This season has been unlike any other for the Big Sky Conference and October isn’t even here. Earlier this month, the league turned heads when several of its programs either upset FBS foes or remained competitive with them and, as it sits currently, five teams from the conference are ranked in the national FCS Top 25 polls. Neither of these are accolades that are lost on conference commissioner Tom Wistrcill.
“It’s been a tremendous year so far,” Wistrcill told UDD earlier this week. “We want to show that our teams can compete with these FBS programs and they’ve done an excellent job.