Augie announces they are examining the move to DI

[Frozen4sioux]

4 hours ago, UNDBIZ said:

What's even the point of being D1 if we're still going to be in a conference with Augustana?

,...I’ve heard this before somewhere......... almost seems like .........can’t put my finger on it.... but.....

[JohnboyND7]

22 minutes ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:

Summit + FB = NCC Div I

And it'd still be better than the Big Sky.

[SiouxVolley]

Could Augie get a berth in the MVFC as ESPN991 assumes?

http://espn991.com/augustana-university-to-make-the-jump-to-division-i/

That would take the MVFC to 12.  Murray St was the oresumed #12, but they haven’t got an invite yet.

[darell1976]

7 hours ago, Wildfan said:

I actually hear about USF more than Augie

We don’t talk about USF on this board. Too many bad memories. 

[dakotadan]

10 hours ago, darell1976 said:

And still has a better RPI than the Big Sky. 

#buttRPI

[jdub27]

10 hours ago, darell1976 said:

And still has a better RPI than the Big Sky. 

Big Sky had a better RPI last year (though close) and currently is well ahead of the Summit this season.

[UND1983]

The Summit League sucks big balls this year.  OOC results are bad.

[AJS]

I love it, the more league teams within driving distance the better.

[zonadub]

If the end result of this is Summt football, then it becomes slightly more palatable. However, do not believe that Douple is forward-thinking enough to take the Summit in that direction. It will have to fall on the Presidents and Athletic Directors.

If this does run off the non I-29 schools, it just reinforces the paradigm that the Summit is a stepping stone league that is not a stable conference. More move-ups are becoming more scarce. Who would be next? Mankato? Duluth? Pittsburg? If they bring stability, it might, repeat might, be a positive.

still mourn leaving the Big Sky.  

[Goon]

My question, is Auggie joining the Summit a bad thing?  I am interested in knowing what others think? I know that the DU fans don't like it.

If they have the funding and the support, why not? 

[SWSiouxMN]

So in 19-20, they will stay in the NSIC

Goal is to get Summit Invite by Dec 2020

[Goon]

Apparently, the fans aren't really behind this move. Check out the twitter responses. 

[kiyoat]

2 hours ago, Goon said:

Apparently, the fans aren't really behind this move. Check out the twitter responses. 

I think its sad that the Argus is now reporting on how Twitter is reacting.  As if that is some kind of "pulse of the nation" instead of a vocal minority of a subset of people on twitter that chose to respond to a tweet.  Not all of those responses were from Augie fans.  It would be like polling Bisonville on whether UND going D-1 was a good idea.  I'd be curious what a poll of augie alumni or students would say.

[Goon]

2 minutes ago, kiyoat said:

I think its sad that the Argus is now reporting on how Twitter is reacting.  As if that is some kind of "pulse of the nation" instead of a vocal minority of a subset of people on twitter that chose to respond to a tweet.  Not all of those responses were from Augie fans.  It would be like polling Bisonville on whether UND going D-1 was a good idea.  I'd be curious what a poll of augie alumni or students would say.

I actually like the idea of another school in the region being in the Summit. 

[SiouxVolley]

Josh Morton is interviewed by Midco:

He states either MVFC or Pioneer.

Sanford is a big part of this, as he allude to big changes on the academic side.

Will Sanford create an Augustana Med School?  Or buy out USF.

When Morton was hired, something big was going to happen there.

[SiouxVolley]

Enrollments of DI schools

Wofford 1600

Furman 2400

VMI.          1700

Presbyterian 1400

Charleston South 3200

Evansville 2400

Drake 3100

Augie 1600 undergrads, 400 grad student

[SiouxVolley]

DU fans take on this:

https://letsgodu.com/2018/12/14/augustana-to-go-division-i-will-likely-join-summit-league/

[Kab]

Need to get out of the summit

should be peer institutions, that’s why the big sky was better excluding unc 

 

[zonadub]

41 minutes ago, SiouxVolley said:

DU fans take on this:

https://letsgodu.com/2018/12/14/augustana-to-go-division-i-will-likely-join-summit-league/

Interesting that this article says basketball is Denver University's only revenue sport. What does that say about how widely NCAA Hockey is followed?

[SiouxVolley]

10 minutes ago, zonadub said:

Interesting that this article says basketball is Denver University's only revenue sport. What does that say about how widely NCAA Hockey is followed?

Revenue is in quotations, meaning conference will be looking at how the addition of Denver makes revenue sharing economic.  Hockey and lacrosse are almost irrelevant on conference decisions.  Denver has made it know in the past that it wants the West Coast Conference, but they don’t want them because DU doesn’t create new basketball revenue, yet.

[Goon]

 

[Vegas_Sioux]

On 10/16/2018 at 10:25 AM, bincitysioux said:

If it's all about travel costs, may as well go after UM-Crookston as well then...................

That might be approved by the regents. Then when the gooph troop plays them in basketball it’d count. 

[SWSiouxMN]

1 minute ago, Goon said:

 

They can complain, but where is DU going to go?  Want to go back to the WACky WAC who hangs on by a thread?  Big West won't touch them with a 39.5 foot poll.

 

 

[Goon]

7 hours ago, kiyoat said:

I think its sad that the Argus is now reporting on how Twitter is reacting.  As if that is some kind of "pulse of the nation" instead of a vocal minority of a subset of people on twitter that chose to respond to a tweet.  Not all of those responses were from Augie fans.  It would be like polling Bisonville on whether UND going D-1 was a good idea.  I'd be curious what a poll of augie alumni or students would say.

As a South Dakotan are you worried about the Sanford and their connection to Auggie? I am just asking after reading the rantings and ravings of a DU fan. 

[Goon]

11 minutes ago, SWSiouxMN said:

They can complain, but where is DU going to go?  Want to go back to the WACky WAC who hangs on by a thread?  Big West won't touch them with a 39.5 foot poll.

 

 

DU doesn't have a lot of choices, they were kicked out of a league before. Also, I am not sure why UNO thinks they've all of a sudden gained some sort of elite status?