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The Slummit would withdraw any offer if it was publically evaluated by a facuty committee. A President needs to accept or reject an offer in private without media. The only committee that would be involved is a high dollar Foundation committee, and that wouldn't be broadcasted in the media. A WAC / Big Sky realignment wouldn't have those rules. The IAC would not take the southwest choice, even if a presumed Plains / Northern Rockies WAC signaled it would go FBS. There is still time to leave the WAC and go to the Slummit if UND doesn't want to go FBS by 2020. The IAC would axe tennis when the WAC is chosen. Not on campus, not required by the WAC and expensive to fund a competitive team with foreign scholarships.

There are two articles in Omaha.com about Omaha, who lost $1.8 million last year. But they aren't even cutting any of their 16 sports. Their new rink lost money in its first year but their athletics overran it's budget in a number of places. The Slummit doesn't guarantee profit, even though most of their sports had record attendance or at least record revenue with the new arena. UND is in a smaller hole, but the Herald makes it into a huge story, as if UND athletics is collapsing. Kennedy is making it a story so he can achieve some end that hasn't yet been revealed. Stay tuned!

So Wichita St is still bound and determined to go FBS. The American likely wouldn't take a new FBS team. CUSA doesn't need more FBS teams. The perfect G5 size is ten for maximizing the CFP payout. The MWC wouldn't take a new FBS school. Wichita would not go to the Belt or MAC, as they don't want to lower their basketball to those conference. The MVFC wouldn't take a school that has FBS aspirations. But Wichita State seems assured that it will get a bid, but by whom? What is LEFT? The WAC, if it gives Wichita St a football only spot. http::/www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article98889902.html The WSU President is OK with being an FCS school for the short term. A WAC / Big Sky realignment is a natural way to give the bloated BSC two divisions and two FCS autobids at least for a time. A UND move to the WAC would the eliminate the need for BSC core sports, like M/W tennis, which require foreign players to be competitive, don't deliver revenue, and UND doesn't have an indoor tennis facility. The IAC will recommend changes, but other leagues wont deal with a public committee. I submit the WAC choice hasn't been forwarded yet, but in time.

In spite of UND not looking that sharp, they beat UTEP 3-0. UTEP has not won a match yet. Texas Tech might not be the strongest team either, as they struggled to get over NDSU, 3-2. NDSU has not had a win to date.

Know that BWW had a promotion last week, but the followup crowd against Davis was still good. The video boards seemed to stir interest in the crowd, especially the students, as the video showed the crowd often looking up.

Bowling Green will be emotionally spent after playing Ohio State tomorrow. No matter what happens, this will be a good week to play BGSU as they won't be up for us, even though it will be their home opener.

I'm going to retire from this thread for a month or until the WAC option is plainly revealed. The illogic here among the trolls is frightening, and many SS.come posters accept their illogic.

Wild assertions are flying around by you and others but they don't bother you. Logic and finances will prevail. The Big Sky'schools plans are in play, but you deny they even exist.

Adequate notice is two years. Why would the Slummit waive fees when Kennedy has broadcast that a conference change could save dollars? So a committee will look at conference change and advice. When has that ever been done in history, unless it was already decided? This board makes an assumption that the Big Sky vision for a research "division" and two FCS bids in separate "divisions" has failed. It has not failed, but it is only started to get implemented. There is a big difference. The WAC was always part of that vision, but that part was never explicitly stated but by me..

Pure logical arguments don't work with trolls, which have no logic. In contrast, Presidents and AD'S do for the most part. You have not answered the exit and entrance fee question, because you have zilch.

He is not going on record to bad mouth the Slummit or MVFC. Of course he would say good things about them. That is hardly an endorsement to go there.

No amount of reason would assuage you troĺls. How is UND going to pay exit and entranice fees ? You still haven't answered that.

A President that wants to get out of the situation cheaply will not broach the subject before, unless he knows competing conferences will offer or, unless he wants to go P5, which takes a lot of political manuevers. Now, a scenario like Chapman begging the Big Sky on a bid is not possible, because NDSU would not have gone DI without an offer. The WAC is a case where all those negotiation rules are set aside, because the WAC and Big Sky have an existing relationship and membership swaps will be free.

It's has an average ACT would not get into UND, but it is a part of University of Texas, which is highly esteemed as a system. As a combination now of UTPA and UT-BROWNSVILLE, it has serious enrollment numbers. It has a med school, law school, and engineering school and the U Texas system has an enormous funding capacity.

One other thing: the art of negotiation doesn't include making statements to the press on what you want before it's negotiated. That is an absolutely foolish thing to do if you want a bargain prices. Kennedy knows that, as he is not negotiating, but merely putting a rubber stamp on a move too the WAC with a committee. If he truly wanted another conference like the MVFC or Slummit, he would keep his mouth shut and not send out public emails broadcasting negotiations. The WAC isn't a negotiation, as it has already happened.

Look at a change of conference from a pure business standpoint. The WAC and Big Sky each pay out about $1.8 million from its basketball autobid. But the WAC pays $257 k per member from its autobid because it only has seven members. The BSC pays $150 k per member from its autobid as it has 12 members. A redistributed BSC / WAC would pay out $200 k per every team (assumes Chicago St will drop out). The NCAA pays out more than that in other assistance, but those would be approximately equal if the WAC sponsors FCS again. If a WAC / BSC is realigned to an approximate east / west configuration, travel costs for each would go down, probably on the order of $100 k per school. The WAC needs more teams now, otherwise any school losses will result in it losing its autobid. Why wouldn't the BSC "give" six teams to the WAC in exchange for four teams to the BSC. Each league can even have some interlocking schedules, so rivalries would not be lost. The WAC needs schools now for its survival and the BSC would benefit financially to swap schools with them. This hasn't even been brought up by the media and it is poo-pooed by the trolls, who refuse to acknowledge it as a possibility. There would be no entrance or exit fees, so a conference change with the WAC would be free. Contrast that with UND attempting to get in the Slummit/MVC and out of the Big Sky. The price of the change could be almost $2 million in fees, which would take nearly a decade to recoup. A financial analysis will prove these numbers, and Kennedy undoubtedly already has them. UND will not bring up the subject of FBS until it's in the WAC. Bringing FBS up now would bring on the wrath of Rob Port and the legislature. UND will want a heavy research conference. A league of UMKC, NMSU, UTRGV, MSU, UM, and UI will be greater than whats in the current BSC. UND and other BSC schools moving to the WAC, with west coast WAC schools moving to the BSC, are almost a certainty from a business and financial perspective. It's time this board face those facts.

So you are going on record that UND wants the MVFC. You will be highly disappointed when it you learn that UND isn't even pushing for it behind the scenes.

Some teams in their area would have mutual interest in the WAC.

The Koch Brothers weren't billionaires at the time. Now the Shockers and WSU business and entrepreneurial function are a high priority. Would UND hockey be the same without Engelstad?

Simple, don't read it and chose to remain uninformed.

www.college-sports-journal.com/plenty-of-fcs-schools-awaiting-big-12s-expansion-move/ A lot of FCS schools want to move up, including Sam Houston St and James Madison. FCS is not one big happy family that bozoville and the jacks push.

NMSU and Wichita St want and need more Texas presence for their enrollment and athletic presence. Sam Houston St, Lamar and maybe Stephen F Austin see the WAC as their FBS ticket.

Somehow somewhere UMKC and UTRGV have to be accomodated, as well as NMSU. Edinburgh wouldn't build a 24k stadium unless they had some assurance that UTRGV would need it.

So a recognition that some Big Sky schools will go FBS was Faulty? Corporations paid me for my insight into problem solving. It's never precise at first, but you demand that. How did you and Bozoville's prediction that UND wouldn't go DI Go? All the board was saying that. Certainly all Bisonville aren't that Idiotic?

You and your fellow trolls have been spreading rumors on the entire Internet that UND is going back to DII. How is that for your rumor? Can't wait for your profound shock when UND steps up to FBS and the WAC. Wichita St just needs an FBS invite and their fans will be tickled pink. After they are full FBS, they will move on to the AAC, MWC, or CUSA. Never said they and Mo St wouldnt move on. When they do, the WAC can backfill again with Davis, Poly, and SAC. Would be cool if Omaha and Denver both accept WAC invites. The Slummit would be forced to take on more DII teams, but that's it's history.