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Is Freund locked in on Ketteringham? Will that mean there is already no competition for the starting QB position? That might be the first indication of Schweigert's unwillingness to adapt.

Maybe it just comes down to his career choice. Probably wants to own the farm, not work on it

Neither is Wyoming, tbh

Great line-up! That would be sweet. Now get everyone to cooperate. The new WAC could become a significant mid-major player. However, still not convinced that UND and the rest of these new WAC schools should leave FCS. Playing football games on a Tuesday or Wednesday for the chance to play in the Idaho Potato Bowl or the Doosan Snow Bowl the second week of December doesn't seem like it will be any more significant than playing for the FCS championship. Maybe someone should start a thread "SHOULD UND go FBS?"... instead of UND and The Big Sky could go FBS

Sounds like a politician and campaign promises... hmmm...

JohnBoy has had some good posts over the years. This might be one of his best.

Maybe because the Big Sky is the Montana's conference. They are the center of the conference. Not geographically, but in power.

So, back to Northern Colorado? Or Augustana with football? Who else would be a possibility? New Mexico State? Would have to go FBS for NMSU. Montanas, Idaho, EWash... Can they really be talked out of the Big Sky? Seems really doubtful.

At least UMKC is an established D-I school. (No transition period like Augustana or St Thomas will have)

Would Denver block it?

A short press release: https://www.kshb.com/sports/umkc-will-return-to-summit-league-beginning-in-2020-21 soccer, but no baseball

So UND could have stayed in the Big Sky and not run a deficit?

aren't offensive linemen generally considered to be the smartest guys on the team?

Were Sather's assistants being considered for the head coach position? Are there any implications for UND and Sather's choices to fill out his staff that come from this? We should be hearing who he is adding to the staff soon, no?

I like the way you think

No p.a. Genuinely appreciate your response. As a dumb internet dweeb, I didn't really understand your comment about only 1 FB in the class. Your answer tells me that Bubba, with a run-first offense, is losing recruiting battles with schools at UND's level. The point of my original comment was that the Hawks are not getting good rb's and were willing to take on a less-study focused student because they can't get the rb's that have both good scholar records and D-I level football talent. I think we are on the same page, but did not express myself clearly. Again, I sincerely appreciate your answer. Thank you Geaux

So Bubba needs to be better at winning the recruiting battles. That makes sense. Thank you for your insights Geaux

Are you saying UND did not offer any other rb's? With UND's relative (lack of) success vs the XDSU's, wouldn't the Hawks have to go out on the limb with some recruits to revive the program with a 'project' or two? but, you were a player, so you would have a better grasp of the realities of the situation than I do

Understand the lower cost concept, but Summit doesn't sponsor men's VB. I guess that is what you mean. I think that cutting baseball was to set the stage to drop women's ice hockey, but feels short-sighted in light of UND's move to the autobid-sport-challenged Summit League. The loss of any one of several schools in the conference will be huge. Even the prospect of NDSU leaving can be argued, because they would jump if they get an invitation to another conference. Unless your projections of a hybrid conference with the better Big Sky schools comes to fruition, the Summit has to be looking to bolster its membership with the likes of UMKC (soccer) and Northern Colorado (baseball and football, but there will likely be resistance to forming a football confer ence outside the MVFC). KC already left the Summit and Denver will likely oppose UNC, so those possibility of those additions feels remote. The Wisconsin schools are also a possibility, but unlikely. It just seems that, historically, Douple and the Summit Presidents are recactionary, not proactive. The transient history of the conference is disconcerting until more than the core of the four Dakota schools add more stability among more members. It seems that there is talk every year about PUFW, ORU, Denver and even Omaha leaving or WIU closing. The Summit will always have this issue. Augustana will probably be added, St Thomas is several years away from D-I. Duluth, Mankato or any other D-II move-up will also have transition times. Will it have to become NCC 2.0 or can the Montanas really be convinced to form a Great North conference?

Understand the lower cost concept, but Summit doesn't sponsor men's VB. I guess that is what you mean. I think that cutting baseball was to set the stage to drop women's ice hockey, but feels short-sighted in light of UND's move to the autobid-sport-challenged Summit League. The loss of any one of several schools in the conference will be huge. Even the prospect of NDSU leaving can be argued, because they would jump if they get an invitation to another conference. Unless your projections of a hybrid conference with the better Big Sky schools comes to fruition, the Summit has to be looking to bolster its membership with the likes of UMKC (soccer) and Northern Colorado (baseball and football, but there will likely be resistance to forming a football conference outside the MVFC). KC already left the Summit and Denver will likely oppose UNC, so those possibility of those additions feels remote. The Wisconsin schools are also a possibility, but unlikely. It just seems that, historically, Douple and the Summit Presidents are recactionary, not proactive. The transient history of the conference is disconcerting until more than the core of the four Dakota schools add more stability among more members. It seems that there is talk every year about PUFW, ORU, Denver and even Omaha leaving or WIU closing. The Summit will always have this issue. Augustana will probably be added, St Thomas is several years away from D-I. Duluth, Mankato or any other D-II move-up will also have transition times. Will it have to become NCC 2.0 or can the Montanas really be convinced to form a Great North conference? Apologies, did not intend to thread-jack... will copy and re-post in Conference Realignments thread

This might be a question that belongs in one of the conference threads... and probably not popular given the recent political climate... since UND has left the Big Sky and is now in the Summit, can UND drop tennis and the international recruits and pick up a Summit-friendly sport like soccer? I understand baseball was just dropped and is difficult to host games in the spring, but why is tennis given a pass post Big Sky? There should be plenty of local talent to support soccer.

Don’t really know. Maybe staying at 9 with Augie and without PUFW

Or drop to 8

What? You mean Chaves has a mind of his own and doesn't let the #gobc tell him what to do? Fresh ideas.