(12-08-2017 02:38 AM)NoDak Wrote:  

(12-08-2017 02:22 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Barry Hinson was in an off the cuff interview preseason where Murray St came up and he said (paraphrased) “we all thought this would be a Valley rivalry this season, but I bet it happens next”. Also I read somwhere where the MVC stipulated in their Arch Madness renewal contract this summer to allow for 4 Thursday games starting 2019.

It seems everyone and their grandma is assuming Murray will be in the MVC next year. MVC bypassing the Racers would be the BXII bypassing Louisville of mid-majorville.

Question is who they add for #12. That could create a ripple effect (Fort Wayne to Horizon, UMKC to Summit). Does OVC add USI or poach Lipscomb? ASun/WAC could drop below 8.

The Mo St President leads the MVC expansion committee and he wants some school near him - presumably ORU or UMKC.

The Horizon will take almost any Midwestern team left as the Summit will be non-pouchable soon. The one school the Horizon won't take is W Ill, which will have to be content with the OVC. The OVC will take USI and Lipscomb because Jax St, Belmont, and EKU are leaving.

Merry St needs an answer soon, as football scheduling would be a major chore if left til later like last year.

We don't want either ORU or UMKC. And Western Illinois doesn't want the OVC. Sorry your little fantasy league isn't forming.