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Yet another good reason that I am looking forward to joining the Summit. ESPN3!!

This would be far better than the cement slab!!

Probably won't be the Nickel, but deffinitely need to play for something. Just as long as it is not something as dumb as the Dakota Marker!!!

We can't move any sooner than 2020. Conference schedules are set until then. The Big Sky and the MVFC aren't going to start over from scratch to exclude/include UND to figure out their schedules for 2018 and 2019. Its only for 2 years. It is a temporary inconvenince that will be well worth it after we are in the MVFC. Today is a great day for UND athletics!!

Not even close. Alabama at least made it to the Championship game. NDSU can't even do that anymore!!

Was probably better than the current UND/Cal Poly rivalry!! And you you calling gramps Abe!!

#SiouxForever.........#BigSkyForever........I am sensing a trend here!! What is it about change that makes people resist it so much? Believe it or not, there are times change is necessary. That is very much the case in both instances

So you're telling me that maybe we were on the verge of possibly starting a rivalry with potentially some teams was maybe about to happen sometime?

Or how bout: who in the Big Sky can say UND is their rival?!

Just in case people were wondering, here is what each conference ranked nationally compared to other FCS/D1 conferences for FB and MBB since UND started competing in the Big Sky in 2012. Big Sky FB MVFC Big Sky MBB Summit MBB 2012-2013 4th 3rd 28th 19th 2013-2014 6th 5th 26th 18th 2014-2015 4th 1st 26th 21st 2015-2016 6th 1st 28th 12th 2016-2017 5th 1st 29th 17th Hate to admit it, but the MVFC and the Summit has been a better conference than the Big Sky since 2012. Obviously this is just two sports, but it is the two biggest ones. So add another item to the list of why moving to Summit.MVFC is a good move......We are joining a much better conference.

The absolute #1 reason that UND is switching conferences is to save money. UND is having to make budget cuts and by switching to the Summit/MVFC, that makes it a whole lot easier. One poster said 500K and maybe up to 800K per year. Tough times call for tough decisions. With the rising costs of travel, there is no way that UND could continue to play in a conference where constant travel halfway across the country was required.

Love all the hate for joining the Summit/MVFC!! #notmyconference

We belong in a conference(s) that will save UND money and increase revenue and attendance, amond many other things. the Summit/MVFC does that better than the Big Sky.

Oh don;t worry. SiouxVolley's new theory will be the MVFC going FBS now!!

Let's see. What will this move do. Just off the top of my head... 1. Save money in a time where UND is looking to trim the budget 2. Potentially save programs for being cut 3. Potentially bring back baseball 4. Renew rivalries with longtime rivals like NDSU, SDSU, USD, and UNO 5. Increase attendance due to familiarity with opponents 6. Getting NDSU to play at the Alerus Center 7. Being able to travel to more road games 8. Conference tournament for basketball is in Sioux Falls etc etc etc

This is huge added perk!!

President Trump to sign orders giving the go ahead to Dakota Access and Keystone XL Pipeline http://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/411650296.html Oh boy. Here we go again!!!

This is an opinion. More specifically mine. Probably not the only one who has it either. Shaking things up drastically and cutting athletic programs is something that Kennedy probably didn't want to do his first couple months in office. Trying to save face and appear to be the good guy is nothing new for a person in a leadership role.

Not saying I agree with what he did. But it seems like instead of taking responsibility and making the necessary cuts, he is going to make it appear that its the state that is making UND cut programs and not him. So while he may think he is coming out looking as the good guy that tried to save every athletic program, he actually comes out looking like a failed leader incapable of making tough decisions

Kennedy played it out perfectly. He knew there were going to be mandatory cuts the state would propose. Instead of cutting sports initially, he recommended to keep them all and then when the state forced them to make cuts, he had a scapegoat for the reason sports were cut. Either way, the writing was on the wall that this is likely going to happen.

#makeUNDgreatagain

FYP!!

8-8 from the line in the last 38 seconds. Crandall himself was 6-6. That's what clutch teams do down the stretch to win games!! Very impressed with our free throw shooting since conference play started. Another interesting stat is Weber only attempted 8 FT's the entire game compared to our 23!!

Well, besides that game Since then UND is shooting 73% from the line. If you take out the Iowa game where we shot 6 for 19, we are 80% from the line since the Bison game. The shooting all around in the last Bison game can't be ignored. But the team has shown that it has moved on and improved. As shown by the numbers.