory margin of over 33 points per game, ranging from 14 to 58 points. Boise State has won 13 of 15 games over Idaho since both teams moved up to Division I-A (now FBS) in 1996.
Boise State left the WAC after the 2010 season and joined the Mountain West Conference, leaving the future of the primary in-state rivalry in doubt. As of September 2012, the 2010 game was the last in the series and no future games are currently scheduled.
Beginning in 2001, the winner of the football game has been awarded the Governor's Trophy; Boise State has won it every year.
- see also - Boise State – Idaho rivalry
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