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RE: The Big Sky and Summit schedule a crossover challenge series with select schools
(02-09-2018 11:32 AM)jacksfan29 Wrote:  
(02-09-2018 08:41 AM)NoDak Wrote:  
(02-09-2018 07:25 AM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  
(02-09-2018 05:26 AM)NoDak Wrote:  
(02-09-2018 12:31 AM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  And yet they're bringing UND in...

We aren't actually scheduled to be brought in until the 2020 season. Hence , something is up. More Big Sky teams could be out of Big Sky fb by 2020 if they act before July.

It doesn't follow that the delay to 2020 is indicative of a larger realignment. More likely, it's simply a result of football schedules being planned years in advance. I imagine the aforementioned scarcity of OOC opponents in the region makes it difficult for the remaining Big Sky schools to replace IC games on relatively short notice.
NDSU trled to run the UND fb program in the dust by blocking UND before from the MVFC IMHO. NDSU and UND agreed to 2016 and 2019 games in Fargo - that is very telling. Only if something bigger than FCS would NDSU want UND fb back. For some reason -which have suggested here- NDSU actually agreed to schedule UND in a conference but not until 2020. The Summit by NDSU never blocked UND, but that would have lead to UND fb starving. UND actally had talked to the Southland about an affiliate deal when the Big Sky offered. Some of NDSU's success is due to UND not getting recruits in MN and WI that it used to when they were both DII programs. NDSU actually gets kids that have MAC offers.

Yep, UND's failure to have any success is 100% the fault of NDSU.

The only thing blocking UND from getting an MVFC invite was the eastern schools who cannot afford another trip to the Dakota's. Why did the invite occur now? Because the Summit needed UND and SDSU and NDSU have a lot of power in the MVFC. Along with USD the XDSU's pushed hard to get UND an invite. Adding UND also allows the allows the MVC to look at a FB school if the expand, and if they do not add a FB school, the Summit can bring in another FB school.

The delay to 2020 is due to scheduling and, in all likelihood, a split of the league into divisions lessening the travel, and secondary, providing an easier route to the playoffs for the eastern schools (my black helicopter moment).

Hey, a voice of reason! 03-wink

So who's the 12th MVFC add? As I've stated, Northern Colorado seems very unlikely simply due to travel distance (especially if the eastern schools are concerned about trips just to the Dakotas).
02-09-2018 12:14 PM
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