(04-21-2017 08:47 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  WIU doesn't really have the resources to compete with the football powers of the MVFC but the OVC only has one big player in Jacksonville St.

Yes it does. It was a founding member of the Gateway Football Conference in 1985, and has never left. It isn't going anywhere in football.

And I'd also throw out EKU as a big program in the OVC, at least historically. Perhaps not as much success lately.

(04-21-2017 08:55 AM)templefootballfan Wrote:  Bison, Summit looks like a staight line to me
Summit has to mushroom out somewhere.
what do u think there long range plans are?

My personal opinion on what would be best for the Summit would be this:

NDSU, UND, SDSU, USD, Omaha, Denver, UMKC, Minn-Duluth

And would like to see the four men's hockey programs join the Big Ten hockey conference. The Dakota 4 remain football affiliate members of the MVFC (Duluth drops football to move up).