(07-26-2017 10:45 AM)MJG Wrote:  

(07-25-2017 12:04 PM)NoDak Wrote:  

(07-25-2017 11:53 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  Izzo's tweet is quoting the MVFC commish as saying there is currently no 12th team they're looking at.

Divisions sound good in principle, but teams like MO St, UNI, and even W ILL, who've all been with the MVFC since Gateway days, will fight like h___ against being stuck in a divison with Dakotas ... simple as that.

W ILL might lose that argument on account of being in the Summit, but that still only gives five, and UNI and MO St won't lose that argument. Would really, really like to see E ILL come to the Summit and be put in that division, in that case.

Or, would take UNC in the Summit, but don't think that's in the cards. No moveup in the upper Midwest can afford MVFC football, either. And probably zero chance for Oral, Denver, Omaha, or Kansas City to (re)start football.

Viverito is quoted that "a twelve team league with two divisions is attractive to us", but denied any school is being looked at. Hardly a denial.

Murray St is in and RMU is in too when the Dakotas take their balls and start a Summit only fb league with the Montanas, Idaho and EWU.

So the Big Sky lets their top four football programs leave but does not kick them out.
They would still have nine schools and travel would be better but that seems far fetched.
Wouldn't a SFC need six Summit members not five and four affiliate members.
If allowed letting WIU stay in the MVFC would make it a little better.
For a seven game conference schedule for the SFC and MVFC with Murray St.
The Big Sky would have an eight game round robbin schedule.

Not that the rules allow it even if it could benefit the schools involved.
The WAC/Big Sky/Summit working together to reduce travel cost and increase fan interest would be better.
NAU, Sac St, SUU to WAC for a Southwest conference.

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Here is your easiest move to make to simplify and stabilize the conferences - Northern Colorado to the Summit League.

Summit is at 10. Fairly solid travel partners. 12 in MVFC for football.
Big Sky is at 10. Solid travel partner pairs. 12 in Big Sky football.
WAC at 9 with California Baptist moving up. Just waiting for some more D2 call ups.