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Its been a rough year for the Idaho football program, but the Vandals are ending it on a high note.Idaho (8-4) has qualified for a bowl game in what is its second-to-last year playing major college football.The Vandals were unceremoniously kicked out of the Sun Belt Conference earlier this year, and the administration decided it had had enough of FBS football and chose to become the first program in modern times to voluntarily drop to the FCS ranks.In two decades as an FBS program, Idaho has qualified for a bowl only three times. The Vandals will face Colorado State on Dec. 22 at the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, Idaho. Their other bowl appearances have been in Boise as well.Coach Paul Petrino acknowledged it is sweet vindication to reach the postseason.It was a great feeling, Petrino said. Thats one reason Im so proud of our players. Theyve been kicked out of a conference and told they were going to change divisions. They never worried about that. They worried about playing one game at a time.Idaho won six of its final seven games to finish with a 6-2 mark in the Sun Belt, a collection of teams in the southeastern U.S. whose closest member is 2,000 miles from the Vandals campus in tiny Moscow, Idaho.The Sun Belt found that it didnt need Idaho or New Mexico State any longer in order to host a conference championship game and gave both the boot earlier this year.Idaho President Chuck Staben decided the two-decade experiment as an FBS program was producing only high expenses, with few wins and few fans to compensate. The Vandals averaged fewer than three wins per season as an FBS program since 1996, with eight 10-loss seasons.Crowds were sparse in the 16,000-seat Kibbiedome, a giant wooden stadium built in the shape of a Quonset hut.After next season, the Vandals will return to the FCS Big Sky Conference, a league they dominated in the 1980s and early 1990s.That will mean lower overall costs, especially with 22 fewer scholarships to provide, and lower travel costs.Staben said there was no chance the decision will be revisited now.In the long term, this well-deserved bowl invitation does not change factors that informed our decision to join the Big Sky after the 2017-2018 season, versus pursuing an unsustainable future as an FBS independent team, Staben said.Right now, were focused on celebrating the accomplishments of our student-athletes, Staben added.With all the turmoil surrounding them, you might have thought the Vandals would resume their losing ways, and at first they did.They opened the season with a victory over Montana State then were blown out by No. 4 Washington and Washington State of the Pac-12. They improved after that and finished the season with a four-game winning streak.We played two tough Pac-12 teams and got our butts whupped a little bit, said Petrino, the brother of Louisville coach Bobby Petrino. Our guys just kept fighting. Our kids got better and better. They found a way to win games.The Vandals are led by junior quarterback Matt Linehan, a son of Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator and former Vandal quarterback Scott Linehan.Matt Linehan said the Vandals were pleased to be headed to Boise, a city where they have a lot of alumni and are likely to draw a big, friendly crowd.It didnt matter what bowl we were going to, Linehan said. There was just a sigh of relief that we knew we were going.Linehan has thrown for 2,803 yards with 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions this season. Five of his receivers have caught passes for at least 350 yards.Vandals players expressed satisfaction that the game will be the only televised bowl game on Dec. 22 and will be broadcast nationwide on ESPN.This is my first time ever playing in a nationally televised game, said defensive back Jayshawn Jordan. Its a great way to end my college career.Linehan and other Vandals players have endured some lean seasons, and appreciate the success now.Weve gone through enough adversity to fight through it, Linehan said. Were happy to be here at this point.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25Leonardo Bonucci Juventus Jersey . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season. 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Interim coach Joe DeCamillis had said Friday his understanding was that Kubiak was still scheduled to return Monday morning.Kubiak spent the past week at home after he was taken, by ambulance, to the hospital Sunday night following the Broncos 23-16 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Kubiak spent the night in the hospital with what was diagnosed as a complex migraine condition.He underwent additional evaluation in recent days as doctors attempted to determine what had triggered the headaches.DeCamillis, the Broncos special teams coordinator, had served as the teams interim coach this past week, including Thursday nights loss to the San Diego Chargers. Asked Friday if Kubiaks or the teams schedule would be altered in any way after Kubiaks return, DeCamillis said:We havent really discussed that. Thats more of a question for [Kubiak] when he comes back. I did get to talk to him, which was great. He was so supportive all week. He was excellent for me. He was a great resource, but Im glad hes coming back, thats for sure.Broncos coaches and players said they resisted the temptation, for the most part, to contact Kubiak during the week, in an effort to give him a chance to recover. DeCamillis said he did speak to Kubiak on Thursday in the hours before the game in San Diego.I broke down and called him, DeCamillis said, following the 21-13 loss.Kubiak watched Thursday nights loss with his son Klein, who works in the Broncos scouting departmment.ddddddddddddKubiak had coached through the end of last Sundays game even though he had felt ill both before and during the game. Kubiak did his customary news conference following the loss to the Falcons and walked back into the locker room.He continued to feel ill, however, and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. It was the second time in the last four seasons Kubiak has left a stadium in an ambulance. In 2013, as the Houston Texans head coach, he suffered what was described as a mini-stroke at halftime of a game against the Colts. He spent two nights in the hospital after that incident.Im feeling much better and am thankful for everyones thoughts and well-wishes, Kubiak said earlier this week, in a statement. Its tough not being there with our team this week, but Ive got great confidence in Joe D, our coordinators and coaching staff, and all of our players.[Head trainer Steve Antonopulos] and the medical team did an outstanding job taking care of me and getting this figured out. Ive made a lot of positive changes health-wise in recent years and will continue to listen to doctors. Ill be at home this week, resting and getting healthy, and I look forward to rejoining our team on Monday.Thursday was the second time in the past four seasons the Broncos have played a game under the direction of an interim coach. 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