(04-27-2021 07:52 AM)LeadBolt Wrote:  

(04-27-2021 07:44 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(04-27-2021 07:07 AM)Sitting bull Wrote:  Actually it would be the Missouri Valley and answer a solid no. We would never exceed .500 in either football or basketball.

That said, I would love to see W&M schedule a Valley team in football.

Come on. The Missouri Valley is a very good mid major/FCS conference. But, to say we would never exceed .500 in basketball or football is a bit of an exaggeration. We recruit many of the same kids. Sure, this year's offerings may have struggled. But I guarantee that some of our past teams certainly would have competed well in that conference and I see no reason that we couldn't do so again. Would we consistently win? Maybe not. But we don't consistently win in the CAA either.

Missouri Valley Full Members
Illinois St
Missouri St
Southern Illinois
Northern Iowa

- Non Football -
Bradley
Drake
Evansville
Indiana St
Loyola Chicago
Valparaiso

- Football Only-
South Dakota St
North Dakota
North Dakota St
Western Illinois
Youngstown St

Several years back(2009 I think) I attended a W&M play-off game at So. Ill. Typical of folks in the Midwest, they couldn't have been nicer, even when we won.

As I have travelled around the country, my experience has been that folks in the middle of the country are most often friendly, earnest and genuine.

Agree, genuine is a good word. Solid people by and large. Saluki fans were really nice, I recall one really "nice" lady who greeted us in the parking lot in the
AM (kickoff was 11 am) and was pretty well fortified already. I still have the paper stat sheets that the staff handed out to fans with quarter/half stats. Cool idea.