star2city Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Hmm, hasn't the Big Sky Commissioner publicly spoken in favor of the BSC going DIA in football? Perhaps Mr. Fullerton envisions a "northern WAC". Trade Idaho for Northern Arizona or Sac St, adding a few large Canadian schools, and adding one school to cover the less populous Dakotas: that could make for a rather strong conference that certainly would have the potential sometime late next decade to be a IA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GF_siouxfan Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 i cant reply without getting childish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakvindy Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 ... unless they had a major "sugar daddy". Unless said sugar daddy is dropping Gates/Buffett kind of money, UND still could not be a major football powerhouse at the DIA level. Look, Minnesota is a team with a pretty rich tradition and it isn't even a powerhouse anymore. And if you are dropping that kind of coin, why not make a run at hiring Phil Jackson and simply put basketball on the map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 The major DI-As run about a $30 MM FB budget. That'd take an endowment of roughly $600 MM. Do I expect someone to plink down that kind of cha-ching? I ain't holdin' my breath. However, is it impossible? (See: "leather seats and granite floors hockey arena in Grand Forks, ND") Would I turn away someone with a big dream and the coin to back it? In 1975 would anyone have dreamed of playing a championship season under a roof in 2001 at UND? In 1985? 1990? Big dreams don't all happen; however, some do. And they all have to start somewhere, as some crazy notion. To me this is a big dream, and today it sounds like a crazy notion, but that's OK because it's a big dream. "From the coaching staff, to everyone at the arena, and the entire school, there is a dedication to strive to be better and that is contagious." -- Andrew Kozek, talking about the University of North Dakota. I'm most happy to see someone is thinking of "where could we go in a best-case" scenarios. If you don't dream big looking ahead you never go anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Upgrading the basketball program and trying to be a George Mason or Gonzaga is a much more realistic goal than thinking a run at the BCS is possible. I don't know if I'd lump George Mason in with Gonzaga at this point. Odds are, much like Harold "The Show" Arceneaux, Cleveland State, Murray State, Bryce Drew, and many other one-hit wonders of NCAA basketball's March Madness, Gonzaga has staked its claim as a team to be reckoned with year in and year out. I'm not sure I'd put George Mason in that category based on a cinderella run to the Final Four. However, GREAT point about upgrading the basketball program and that being more realistic than a run at D-1 football. I couldn't agree more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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