dakotadan Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Big Sky Conference fact of the day: The Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 by six charter members: Idaho (1963-1996) Idaho State (1963-present) Gonzaga (1963-1979) Montana (1963-present) Montana State (1963-present) Weber State (1963-present) Members since then have been: Boise State (1970-1996) Northern Arizona (1970-present) Nevada (1979-1992) Eastern Washington (1987-present) Portland State (1996-present) Sacramento State (1996-present) Cal State Northridge (1996-2001) Northern Colorado (2006-present) Quote
darell1976 Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Big Sky Conference fact of the day: The Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 by six charter members: Idaho (1963-1996) Idaho State (1963-present) Gonzaga (1963-1979) Montana (1963-present) Montana State (1963-present) Weber State (1963-present) Members since then have been: Boise State (1970-1996) Northern Arizona (1970-present) Nevada (1979-1992) Eastern Washington (1987-present) Portland State (1996-present) Sacramento State (1996-present) Cal State Northridge (1996-2001) Northern Colorado (2006-present) It would have been cool if Gonzaga and Boise St stayed in the BSC. UND on blue turf and UND against a powerhouse in basketball. Quote
zonadub Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 Big Sky Conference fact of the day: The Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 by six charter members: Idaho (1963-1996) Idaho State (1963-present) Gonzaga (1963-1979) Montana (1963-present) Montana State (1963-present) Weber State (1963-present) Members since then have been: Boise State (1970-1996) Northern Arizona (1970-present) Nevada (1979-1992) Eastern Washington (1987-present) Portland State (1996-present) Sacramento State (1996-present) Cal State Northridge (1996-2001) Northern Colorado (2006-present) What is impressive is the stability. Are there really only 5 teams that have left the Big Sky in 50 years? Quote
MoSiouxFan Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 17 days After Tuesday's vote, now you can say it with CONVICTION. 1 Quote
dakotadan Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Big Sky Conference fact for today. The Big Sky Conference has been represented in 13 football national championship games, coming out with 7 national championship and six runners-up. This includes four of the current members. 1976 - Montana State - Div. II National Champions 1980 - Boise State - I-AA National Champions 1981 - Idaho State - I-AA National Champions 1984 - Montana State - I-AA National Champions 1990 - Nevada - I-AA runner-up 1995 - Montana - I-AA National Champions 1996 - Montana - I-AA runner-up 2000 - Montana - I-AA runner-up 2001 - Montana - I-AA National Champions 2004 - Montana - I-AA runner-up 2008 - Montana - FCS runner-up 2009 - Montana - FCS runner-up 2010 - Eastern Washington - FCS National Champions The current 13 BSC football members have also won five national championships while not members of the BSC: 1956 – Montana State - NAIA National Co-Champions 1980 – Cal Poly - NCAA Division II National Champions 1996 – Northern Colorado - NCAA Division II National Champions 1997 – Northern Colorado - NCAA Division II National Champions 2001 – North Dakota- NCAA Division II National Champions Quote
bincitysioux Posted June 15, 2012 Author Posted June 15, 2012 After Tuesday's vote, now you can say it with CONVICTION. 16 DAYS! 1 Quote
MoSiouxFan Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 How about 2 weeks from Sunday!!!!!!!!!!! Let's not jump ahead; we're taking this one day at a time . Quote
darell1976 Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Let's not jump ahead; we're taking this one day at a time . Sorry too much excitement....BIG SKY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
MoSiouxFan Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Sorry too much excitement....BIG SKY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Calm down, now, but I think we're probably all starting to get goosebumps!! Quote
dakotadan Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 A Big Sky fact for today: The BSC is the ONLY conference out of the 31 recognized DI all-sports conferences that does not sponsor baseball! The BSC, however, will begin sponsoring softball this upcoming season with UND, Idaho State, Northern Colorado, Portland State, Sac State, Southern Utah and Weber State participating. The BSC will sponsor the following sports for 2012-13: Men's Sports Football Basketball Cross Country Tennis Indoor Track & Field Outdoor Track & Field Women's Sports Basketball Cross Country Golf Soccer Softball Tennis Indoor Track & Field Outdoor Track & Field Volleyball Quote
bincitysioux Posted June 17, 2012 Author Posted June 17, 2012 Just a fortnight now............................................ Quote
MoSiouxFan Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 Just a fortnight now............................................ Keep 'er comin', baby! Quote
dakotadan Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 Want to know what the fans of our fellow BSC schools are talking about? Check out http://www.bigskyfans.com/ for all of the member schools' fan forums. Or looking to talk FCS football? Check out http://www.anygivensaturday.com/ . Quote
darell1976 Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 Want to know what the fans of our fellow BSC schools are talking about? Check out http://www.bigskyfans.com/ for all of the member schools' fan forums. Or looking to talk FCS football? Check out http://www.anygivensaturday.com/ . The Big Sky Forum is the only one where Lakes isn't banned. So beware. Quote
bincitysioux Posted June 19, 2012 Author Posted June 19, 2012 12 days left now.................... Quote
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