(10-05-2019 11:45 PM)FargoBison Wrote:  Problem with MN schools and football is hockey, it is an extremely expensive sport that will require a bigtime investment if UST wants to compete at a high level. Which is likely why football starts out non-scholarship. Also they see private schools like Butler and Drake playing non-scholarship, which probably makes it appealing to them.

If they were smart they would ditch hockey and focus on being great at everything else but every MN school is hockey addicted.

Why? Minnesota has a crazy amount of hockey talent in it and they're joining a conference with 3 NCHC members. It's much easier to be nationally relevant at hockey than basketball or football, and there's no way they're going to make waves in either sport as a Summit or Pioneer member.