I wonder when the Boise State-UC Davis game was scheduled. You are Boise State trying to say you belong with the big boys. You are stuck in the WAC so your strength of schedule is weak and you are going to play a I-AA team, refuse to use the three letter acronymn. At least find a I-A team to play.
I think there was a point (probably after ‘06) where Boise State was caught between a rock and a hard place when it came to scheduling. A lot of FBS schools either couldn’t make their own schedule work to play in Boise or wouldn’t because of BSU’s track record at home over the past several seasons. So at that point, you’re pretty much down to finding FCS schools, hence UC-Davis.