(08-04-2018 11:08 AM)NoDak Wrote:  

(08-04-2018 10:29 AM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(08-04-2018 09:57 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  If an old NCC member is going to be reunited with the Dakota 4 and Omaha in the Summit it's going to be Northern Colorado or among the trio of Minnesota-Duluth, St Cloud St, or Minnesota St.

Northern Colorado would bring a 6th football program and put the Summit in a position to take over the MVFC as a conference sport. They'd also be a travel partner for Denver.

Adding the first two Minnesota schools gives the Summit 5 of the 8 NCHC schools and would also put the Summit in a position to sponsor hockey in-house.

The Dakota 4, Omaha, and Denver make up 2/3rds of the Summit membership. If either or both of these routes are appealing to them then they can pursue them despite what the other 3 want.

Augustana really has nothing to offer

Aren't most conference decisions dependent upon a 75% supermajority? If the Summit is like that, they'd need a 7th member to agree.

Northern Colorado joining the Summit and the non-Summit MVFC schools becoming football affiliates is not necessarily likely, but certainly more likely than the "Great Northern" (although that's not saying much). If it did happen, which football school would be in the west for scheduling purposes, UNI or Missouri State? Missouri State is technically farther west, but UNI is closer to the Dakota schools.

Have long said that ORU would vote for it, as they are paid pawns for realignment, having been granted free readmittance to the Summit if they did what was required for a free invite to the WAC. An eventual free slot in the WAC will be given free when they invite their football schools too as a travel partner of UMKC 7 of 9 Summit schools is 77%. Thought PUFW would be gone by July 1st, making the vote 6 of 7.