Seadragon76 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 This move had to happen to help Division II football in the West survive. Right now, with Western Washington pulling the plug on their program, only four teams remain in the Great Northwest (Central Washington, Dixie State (Utah), Humbolt State and Western Oregon).With Simon Fraser joining the GNAC, that adds a football program to the league. Now, there has been talk about Grand Canyon (Phoenix, AZ) starting a program real soon. Once they start up, voila! 6 teams for the league and a possible auto bid in the NCAA Playoffs (Although it's not a guarentee in D-II football, though).You would be correct, they have the grants to build a football facility and would possibly start in 2012. There is also a brand new basketball facility being built next to the old one and they are trying to move up to Division 1 possibly by 2011.They couldn't move up to D-I by 2011 because of the moratorium placed on movement to D-I until 2012.This was from an article in the Arizona Republic of how Grand Canyon was trying to move up into Division-I. So i'm just citing from the article.Edit: They are trying to get D-1 Bball by 2012 as with Football D-IIIf Grand Canyon wants to move up to Division I for basketball, they have to do the same for football too. Also, the moratorium "ends" in 8-11-11, so GCU can make a move after that date, but I put the word ends in quotation marks since there is a good possibility it may be extended a few more years.BUT.... You can have one men's sport and one women's sport in Division I without moving the entire program to D-I standards. They can offer scholarships for that sport and that sport ONLY or they'll have to move the entire program to D-I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Answer my question:Does this school play CFL-rules football? If so, will they be changing their field and strategy to match the NCAA game? I'd assume so, just checking. If more Canadian teams want to join the NCAA, could this mean the end of the CFL-style of ball at the amateur level? "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 This move had to happen to help Division II football in the West survive. Right now, with Western Washington pulling the plug on their program, only four teams remain in the Great Northwest (Central Washington, Dixie State (Utah), Humbolt State and Western Oregon).With Simon Fraser joining the GNAC, that adds a football program to the league. Now, there has been talk about Grand Canyon (Phoenix, AZ) starting a program real soon. Once they start up, voila! 6 teams for the league and a possible auto bid in the NCAA Playoffs (Although it's not a guarentee in D-II football, though).They STILL have a football program? I thought Humbolt State football died years ago. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 This move had to happen to help Division II football in the West survive. Right now, with Western Washington pulling the plug on their program, only four teams remain in the Great Northwest (Central Washington, Dixie State (Utah), Humbolt State and Western Oregon).With Simon Fraser joining the GNAC, that adds a football program to the league. Now, there has been talk about Grand Canyon (Phoenix, AZ) starting a program real soon. Once they start up, voila! 6 teams for the league and a possible auto bid in the NCAA Playoffs (Although it's not a guarentee in D-II football, though).They STILL have a football program? I thought Humbolt State football died years ago.No, they've just been shrouded in a giant marijuana smoke cloud | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afarough Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Answer my question:Does this school play CFL-rules football? If so, will they be changing their field and strategy to match the NCAA game? I'd assume so, just checking. If more Canadian teams want to join the NCAA, could this mean the end of the CFL-style of ball at the amateur level?Yes the CIS plays by Canadian rules, so their field and game planning would have to change. If the CIS were to integrate with the NCAA I believe the highest level of amateur football still played by Canadian rules would be CJFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakwood Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Answer my question:Does this school play CFL-rules football? If so, will they be changing their field and strategy to match the NCAA game? I'd assume so, just checking. If more Canadian teams want to join the NCAA, could this mean the end of the CFL-style of ball at the amateur level?Yes the CIS plays by Canadian rules, so their field and game planning would have to change. If the CIS were to integrate with the NCAA I believe the highest level of amateur football still played by Canadian rules would be CJFL.I think Simon Fraser played NAIA football a couple years ago so playing American rules wouldn't be unheard of for them. I also believe high school football in British Columbia is played with American rules instead of Canadian rules for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 This move was also, really, prompted more for financial reasons than anything.Rather than having to put their football team on a plane to Winnipeg, they can now take a bus or two. Instead of flying the basketball team to Regina or Brandon, put them in a van.It makes a lot more financial sense for them to be in this division than in Canada West, which essentially takes care of all of Canada west of Thunder Bay. Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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