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Yes, Bubba will still be the HC next year. We get it. And the Hawks will probably continue the roller coaster ride and qualify for the postseason again next year. Seems to be a theme. Maybe win a game or even two in the playoffs. Will that mean another extension for him or will he retire or move on to the Alumni Association?

No, but UND passed on him earlier in his career

Serious question… would you rather hire a former DII coach with a 22-21 record as a head coach who is looking to retire after finishing his career here? -or - a young up and coming coach who has a 67 - 3 record with 4 (four!) national championships at a lower level like NAIA, who will get attention from both recruits and higher level programs that will likely be hired away after several successful seasons? well, Fresno State is leading the MWC West and is probably pretty happy with that up-and-coming young coach. (And I am not suggesting hiring Fresno’s defensive coordinator)

Serious question… would you rather hire a former DII coach with a 22-21 record as a head coach who is looking to retire after finishing his career here? -or - a young up and coming coach who has a 67 - 3 record with 4 (four!) national championships at a lower level like NAIA, who will get attention from both recruits and higher level programs that will likely be hired away after several successful seasons? well, Fresno State is leading the MWC West and is probably pretty happy with that up-and-coming young coach. (And I am not suggesting hiring Fresno’s defensive coordinator) Edit: Apologies for the double post. Meant to post this in the Future of the Program thread.

So, if all this transpires, C-USA will have Florida International, Louisiana Tech and Texas El Paso. Then if they can add U Conn (for football),New Mexico State, Liberty, that they are already looking at, and maybe they also go after U Mass. That would give C-USA 6 full members and 7 football. (yes, UMass and UConn would be a long way from UTEP and NMSU) Maybe the best way for C-USA to survive would be for a block of Northern teams to join the way that the Texas teams joined the WAC. The Dakotas, Montana’s and Idaho would make a solid core. There could then be a 14 team league that would be a strong G5 league relatively quickly. Would probably have to have limited inter-divisional games. If the northern schools actually want to go FBS, being invited to join C-USA would be an NCAA approved scenario. If the C-USA wants to survive, it could be the way to solvency. A true USA conference. South/East U Mass U Conn Liberty FIU La Tech UTEP NMSU North/West USD SDSU NDSU UND MSU UM UI About as good a conference as there would be in G5. Would really have been nice to get Sioux Volley’s perspective on the latest round of realignment.

Rumors that CUSA is looking at New Mexico State, Liberty and U Conn (football only). They will be even more desperate if they lose MTU and WKU too.

Izzy isn’t the only one… UND received less votes in this week’s coach’ poll than last week.

Well, this thread being only on the second page the night before the game is validation of your post.

Could it be like the new WAC? iirc, the 2 divisions of the new WAC are not going to cross much for non-football Olympic sports. The Texas teams won’t be traveling to Arizona, Utah and California very often. Still think it is an unlikely scenario.

If there is an interest among those schools to go FBS, this might be the way to get it done. Getting an invite to CUSA would be the door opening for moving to FBS. Question is… do they (Dakota’s, Montana’s, et al) want to make the move?

That’s what joining the Summit was like about 10 years ago.

There would be a big gap between the South and North Divisions. Would be nice for New Mexico State to get an FBS home. Would also put some USA into CUSA, instead of being Conference of the Southern USA.

You know what they say about teaching old dogs new tricks…

This team and these coaches have to learn how to WIN the close games. Not lose by less than a touchdown.

You mean 1 - 19 is not an issue?

Unfortunately, it feels like, under Chaves, UND is moving from being a hockey first school to a hockey only school.

And everyone says Freund should be the next head coach?

North Dakota North Dakota State South Dakota South Dakota State Montana Montana State Idaho Idaho State St Thomas Northern Iowa [Weber instead of UNI, but they would need a travel partner. Wyoming could work, but Sioux>Bison is correct, they won’t leave the MWC.

Murray has football. Belmont does not. Does this mean a 12 team MVFC? Did St Thomas go Pioneer by choice or was there no MVFC offer to them?

Both?

Good question. Should have added both UCF & USF. But West Virginia probably pushed for Cincinnati as a travel partner.

That goes back to the last realignment… and the PAC 12 punted

As for the Big 12’s new tv contract, they added 3 nice population centers (Houston, Orlando and Cincinnati) and one with a reasonable national audience. They might have been more shrewd than than on first look in who they added. That said, it doesn’t do much for them to continue to be considered a P5 conference. imho, the Big 12 should have pursued a merger with the PAC 12 instead of picking up so many G5 schools.

Yeah. The NAU D-line was living in the Arizona backfield. Not looking good for UA.

Kalen DeBoer’s Fresno State Bulldogs drop #13 UCLA 40 - 37 Northern Arizona holds off Arizona 21 - 19. 2nd win for the Lumberjacks over the Wildcats.