jimdahl Posted November 12, 2003 Posted November 12, 2003 After more exposure to the division (as a moderate college football fan, I never really knew anything about DI-AA because they weren't the majors and none of the teams I followed were in it), I've been claiming lately that there's a lot of overlap between D-II and DI-AA football. I honestly think the top teams in D-II would also be near the top of DI-AA, but are classified D-II because of geography/history. After seeing a top D-II team play a top DI-AA team last Fall, here's some additional confirmation of that from the Forum: Northern Colorado proves D-I worthy The Bears are ranked 22nd in the latest Division I-AA rankings. UNC, in its first year of a four-year reclassification, has used five wins over Division II teams and victories against I-AA Montana State and Southern Utah to fashion a 7-2 record. Losses were 42-33 at No. 16 Idaho State and 21-19 at No. 23 Florida Atlantic. Quote
Bisonfan1234 Posted November 12, 2003 Posted November 12, 2003 Football and Basketball are the only 2 you need to worry about. I know you're going to say hockey but is almost independent of your athletics department with it's own facility and its own conference. Quote
lawkota Posted November 12, 2003 Posted November 12, 2003 Football and Basketball are the only 2 you need to worry about. I don't understand your point here. Are you saying that we would be competitive in all other sports or that the other sports don't matter? Quote
Bisonfan1234 Posted November 12, 2003 Posted November 12, 2003 I know you're good in Football and Basketball. I'm not saying the other sports are not important...you have to have a certain number of other sports to be in D1. Fball and Bball, however, are the two that you should spend the most resources on. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted November 12, 2003 Posted November 12, 2003 .... I don't think UND could immediately be competitive nationally in any new D-I sports other than football/swimming & diving .... I know you qualified that with a "new" (meaning excluding the existing DI hockey programs), but I think womens soccer might be right on the edge of worthy of being added to that list. The UND coach came from the Big XII and has said that the level of play at the top of the NCC is DI level. Quote
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