Conference Realignments - Take 2

[SiouxHawkGuy]

15 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

where tho????

did fenton even try to sell the league to abc tsu and ut-arligton instead of every west _____________ university in the uac that is somehow appealing to them.....

or get better leadership...has fenton even talked about denver going west....st thomas, oral , kc, and omaha are all on waiting lists of the uac, mvc, or beyond.....

 

CUSA with South Dakota when MW wants SDSU

[Hawkster]

1 hour ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

interesting writeup here....lose oral roberts but gain Lindenwood in oly and FOOTBALL.

brilliant!!!!!

(can't wait for football games against drake, valpo, portland state, murray state, lindenwood, and indiana state....can't wait!!!!)

where's fenton??????????????????????????????????????????

 

That's why I don't want to schedule non con games against Valpo and Drake.   Those teams are a joke even if some think they make excellent "tune up" games.   Yes, the Valley is going downhill fast.

[SIOUXFAN97]

25 minutes ago, SiouxHawkGuy said:

CUSA with South Dakota when MW wants SDSU

in the eyes of a fbs conference what exactly is the difference between sdac and usd...yes sdac has a little more success in FB but after that not much?  usd has better academics and whoever moves up first will pretty much own the state anyways...plus on the FB side if you get a late season game in brookings nad a blizzard hits your 16k stadium aint worth crap when 900 people show up...don't like domes but up here they make sense in some ways

[tjamz]

On 4/19/2026 at 2:32 PM, SIOUXFAN97 said:

time will tell i guess...just pointing out that their " jv nattys were the gold standard" ...just wondering if a poinsettia bowl banner will be hailed as the new gold standard by the midget and the madmen of cass county

Can only speak for myself here as an NDSU fan. I was proud of the FCS national championships, D2 national championships, and College Division championships. They were and are significant milestones for any institution and any school at any level that achieves a national championship amongst its peers should be proud. 

As a fan, I'm excited to play bigger and better (in theory at least) teams now that the Bison moved up. I'll be proud of any MWC championships (as I was with MVFC or NCC). Will I be as excited about lower tier bowl games? Not necessarily. But I will look forward to the opportunity to see them play teams they may not have otherwise been able to schedule. My hope is that, at some point in the not too distant future, they have an opportunity to make the CFP. I think that is somewhat realistic. Do I expect them to make it very far at first? Not necessarily. 

Green & Gold glasses wearing tjamz says "give us a few years and we'll be competing for a Natty against the Ohio, Indiana, Bama, Texas, etc... of the world". Realistic world tjamz knows that while it's technically possible, it remains highly unlikely in the immediate future.

I guess my question to you is this though: Without mentioning hockey*, if "JV Nattys" are so easy, why hasn't your team made it past the round of 16? I mean, it's JV ball afterall. Surely the mighty fighting hawks should make short work of such losers?

*Speaking of hockey, I'll give UND the credit they deserve for their 8 D1 hockey championships over the year. Your team has represented your school well amongst the 64 (I think... correct me if I am wrong) college hockey programs that play at the D1 level. I'll give you credit for your D2 natty in football as well.

Why? Because regardless of my love/hate of a school I'm not going to diminish their successes over things they couldn't control like some like to do (division they were in, the amount of schools playing at your level, etc.... ) Will I cheer for UND? MAYBE against SDSU/Minnesota.... maybe.

[SIOUXFAN97]

5 hours ago, tjamz said:

Can only speak for myself here as an NDSU fan. I was proud of the FCS national championships, D2 national championships, and College Division championships. They were and are significant milestones for any institution and any school at any level that achieves a national championship amongst its peers should be proud. 

As a fan, I'm excited to play bigger and better (in theory at least) teams now that the Bison moved up. I'll be proud of any MWC championships (as I was with MVFC or NCC). Will I be as excited about lower tier bowl games? Not necessarily. But I will look forward to the opportunity to see them play teams they may not have otherwise been able to schedule. My hope is that, at some point in the not too distant future, they have an opportunity to make the CFP. I think that is somewhat realistic. Do I expect them to make it very far at first? Not necessarily. 

Green & Gold glasses32 wearing tjamz says "give us a few years and we'll be competing for a Natty against the Ohio, Indiana, Bama, Texas, etc... of the world". Realistic world tjamz knows that while it's technically possible, it remains highly unlikely in the immediate future.

I guess my question to you is this though: Without mentioning hockey*, if "JV Nattys" are so easy, why hasn't your team made it past the round of 16? I mean, it's JV ball afterall. Surely the mighty fighting hawks should make short work of such losers?

*Speaking of hockey, I'll give UND the credit they deserve for their 8 D1 hockey championships over the year. Your team has represented your school well amongst the 64 (I think... correct me if I am wrong) college hockey programs that play at the D1 level. I'll give you credit for your D2 natty in football as well.

Why? Because regardless of my love/hate of a school I'm not going to diminish their successes over things they couldn't control like some like to do (division they were in, the amount of schools playing at your level, etc.... ) Will I cheer for UND? MAYBE against SDSU/Minnesota.... maybe.

1.  add women's hockey for 20 years and see what happens to your athletic department...it would take another 20 years to get it back.................................

2.  define "up"

[zonadub]

17 hours ago, tjamz said:

Can only speak for myself here as an NDSU fan. I was proud of the FCS national championships, D2 national championships, and College Division championships. They were and are significant milestones for any institution and any school at any level that achieves a national championship amongst its peers should be proud. 

As a fan, I'm excited to play bigger and better (in theory at least) teams now that the Bison moved up. I'll be proud of any MWC championships (as I was with MVFC or NCC). Will I be as excited about lower tier bowl games? Not necessarily. But I will look forward to the opportunity to see them play teams they may not have otherwise been able to schedule. My hope is that, at some point in the not too distant future, they have an opportunity to make the CFP. I think that is somewhat realistic. Do I expect them to make it very far at first? Not necessarily. 

Green & Gold glasses wearing tjamz says "give us a few years and we'll be competing for a Natty against the Ohio, Indiana, Bama, Texas, etc... of the world". Realistic world tjamz knows that while it's technically possible, it remains highly unlikely in the immediate future.

I guess my question to you is this though: Without mentioning hockey*, if "JV Nattys" are so easy, why hasn't your team made it past the round of 16? I mean, it's JV ball afterall. Surely the mighty fighting hawks should make short work of such losers?

*Speaking of hockey, I'll give UND the credit they deserve for their 8 D1 hockey championships over the year. Your team has represented your school well amongst the 64 (I think... correct me if I am wrong) college hockey programs that play at the D1 level. I'll give you credit for your D2 natty in football as well.

Why? Because regardless of my love/hate of a school I'm not going to diminish their successes over things they couldn't control like some like to do (division they were in, the amount of schools playing at your level, etc.... ) Will I cheer for UND? MAYBE against SDSU/Minnesota.... maybe.

This is a reasonable perspective. Celebrate national recognitions.

[Bison Dan]

11 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

1.  add women's hockey for 20 years and see what happens to your athletic department...it would take another 20 years to get it back.................................

2.  define "up"

LOL  - So women's hockey is why your athletic dept is so poorly performing?

[Hawkster]

15 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

1.  add women's hockey for 20 years and see what happens to your athletic department...it would take another 20 years to get it back.................................

2.  define "up"

I actually thought women's hockey was underfunded when we had it and was sad to see it go.