(05-25-2016 08:39 PM)NoDak Wrote:  The deceased DII North Central Conference tried to get St Thomas to move up when NDSU, SDSU, and NoCol moved to DI. St Thomas was rather emphatic with a no. Now, a DIII is forbidden from going DI directly, and it takes many years to go from DIII to DI, as a stop in DII for five years is required and a two year transition to DII and a four year DI transition. That's beyond the tenure term of many DIII presidents.

Yet schools can jump right into Div 1 when they start a new program....
Used to live in St. Paul, most of my friends went to St. Thomas or Hamline not the best area in town.
Happened to be home for the game vs Mount Union. Was a tough loss.

I lol'd when I was sent this though.