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Here is a general summary of the MVFC and a composite poll with early season history.

Quick Card on Line of Scrimmage:

Here is a quick summary of the position performance through the first two weeks. I should add: Just missing the cut: Avery Dixon (34-yard pick-six) and Braden Mohr (1.5 sacks vs LIU).

I have no problem with that I was just trying to be respectful of others - they might not like me clogging up the other threads and people can easily ignore this thread.

Here is the game preview for Portland State this week. I’m not happy with the image quality within the thread, but if you select the image, it is much more readable. I’ll see what I can do to improve the quality as the season progresses. I had already posted this once in the St. Thomas game thread, so I’ll remove that post.

I will be using this thread to post summaries of the season for UND and the MVFC in general.

I’m training an LM and have a bot pulling all the recap and box score data for every team on UND’s schedule this year. I’m then querying it for summaries. This is my first attempt, and I’ll work on new cards and summaries as the season goes along. I’m just messing around with it and thought I’d share the results as the season progresses. I might move this to a separate thread so people can ignore it if they want. If others have any ideas let me know. I will see what I can do.

I have moved this to another thread. This is just a clean up - thanks for the up vote UND-P.

Damit, I can usually filter that crap out. Do you have the link that corrects it.

Here is the video from the official review. https://x.com/ChrisVannini/status/2096461552576610679/video/1

Yes, it sound like things were not working. But, the problems were very different from the football game. The football game was an audio nightmare and the game simply not even available to watch on ESPN+. This seems more app related. So, much of that could be related to the switch in platforms. So people could have the old app and simply need to download the new app. Anyway, thanks for the info.

I absolutely agree the three Dakota, Montana and Idaho are all similiar athletic programs with most of the C-USA and MAC.

What did they mess up, I watched the reply on Midco + and everything looked good.

I assume you are talking about the fallout from the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA). Which if passed as written now would have the following Key Components of the Realignment Rules: The 19-Team Cap: Under the bill's revised framework released by the Senate Commerce Committee, large Power 4 conferences (reporting more than $700 million in revenue) would have their membership legally capped at 19 institutions. This acts as a deterrent to freeze current structures and stop the formation of a massive "Super League". The 5-Year Freeze Rule: The standard text dictates that any school trying to transfer from one Power 4 conference to another must first spend 5 years as an independent program. The 180-Day "Grace Period" Amendment: To address the "year to adjust" element, Senator Ashley Moody filed a prominent amendment. It creates a temporary 180-day window (roughly 6 months) immediately after the bill passes. During this time, high-profile schools looking to pivot (such as Florida State or Clemson) can bypass the 5-year independent penalty and safely lock into their final conference before the 19-team door slams shut permanently. And here is the current numbers for each conference: Big Ten Conference: 18 schools Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC): 17 schools Big 12 Conference: 16 schools Southeastern Conference (SEC): 16 schools So, you would be looking at a Zero to 9 schools moving up from G6. The teams most mentioned are: AAC: Tulane, USF, Memphis, UTSA, East Carolina PAC: Boise State, San Diego State SBC: James Madison MWC: UNLV Now, I personally think you might have some movement with Army, Navy and Air Force vs ECU, JMU, UNLV. But we will see over the next couple of years. But, you have 3 openings in West which leads to UC-Davis, Montana, Montana, Tarleton, SDSU or some MAC teams moving over. On the East side of the country you have 6 opening with C-USA and MAC having some significant turnover. The reality is if you are going to move you had better be ready. And I'm not sure there is going to be another window prior to 2030 when all the media contract expire with grant of rights opening up.

Hey - how is it going... welcome to NCHC. Plus, any word on how long UST is going to be in the Summit League. I thought that I a had read maybe as soon as next year for MVC. What are you hearing?

Not sure how much lower things can get. I see that DI has 361 full-member schools, so it can get worse, but not by much. The string quartet has to be rearranging the deck chairs.

It just seemed like a odd comment. I still don't get it. Plus, most of posters on this board did exactly that after the flood. But, so be it.. moving on. Peace.

Completely agree with your post on Midco coverage but last Thursday was a big mistake.

What?

USD QB looked really good. They are going to be a challenge in the MVFC this year. Holloween is going to be fun.

Hell no, Midco Sport Plus broadcast had no audio for the 1st Q. and a large portion of the 2nd Q. Then when they did get audio it had this awful hollow echo.. So, bad I turned the audio off. I still haven't watched the 2nd half of the game. I say this as a big fan of Midco and the coverage they have given to UND sports. But, this was a major miss. And no message from the AD on this topic. But of course I did see the next day they released his podcast on time. I wonder if the sound was working?

I’ve got tickets for the SDSU/USD game on Halloween—it should be a really good game. I think the USD quarterback is going to surprise quite a few teams in the MVFC this year. If they can retool the offensive line, USD’s offense is going to be a handful. SDSU always sells a lot of tickets early in the season. It’s the harvest, pheasant, deer, and cold-weather weekends that tend to hurt SDSU attendance.

I believe his comment was in jest as was mine. I fully expect that USD will be at home next year. He is talking about the following: In 2024 the Dakota schools and the MVFC worked on a scheduling agreement that would balance out the schedules. As an example: SDSU would play UND/USD at home one year and then play NDSU at home the next year. This change was implemented in 2025 which cause some schools to travel to same school twice. In this case, SDSU had to travel to UND in both 2024 and 2025. UND was scheduled to play at Brookings in 2026 and then rotate going forward. Then NDSU ran away to FBS and it presented the same problem for the remaining Dakota schools. So to balance the schedules again, SDSU is traveling to Grand Forks for the third year in a row and SDSU fans have been grousing at the situation.

And another game for UND on the road against USD in 2027.

I was looking for a release of game notes, I don't see anything online yet. I thought they were published on Mondays, do they still plan on creating them? Does anyone know?