It seems that since South Dakota is now part of the Summit League plans as the 11th team, that North Dakota should soon follow as the 12th. The biggest stumbing block has been the NCAA legal issue over the schools nickname (and fight to retain) “Fighting Sioux. But making the logical move by inviting North [...]
With the addition of South Dakota to the Summit League, the total number of members sponsoring football will be at 5. And North Dakota, who also sponsors football, has been considered an expansion candidate once they have resolved their school nickname issue. So if North Dakota were to join, that would be 6 schools:NDSUSDSUWestern Illinois [...]
Great West conference…we hardly knew yee. As expected since the initial fact finding mission in January, South Dakota will be moving to the Summit League. The University of South Dakota will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. this afternoon in Vermillion to announce its athletic programs will join the 10-school Summit League beginning in [...]
The Summit League is planning a fact-finding mission to South Dakota to feel out potential memberships. Such a move would reunite the school with their State counterpart SDSU. The Great West would take a hit with the loss of South Dakota for all-sports. It’s not known is the MVC would invite South Dakota for football. [...]
So you’re not a big fan of the conference name “Mid-Continent Conference”? You want them to come up with something better? Perhaps have the league adopt the name of it’s football pals the “Great West”? Well, you are about to get half of your wish. The Mid-Con WON’T be renamed the Great West, but it [...]
University of South Dakota President James Abbott said this afternoon that the school will jump up to NCAA Division I sports. USD has been studying whether it can afford to move from Division II to the higher league, a move that would involve boosting the school’s sports budget and likely investments in new facilities. South [...]
North Dakota State University (NDSU) has accepted an invitation to become a member of the Mid-Continent Conference, Commissioner Tom Douple announced today at a press conference on the NDSU campus in Fargo, N.D. North Dakota State will begin league competition in the 2007-08 academic year, and will be immediately eligible to compete for conference championships. [...]
As posted on the blog of our friend Jeff Kolpack: As expected, the University of South Dakota named its Division I committee. The report is due in November. This is a slam dunk. Word was before this committee was named that USD’s position was: If UND goes, we’re going. They weren’t even going to study [...]
Less than two weeks after eliminating the jobs of five athletic department staff members, the University of Nebraska at Omaha announced that it would study the possibility of moving from NCAA Division II to Division I. “It’s going to be a summer project,” Chancellor Nancy Belck said. “We will be calling together all the coaches, [...]
Following North Dakota’s decision today to reclassify its athletic programs from Division II to Division I, The University of South Dakota President James W. Abbott announced the formation of a committee to review division and conference options. “USD has maintained its commitment to Division II and the North Central Conference for 85 years,” said President [...]
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