The Idaho Vandals: Bowl Eligible?!?

Let me hopefully be one of the first people to congratulate the Idaho Vandals for becoming bowl eligible just seven weeks into the college football year. Idaho is 6-1 and 3-0 in the WAC. They also have five more games to improve their record even more, but even if they don’t win one more game they have had their best season in a decade. To explain how bad they were the last decade let me list their season records for you.
2002: 2-10
2003: 3-9
2004: 3-9
2005: 2-9
2006: 4-8
2007: 1-11
2008: 2-10
Their best record was a 4-8. Their last and only bowl appearance was in the Humanitarian Bowl in 1998 where they defeated the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 42-35. A 6-6 record this year will probably not secure a bowl bid for the Vandals. They would at least need one more win to have a chance at a bowl, and with games remaining with Boise State, Nevada, and Louisiana Tech they might have some trouble winning that seventh game. They do get Utah State who is pretty terrible, but that one may be tough too. But in a week were Florida, Bama, and Texas struggled I thought it might be fun to recognize a team that is really overachieving. Congratulations to the 2009-10 Idaho Vandals, the world wants to see you in a bowl game.