MplsBison

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La Tech isn't going to any other FBS conference any time soon...no one wants them. Denver to WAC is possible, but I Sac St doesn't hold a candle to Montana as far as football membership.

I'm glad the Sac AD is doing his job. I would fire him if he advocated another school.

Sac St has a nice track stadium. I've watched the NCAA championships and US olympic trials on TV when it was hosted there. Not as nice for football. If WAC takes Sac over Montana, they're desperate.

I wonder if they'll still be able to have a championship game with 10 teams?

I'm talking about all the excuses you keep parroting. Those are the kind of things that won't matter in the end. The things that matter (like average attendance, program competitiveness, tradition) are the things that Montana has.

Like I said, petty message board excuses. If you're the WAC taking a look at Big Sky and Great West football programs, Montana is the only program that is ready to go. There will be plenty of meetings between the WAC and the decision makers at Montana to find out what's really possible. And these are things that won't be seen on message boards and blogs.

Right, just like all the message boards and parroting media outlets were saying that Missouri was a lock for the Big Ten. The businessmen behind the closed doors are the ones making the decisions, not message boards.

It's tough to tell if star2 is really that glib when he goes into "ss.com's contracted conference expansion expert" mode. Anyone who thinks that Montana is going to be looked-over because of this or that, it doesn't matter what petty reason you come up with. They're the only team in the Big Sky that is potentially FBS bound. UC Davis (not in Big Sky obviously) is another one to watch.

Watch and learn.

I'll take that bet. Assuming the BE bball schools add anyone (maybe Xavier and that's it), no Summit member is going to leave due to the trickle down.

Hey don't get me wrong, I think it stinks that the SR TC can get away with just "ignoring" the issue. But what can realistically be done about it between now and Nov 30th?

So is that it then? Or is this board going to keep bashing the Standing Rock tribal council every week that they don't make a decision on holding a vote to support the nickname from now until Nov 30th?

Who is going to be the governing body? The BCS? Seriously, while the idea sounds sexy for the big schools...I think the logistics that the NCAA takes care of for these schools for non-football sports is being underrated. You might be right, but I think if four 16 team conferences do eventually form (and it may not be right away), they won't immediately leave the NCAA.

The MWC is going to be too powerful of a conference to be completely left out. They should get one bid, perhaps WAC or CUSA does too.

There's no reason for the MWC teams to leave now. They know the Big XII is dead. Pac 10 - UW, WSU, UO, OSU, Cal, Stan, UCLA, USC, UA, ASU, OU, OkSU, UT, TAM, TT, Bay Big XII - dead Big 10 - NU, UI, Minn, Wisc, NW, Ill, IU, PU, Mich, MSU, OSU, PSU MWC - ISU, Mizzou, KU, KSU, CU, CSU, AFA, Wyo, Utah, BYU, UNM, TCU, UNLV, SDSU, Boise, Houston SEC - Same ACC - Same Big East - Same

I don't think so. If Big Ten doesn't take Nebraska and Missouri, then the Big XII is saved...for now. Texas would rather stay in the Big XII with unequal profit sharing than move to the Pac 10.

Yep -- we all know that talented football players only come from the south! Hopefully UND can recruit 75% of its incoming classes from CA, TX and FL!! Otherwise, might as well not even play the games.

Correction: Sac State has an FBS-ready track stadium. The stadium is set up to host premiere track events, not football games. Yes you can play football in the in-field, but it's not the optimal set-up. Portland St will have the best stadium of Sac, PSU, Davis and Poly in the short term. Long term, both Davis and Poly could have the best football stadiums of the bunch (Davis expandable to 30k, Poly expansion plans to 25k). But then you start throwing in other factors: of the four, only Davis has a legitimate DI bball facility, Poly doesn't bring a significant market (probably not as huge of a concern for a conf. like WAC, but still something worth noting) and then Davis has the best academics/research of the four. That tells me that Davis has the highest potential for the WAC with Poly being a solid runner-up if they could fully expand their stadium and build a DI bball facility.

That's why all politicians should only be able to hold office for a single term at a time (unlimited total number of terms, but no consecutive terms). Too many try to "play the game" knowing that they're going to run for another term and don't want to make choices that could cost them votes.

You mean the NCAA's arbitrary timeline. The only thing that's been officially said is the ruling of the ND Supreme Court saying that there is nothing in the agreement requiring the board to wait until Nov 30th.

70% of the Sioux people who have voted support the nickname. Ok, but how many total people in the Sioux nation (in the entirety of North America) agree that it's acceptable for the University of North Dakota to use "Fightiong Sioux" as the nickname? Certainly less than 70%

No surprise, UND fans are doing the same thing that NDSU fans did back in 2004: getting your hopes up for the Big Sky. Take it from us: don't waste your time. Big Sky will never expand west of Montana. It just flat out won't happen! DON'T BOTHER. (and there is obviously a bunch of childish people on this board who want to "punish" the Summit by having UND not join the conference...selfish and childish )

And a donation to the BSA remodel.

IF something criminal did occur, then the judicial system should take its course. From the information that's been provided, there is no clear-cut, winnable case for state's prosecution.