Conference Realignments - Take 2

[SIOUXFAN97]

Augie on line 1 Fenton 

[SIOUXFAN97]

Mankato State on line 2 Fenton 

[SIOUXFAN97]

Morningside on line 3 Fenton 

[nodak651]

59 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

Mankato State on line 2 Fenton 

Big enough for the MVFC? Pioneer an option?

MN State Makes sense for a ton of reasons even before the DU move.  I really don't like the idea of another D1 school in MN recruiting FB players though, so hopefully Pioneer.  I don't think Mankato moves though.

https://msumavericks.com/news/2025/9/23/general-minnesota-state-mankato-announces-60-million-fundraising-campaign-at-future-state-launch-celebration.aspx

[SIOUXFAN97]

kick em out to the ccha.....f em

[gfhockey]

Where is Fenton at anyways

[gfhockey]

Should have had summit league hockey

[SIOUXFAN97]

47 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Where is Fenton at anyways

under patty's desk

[fightingsioux4life]

6 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

under patty's desk

[jdub27]

17 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

kick em out to the ccha.....f em

In what world are Denver and St. Thomas in the same part of the country? 

[zonadub]

10 hours ago, jdub27 said:

In what world are Denver and St. Thomas in the same part of the country? 

The same world where Northern Illinois is in the western mountains?  

[SIOUXFAN97]

11 hours ago, jdub27 said:

In what world are Denver and St. Thomas in the same part of the country? 

another time zone...major market...easy choice

anyone seen fenston anywhere?

[SIOUXFAN97]

augie accept an invite yet?

did morningside turn the summit down...again?

[The Sicatoka]

In a world of the "enrollment cliff" moving DII -> DI is a huge lift. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

7 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

In a world of the "enrollment cliff" moving DII -> DI is a huge lift. 

so your saying the morningside purple stallions are a shooin for the summit?!  love it...

 

[The Sicatoka]

4 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

so your saying the ___________ are a shooin for the summit?!  love it...

Fill any NSIC in the blank and it's a huge lift. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

so who does the "west" coast conf go after next..st thomas, oral bob, or umkc?

 

[The Sicatoka]

7 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

so who does the "west" coast conf go after next..st thomas, oral bob, or umkc?

UCI or UCSB from https://bigwest.org/ 

[SIOUXFAN97]

2 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

UCI or UCSB from https://bigwest.org/ 

then they (bwest) would backfill with......?

the roulette wheel just keeps on spinning....

[FSSD]

9 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

UCI or UCSB from https://bigwest.org/ 

Why would they need another school? The WCC had 10 members before Gonzaga announced they were leaving. Naturally, that raised concerns that Saint Mary’s might be next, leaving the conference potentially down to nine — or even eight — in the near future.

To address that, the WCC announced that UC San Diego (its only public school) and the University of Denver would be joining. If Saint Mary’s does leave, that would bring the total back to 10 — the same number the league had before Gonzaga’s departure. None of the remaining WCC schools would add real value as Olympic-sport-only members to an FBS-level conference anyway.  I think WCC is done with expansion at this point.

After all of the conference movement, I see the WCC and Big West as peer conferences athletically.  When the WCC had Gonzaga and St. Mary's (assuming they leave) they were clearly the more dominated conference.  Now the only difference is the NCAA credits that Gonzaga and St. Mary's leave behind.  Very much like Creighton and Wichta State leaving the Valley and the Valley had a much stronger remaining bench of schools.  They are simply going to become single bid conferences.  In today's environment, the gap in money is too large to overcome.