(06-22-2017 08:29 PM)Kittonhead Wrote: Is this enough for Summit football?
Eastern Washington
Idaho
Montana
Montana State
North Dakota St
North Dakota
South Dakota St
South Dakota
New Mexico St (FB Only)
Maybe it won't work at first.
Have Idaho and NMSU help the Montana's and NDSU reclassify while the others get their sh!t together.
Still think Idaho temporarily goes FCS.
Not sure that NMSU would be a part of it. Wichita St and Mo St would probably be affiliate football members for a time. If NMSU comes aboard, they will probably insist on Sam Houston St, Lamar and maybe S F Austin.
Denver and Omaha would be non-football members, provided they don't jump.
The Dakotas, Montanas and Idaho are not wanted elsewhere, so they make their own home sweet home.
Eastern Washington is desperately trying to raise funds for at least a 15 k seat stadium expansion. Why are they trying so hard ? If they are staying FCS, they are really knocking themselves out over funding that can take years. What's the rush?
USD is basically Idaho's twin, as both have domes that housed nearly their entire athletic departments. But USD completed their own attached arena last year and now has funding to do a renovation of their dome for more than 15k seating. Even geographically they have similarities, as USD is remote from most of SD and closer to an Iowa metro than Sioux Falls. Somehow USD has wealthy alumni. SDSU not so much, but billionaire Dennys Sanford has been throwing his money out for all three southernmost Dakota schools.