zonadub Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Its summer and college sports news is mostly about conference realignment. So, in the words of WOPR, Shall we play a game?... If you were the next Jim Delaney, Larry Scott, Doug Fullerton and were a college football conference commissioner, who would you invite to UND's conference? Would it be FBS or FCS or even D-II? How many schools would you want? enough to have a league championship game? Would you want to recreate the old NCC? Would you want a Big Sky footprint? Would you be more eastern, like the MVFC? A blend? Would you want Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, or other BCS level schools? Put on your commissioner's hat and build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonadub Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 I'l take a stab at it: (and yes, I know this can never happen) Northern Division North Dakota North Dakota State Montana Montana State Idaho Idaho State Southern Division South Dakota South Dakota State Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Wyoming You could go east/west and substitute Utah or Utah State for Iowa, but then UND would be in NCC2 plus Minny & Sconny. all state flagship schools. 6 teams per division with a conference championship game. torn on FBS vs FCS, because I like the idea of playing for a national championship. included Minnesota and Wisconsin because of the hockey rivalries (would have included Denver instead of Iowa if they had football). A nod to geographic alignment. (my original thought was the 9 teams from the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho & Wyoming but why stop there? at the present time, conferences are getting bigger and 9 is not enough) NDSU trolls will rip this, but why not 'play' during the summer while we wait for Boise to make up their minds so Idaho knows where they are headed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDColorado Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I don't even want to make an attempt at realigning the big conferences with all that has happened over the last year. Here is what my ideal Big Sky would look like: 14 teams in two divisions: East: UND NDSU Montana Montana State Idaho Idaho State Northern Arizona / Colorado West: Weber ST Eastern Washington Northern Arizona / Colorado Southern Utah Poly Davis Portland St. I left out Sac St. because I think they suck. Realistically I would love to see the east as it's own entity looking like this: UND NDSU Montana M State Idaho Idaho State USD SDSU Wyoming Colorado State Maybe add in a couple non football playing schools in Denver and Omaha. Or even add in a couple more football playing schools on top of this to get 12 Football playing and 14 overall. Always a good idea to stay away from 16 unless you are on the top of the food chain. Gotta love Friday mornings before a long weekend so people throw some ideas down because it is going to be a long and slow day in the office! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 My conference: East UND NDSU USD SDSU Bemidji State St. Cloud State Duluth Minnesota West Montana MSU Cal Poly UC Davis Wyoming Utah Colorado Northern Colorado Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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