The Sicatoka

The Dakota 4 and the Montana group are a random group of schools just like the rogue's gallery that is today's WAC. In the eyes of the NCAA that's reality. Never forget that. SV's point in the past was that if the Dakotas and Montana group wanted to go FBS, ever, they needed the vessel called the WAC. You had to have a bona fide invite from an FBS granting conference to go FBS. The WAC had retroactive power to invite teams to FBS as that conference (forget who's in it today) was, and retains power as, an FBS conference at one time. Since then, the world has changed: Liberty got permission from the NCAA to go FBS without a bona fide invitation from an existing FBS conference. Thus, the WAC is no longer needed as the vessel, the portal, to FBS. The NCAA has set precedence. They waived Liberty through to FBS without that FBS conference invitation. Now the dream of a "Great North" conference no longer needs to consider how to wrest control of the WAC (and it's magic FBS granting power) away from that group of rogues. Liberty saw to that. Now, in this post Liberty decision world, this consortium of the Dakota 4 and the Montana group can form up and then make the same request Liberty did at the time of their choosing.

And there are no fewer than three full "season threads" in that tally.

Just in passing. The real ones go in Mafia's iPod.

Don't worry about it until I start losing arguments with myself.

R U O K? O U 8 1 2.

ZOINKS!

Thunder can stay lost.

Fowler was injured and yet some picked him? Who knew ...

7 and 9 make 16.

I'll say it again: The debacle by the Cannonball allowed by Standing Rock tells me that I'm glad North Dakota's flagship university has no dependencies on their opinions or politics.

Same thing only different.

However, that is two Horizon League teams (Valpo, Milw) and an OVC (Murray State). As I've said, I could easily see the HL moving on IUPUI and IPFW to backfill. And I wonder if the OVC would move on Youngstown in that scenario. That would damage the Summit and potentially the MVFC.

Worry about YSU after this round, meaning the MVC, is done deciding.

The Great American Conference. Make America Great ... nevermind ...

All the teams are not in the south and in the middle of the country. The North Central ... nevermind.

That's right ... we're FOCC'd.

National Collegiate ... nevermind ...

It would be the "Western MAC".

The AAC set off this wave. The MVC is feeling it now. It'll ripple through east to west. I'd expect the Horizon, Summit (and MVFC), Big Sky and WAC to be affected before it's done.

That ain't workin', that's the way you do it.

No. Omron. I never have good results using their stuff.

I call myself a UND graduate and fan.