Don't kill me, I had the same WTF reaction seeing the following on YahooSports!
North Dakota State and Air Force accept invitations to join the Big XII.

http://newsok.com/big-12-adds-affiliate-...le/5436955

Typical bs headline to draw you in -- NDSU and Air Force are part of the Western Wrestling Conference (inlcudes Wyoming, South Dakota State, Northern Colorado and Utah Valley) schools which essentially all became affiliate members of the Big XII. The move became necessary when the Big XII lost its NCAA wrestling qualification status and powerhouse Iowa State had to get wrestlers into the 2015 NCAA meet through at at-large process.
This is how Missouri, Northern Iowa and Old Dominion linked up with the MAC in wrestling; West Virginia for men's soccer; Southern Illinois (Carbondale), Evansville and Missouri State for men's swimming; Binghamton for men's tennis; Longwood and Missouri State for field hockey; and of course, UMass for football.
Who in the heck would know Boise State, Cal Poly and Cal State-Bakersfield are in the Pac-12?.....for wrestling; or that Alabama, Tennessee and Old Dominion also have membership in the Big XII....for women's rowing, plus Denver for women's gymnastics.

(07-30-2015 10:51 AM)uiniu57 Wrote:  Don't kill me, I had the same WTF reaction seeing the following on YahooSports!
North Dakota State and Air Force accept invitations to join the Big XII.

http://newsok.com/big-12-adds-affiliate-...le/5436955

Typical bs headline to draw you in -- NDSU and Air Force are part of the Western Wrestling Conference (inlcudes Wyoming, South Dakota State, Northern Colorado and Utah Valley) schools which essentially all became affiliate members of the Big XII. The move became necessary when the Big XII lost its NCAA wrestling qualification status and powerhouse Iowa State had to get wrestlers into the 2015 NCAA meet through at at-large process.
This is how Missouri, Northern Iowa and Old Dominion linked up with the MAC in wrestling; West Virginia for men's soccer; Southern Illinois (Carbondale), Evansville and Missouri State for men's swimming; Binghamton for men's tennis; Longwood and Missouri State for field hockey; and of course, UMass for football.
Who in the heck would know Boise State, Cal Poly and Cal State-Bakersfield are in the Pac-12?.....for wrestling; or that Alabama, Tennessee and Old Dominion also have membership in the Big XII....for women's rowing, plus Denver for women's gymnastics.

I'd like to see NDS come into the MAC. It might help push some MAC teams to get serious.