(09-12-2017 07:40 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(09-11-2017 11:15 PM)teamvsn Wrote:  

(09-11-2017 03:04 PM)johnintx Wrote:  Humboldt State football is in jeopardy:

http://www.times-standard.com/article/NJ.../170909863

That would put the GNAC at four football members. Which would be further pressure for APU (and Central Washington?) to go D1. Western Oregon back to the NAIA? Don't know what to think about Simon Fraser.

There is no pressure to go to D1....as you need an invite to a D1 conference. APU would just go Indy in Football or possibly be an affiliate at the #12 football in the RMAC.

Simon Frazier would go Indy in football and possibly Western Oregon but have to wonder if they would drop football all together unless they return to the NAIA. SF worked hard to get into the NCAA hoping that D1 is possible for a Canadian school so they will hold out. I do see the Big Sky taking SF if they are ever eligible for D1 classification.

"Motivation" might be a better word than "pressure". They claimed that scheduling opportunities were one of the main reasons to go D2 in the first place, and as the GNAC shrinks they are getting back to the scheduling difficulties they had in the NAIA. Certainly the RMAC is an option. So is working something out with the Big Sky to get an invitation, and going D1 would help them keep pace with CBU in Southern California. D1 is making more and more sense for APU.

And the NAIA is natural for Western Oregon. They would have natural rivalries with Southern Oregon and Eastern Oregon, and Oregon Tech outside of football.