PierreYote

Good one.

. Yes, was just joking to Darell1976 post.

The Yote's took their lumps last year and had a rough year.

Wait a minute. I thought those schools along with USF were already in a football conference with UND.

No idea. I was under the impression that BYU and possibly SDSUaztecs were still in play for football. Maybe this keeps the basketball schools and football schools together for a couple years. I can't remember but isn't the Big East basketball or football contract up again in a year or two? If so I imagine the basketball only schools, and Notre Dame, give the Big East a middle finger and split off. It's not like the schools the Big East are adding does anything positive to the current Big East members that don't play football. The conference has plenty of quality like minded non football schools. They could pick up and form a solid conference. The 8 non FBS schools, including Notre Dame, would still be a NCAA tourney multi bid conference. If they wanted those schools could get the Indy market (Butler), Omaha market (Creighton), St Louis market (St. Louis), Philly market (Temple) and part of Cincy market (Xavier) and form a real solid basketball conference of like minded schools.

Yes, our board is low in numbers and traffic but it is slowly building. I believe the reason for the registration requirement is as follows. Previously, anyone could read the board AND POST without registration. Because of that we had plenty of drive by trolls. The only way to stop this was to close the board and require registration. The board software didn't allow register to post and non register to browse.

I realize that. I was referring to EIU. EIU would help appease the eastern based football schools and create a tight group in that area. I also like EIU over NKU because they are already D1 and the 5 year window for transition is complete for conference autobid qualification for the Summit. I understand the conference can't just pick and chose but this discussion is based on what I would prefer, right or wrong.

I think the MVFC is full for western based teams. SIU, YSU and I believe ISU(b) agreed to allow USD in if they could limit their travel west to one game a year. If an eastern based team came into play then I assume, not a guarantee, that those schools would vote for an invite.

The conference by adding Belmont (Nashville) is moving south. UNK would be a move east. Football would make perfect sense for them. They would have 4 teams in MVFC closer than their closest team in OVC. Indy State would be a quick 50 miles away. In other sports it is a little more spread out but would have a decent footprint with IUPUI, IPFW, Western Illinois and UMKC. It wouldn't be as tight as the OVC but it wouldn't be completly outlandish.

I think the OVC and Summit will probably both give an invite. The Horizon might but I think they sit tight for now. There are 100's of scenarios if there is a private/public school shakeup in Big East which dominoes to A-10, MVC and Horizon. What those conferences do, if there is a shakeup, will obviously effect conferences like the Summit. Personally, I would like NKU to go OVC if that means EIU leaves and comes to Summit/MVFC. Who knows.

If NKU joins the OVC then they would be the 13th school. Belmont joins next year. The OVC is also in talks with UNA. I think EIU rethinks their overall position in the OVC and possibly bolts to anchor the eastern Summit and Eastern MVFC.

I get your point and agree but the Ralston Arena sits more than 3500 for basketball. It sits 3500 for hockey and around 4000 for basketball

Exactly. As I thought. In response to Longhorn Network v. rest of Big 12 teams TBD money. The TBD money is many many many multiples of Big Sky. Anyway, best of luck in Big Sky. Wish our schools could have continued some games but it looks like it may not happen after the last game in GF this year. Always enjoyed my time in GF and will miss the rivalry. Solid university, teams and fans.

Anecdotal evidence is great however I am not asking for that. Show me some type of projections that back up Stars statement. I don't doubt schools and towns are increasing in population but please just provide me with something to review.

Star. Please provide a link to those outlandish numbers you posted. Your state is booming and I agree that is wonderful but I have read actual published studies and been on the ground in western Nodak and your numbers are not even close to reality.

I'm sure you are happy. I would be as well if I lived in the mountain/pacific time zone. However, I am sure the other 95% of my alumni would be pretty pissed. Im sure it will pretty cool to be with 50 other UND locals at the UNC game. Someday we might all meet up again. Whether we are both in the Big Sky or MVFC/Summit. I don't think the door is closed on either scenario nor the changing landscape of conferences.

1. Boise State is Big East in Football only. 4 or 5 trips at most. Big East TV money, bowl money and BCS bid. 2. WVU in Big 12 all sports. Big 12 TV money is huge, bowl money and BCS bid. 3. UND in all Big Sky sports. Big Sky TV money? good one. With that said, I agree that UND did what is best for their university. There wasn't a MVFC invite. You can't leave football on an island. However, to spin it by using FBS or even worse BCS schools as an example that it will work is pure folly. I wish you the best in the Big Sky. You now give me a reason to care about the conference. I will cheer for you when you enter the league next year.