heavybass Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 A lot of good schools in that list... which makes it fascinating history wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 4 hours ago, heavybass said: A lot of good schools in that list... which makes it fascinating history wise. What I'm especially curious about is how USD Torero football has managed to survive this long, given that their closest in-conference opponent is 1,744 miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I was thinking Traveling team because Toreros are in the Patriot league and they don't pay fees or something... then again I think they can definetly go toe to toe with actual scholar schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Pioneer League, but similar rules. Real reason USD hacks it is that they are a private school which can do private school things. Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Grand Valley State is rumored to be moving up to FCS via the OVC in 2023. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 4 hours ago, heavybass said: Grand Valley State is rumored to be moving up to FCS via the OVC in 2023. I know the OVC needs bodies fast after Austin Peay bolted for the ASUN, but GVSU is a little bit far away from the rest of the conference. The nearest school is Eastern Illinois and that's not a short trip. Not to mention that the GLIAC, their home conference, would be in deep if they left as they're already down to 10 schools (6 for football) thanks to Northwood joining the G-MAC next season (as has a large chunk of former GLIAC members). I still think Lindenwood would be an ideal candidate if they want a D2 school, but Chicago State could make an interesting case for OVC membership... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 The OVC is in need of football schools and Chicago State is not one of them. Quote Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, Dilbert said: The OVC is in need of football schools and Chicago State is not one of them. Isn't Chicago State constantly in danger of closing down entirely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Yes and yet no because they have a couple good sugar daddies in the Illinois legislature. 2 Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 8:41 PM, Dilbert said: The OVC is in need of football schools and Chicago State is not one of them. Not yet at least. They're considering adding football. Not sure how far along in the decision making process they are but it's a distinct possibility. Quote Athletic Director: KTU Blue Grassers Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 7:41 PM, Dilbert said: The OVC is in need of football schools and Chicago State is not one of them. Good news! It would appear that Little Rock is joining and they also don't have football and have no intentions of adding it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 6 hours ago, Red Wolf said: Good news! It would appear that Little Rock is joining and they also don't have football and have no intentions of adding it. I heard rumblings a couple years ago that they were in the middle of a feasibility study and would give us the results soon...but have heard nothing since. In the OVC, there's no pressure on them to add it...if we ever see Trojan football at War Memorial Stadium, it'll be because THEY want to do it, not because of any higher-ups. On that note, I also heard that UTA's expected to join the Missouri Valley... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Burmy said: I heard rumblings a couple years ago that they were in the middle of a feasibility study and would give us the results soon...but have heard nothing since. The results were real bad. Little Rock football ain't happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 And Little Rock is officially in the OVC...press conference is tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, Burmy said: And Little Rock is officially in the OVC...press conference is tomorrow. It's a great move for the OVC... But I don't know if it's a great fit for Little Rock. The OVC needed someone... Hell, anyone, to join that was already a fully fledged D-I school. Little Rock fits that. I just don't know how Little Rock helps the OVC itself unless the conference was happy to get a school that was, for all intents and purposes, pushed out by the Sun Belt and its moves being more catered to football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Seadragon76 said: It's a great move for the OVC... But I don't know if it's a great fit for Little Rock. The OVC needed someone... Hell, anyone, to join that was already a fully fledged D-I school. Little Rock fits that. I just don't know how Little Rock helps the OVC itself unless the conference was happy to get a school that was, for all intents and purposes, pushed out by the Sun Belt and its moves being more catered to football. It was this. The Sun Belt is a football-centric conference. It took 20 years, but that's where we are now. I wish all the best to Little Rock on their future endeavors and hope Arkansas State still plays home-and-homes with them every year in basketball. I believe the Ohio Valley was the home that was suggested when LR was sort of kind of looking at football. Best wishes to them. But also I hate them. Just in a sports way though. Remember when the Sun Belt included Denver? I love the city of Denver, they even have my favorite NFL team, but boy did they not fit in with a conference of public schools in the south. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings2 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 With BYU leaving for the Big 12 and Gonzaga possibly leaving down the road, I've always thought Seattle & Denver would be good additions to the WCC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfan7 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 On 12/9/2021 at 2:31 AM, Wings2 said: With BYU leaving for the Big 12 and Gonzaga possibly leaving down the road, I've always thought Seattle & Denver would be good additions to the WCC. With BYU leaving, pretty much every school is on the Pacific or reasonably close too it, with the exception of the Zags, so I'm not sure if Denver makes the most sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 On 12/9/2021 at 12:31 AM, Wings2 said: With BYU leaving for the Big 12 and Gonzaga possibly leaving down the road, I've always thought Seattle & Denver would be good additions to the WCC. Seattle would probably be preferable for a few reasons... -Closer to the rest of the conference -Better regional fit -History with the WCC (Former member from 1971-1980) -Private school with religious backing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 20 hours ago, Seadragon76 said: Seattle would probably be preferable for a few reasons... -Closer to the rest of the conference -Better regional fit -History with the WCC (Former member from 1971-1980) -Private school with religious backing What's more, with the WAC focusing more on football going forward, the non-football schools are probably looking at alternate conference destinations anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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