Csonked Out Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Mid-con adds NDSU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxrunner Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Mid-con adds NDSU Congrats to SU. Looks like they will have a secure future in DI for the forseeable future. However, I think the real question here is brought up by this quote: "Taylor began thanking student athletes and started crying again..." Would Buning cry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Congrats to SU. Looks like they will have a secure future in DI for the forseeable future. However, I think the real question here is brought up by this quote: "Taylor began thanking student athletes and started crying again..." Would Buning cry? Are you crying? Are you crying? There's no crying in D1. You know why? Because there's no crying in D1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCM Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Would Buning cry? No. He'd do about a gazillion pushups without stopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeauxSioux Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Congrats to SU. Looks like they will have a secure future in DI for the forseeable future. However, I think the real question here is brought up by this quote: "Taylor began thanking student athletes and started crying again..." Would Buning cry? He's a Cinderella boy. Tears in his eyes, I guess, as he lines up this last shot. He's got about 195 yards left, and he's got a, looks like he's got about an 8 iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Would Buning cry? Sir, no Sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MplsBison Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I think the question now is when does the Mid Con add UND and USD? I'll say somewhere between the 2009 and 2011 seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redneksioux Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Call me a homer, but NDSU being added to MidCon doesn't sound very exciting since it doesn't affect wrestling or football....in UND's case, football or hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MplsBison Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Suprise, another UND fan who doesn't care about basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotadan Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Suprise, another UND fan who doesn't care about basketball. I don't think too many people would deny that UND's sports hierarchy goes: 1: Hockey 2: Football 3: Basketball 4: Take your pick That doesn't mean that most Sioux fans don't support our basketball programs. I must agree, however, that there are a few Sioux fans that don't even know that we sponsor sports other than hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLORIDASIOUXFAN Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 As a Sioux alumni who bleeds green and white, and fan of the state of North Dakota, and until we meet again..... GO SIOUX! GO BISON! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwing77 Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Suprise, another UND fan who doesn't care about basketball. Why is this such a problem to you? I'm sure there are Bison fans who don't like basketball, what then? Excommunication? Seriously, I don't like basketball, but I'm still happy that NDSU got into the conference. Why? Because it sure as heck is going to help the other sports get into a conference as well. As I see it, if the MidCon had rejected their bid, why would a football conference accept them? "Not good enough for MidCon, not good enough for us" mentality. This way, they get in and it helps the rest of the athletics department. It could even help UND. When UND becomes eligible, it could be advantageous for NDSU to help in any way they can because travelling costs could be shared, a rivalry like ours is historic and makes a heap of money for both schools, and it could be seen as profitable for the conference because of that. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it is a good deal for NDSU to get in. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WYOBISONMAN Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 I have to say I was starting to get a little apathetic about Basketball, then last year Tim Miles woke me up! I suspect a lot of Bison fans were in the same boat as me! If UND makes the jump to DI and has some BB success as the Bison have I would suspect the number of Sioux fans following BB will climb. It is the nature of the beast....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 I read the Strib yesterday (can't find article online) and I believe it was Taylor who was saying something about Mid-Con possibly adding football in the near future. The first time I read the quote it almost seemed as if Taylor thought he was a spokesman for the league. Besides that, though, what's the possibility of football becoming a conference sport of the Mid-Con? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammersmith Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 I read the Strib yesterday (can't find article online) and I believe it was Taylor who was saying something about Mid-Con possibly adding football in the near future. The first time I read the quote it almost seemed as if Taylor thought he was a spokesman for the league. Besides that, though, what's the possibility of football becoming a conference sport of the Mid-Con? I'm going to have to respectfully doubt that until I see the actual quote. The thought of him saying something like that at anytime, much less within a day of NDSU getting invited into the Mid-Con, just seems unrealistic to me. Starting in 2007, only 4 of 10 schools in the Mid-Con will sponsor football and WIU is in the Gateway. I know that Douple has stated that he wants the partnership of Mid-Con/GWFC (Mid-Con administrates the GWFC) to be similar to the partnership between MVC/Gateway, but I haven't heard any serious talk of any of the other 6 schools adding football and I don't see WIU leaving Gateway and it's autobid. FYI: The other 6 schools are Centenary, IPFW, IUPUI, UMKC, Oakland and Oral Roberts. In the MVC, 5 of 10 schools play in the Gateway, while another plays in the non-scholy Pioneer League. The remaining 4 do not sponsor football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MplsBison Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 If the Mid Con could convince Western Illinois to come over to the GW, the GW could be considered for an auto bid in 2010. That is not likely, though. IMO, the more likely scenario is UND and USD being added which would have the GW being able to be considered for an auto bid sometime around 2014 (I think). Then we have to have the DI-AA playoff committee actually want to expand the playoffs or take a bid away from another league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csonked Out Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 NDSU: North Star A nice article on NDSU's new conference membership and basketball team, looks like last year gave the team a lot of credibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MplsBison Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Shoot, who needs the Mid Con, then? You'll always have the WCHA for hockey and the Great West will get you games against NDSU, SDSU, and USD every season (as well as Davis and Poly). Might as well just be independant in the rest of the sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwing77 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Shoot, who needs the Mid Con, then? You'll always have the WCHA for hockey and the Great West will get you games against NDSU, SDSU, and USD every season (as well as Davis and Poly). Might as well just be independant in the rest of the sports. I'd love for UND to be in the Great West Conference in football! However, just because I, and a few other UND posters here, don't like basketball, why shouldn't UND basketball try to get into MidCon or an equivalent conference? Please, obviously your disdain for those UND fans who don't care for basketball is clouding your logic on the big picture. I'm sure UND's AD is trying to get all of UND's sports into a conference (or will when we are eligible) whether I, or another UND poster, like that particular sport or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star2city Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 [url=http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/colleges/university_of_missouri-kansas_city/15435039.htm]UMKC at the crossroads - WHAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeauxSioux Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 [url=http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/colleges/university_of_missouri-kansas_city/15435039.htm]UMKC at the crossroads - WHAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec322 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 [url=http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/colleges/university_of_missouri-kansas_city/15435039.htm]UMKC at the crossroads - WHAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FargoBison Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 [url=http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/colleges/university_of_missouri-kansas_city/15435039.htm]UMKC at the crossroads - WHAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammersmith Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Just to give you some (probably) false hope. (I agree with the writer on the schools) posted on bisonville by greenie: Mid-Con Makes Right Expansion Decisions http://www.thehawkeye.com/daily/stories/sp4_0904.html article finishes with... Van Alstine hinted the expansion effort isn't over. "I can't really give any names right now, but (the Mid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star2city Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Just to give you some (probably) false hope. (I agree with the writer on the schools) posted on bisonville by greenie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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