Dilbert Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 On 9/24/2021 at 4:25 PM, rams80 said: Belmont to the Missouri Valley, Murray State glancing at the exit. Future OVC member Western Illinois depicted below https://tenor.com/view/troy-community-pizza-fire-childish-gambino-gif-5638752 Murray State makes it official. Joining the Missouri Valley Conference and Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2022 https://goracers.com/news/2022/1/6/general-murray-state-racers-jan-7.aspx 3 Quote Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Dilbert said: Murray State makes it official. Joining the Missouri Valley Conference and Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2022 https://goracers.com/news/2022/1/6/general-murray-state-racers-jan-7.aspx Now it's going to be a race to see who becomes the 12th MVC school and it's between UT-Arlington, Kansas City and UIC. UT-Arlington, being in a large metro area, does have that going for them... but it is very far away from the rest of the conference. Still, being in the Dallas metro area is a big selling point. Both Kansas City and UIC are better fits geographically, but neither school really moves the needle when it comes to sports. As for the Ohio Valley - they're in trouble. They need football bodies stat. Western Illinois fits that and so does another team mentioned in this article: UAPB. Also mentioned are D-II schools like Southern Indiana, Lincoln Memorial, Hillsdale and Grand Valley State (The first two do not football programs while Hillsdale and GVSU have football programs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 17 hours ago, Dilbert said: Murray State makes it official. Joining the Missouri Valley Conference and Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2022 https://goracers.com/news/2022/1/6/general-murray-state-racers-jan-7.aspx Not quite yet on the MVFC. The MVC and the MVFC are two separate entities. It does seem imminent though. Quote Athletic Director: KTU Blue Grassers Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 UIC looks to be all but a lock for the MVC 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...
RyanMcD29 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Well, the CAA having the two Long Island schools (with respect to my grad school of LIU they aren't really at the same level as the other two) would be something Quote Twitter: @RyanMcD29 // College Crosse: Where I write, chat, and infograph lacrosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Stony Brook is already a football member of the CAA, so this move works for them. Monmouth would huge for the CAA as they escape the Big South for a football home that is more or less better situated for where they are. The big loser here is the Big South, though. In the span of a season, they could easily go from having 9 members (5 conference members and 4 affiliate members) to just 5 members (4 conference members and Robert Morris) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Burmy Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 UTA is back in the WAC. Also, it appears that UIC to the Missouri Valley is a done deal, with the announcement early this coming week. So who does the Horizon try and recruit to replace 'em, since they'll have no Illinois schools left (and my guess is they'll want to maintain a presence in Chicagoland)? Do they make an offer to Chicago State? Could they try to schmooze D2 Lewis into making the jump up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 (Sarcasm) Western Illinois is totally a Chicago school. 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...
Dilbert Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 14 hours ago, rams80 said: (Sarcasm) Western Illinois is totally a Chicago school. It would be better than Chicago State who is still looking for a new conference. As for the dwindling Big South, a merger with the dwindling Ohio Valley Conference might be an idea. Quote Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 UTA to the WAC makes sense, it covers the Sam Houston transfer to CUSA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 25 minutes ago, heavybass said: UTA to the WAC makes sense, it covers the Sam Houston transfer to CUSA. I thought that was what Incarnate Word was for because they actually have football, unlike UTA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, GDAWG said: I thought that was what Incarnate Word was for because they actually have football, unlike UTA. Unless UTA magicially brings its football program back... they do have other sports which might account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 16 minutes ago, heavybass said: Unless UTA magicially brings its football program back... they do have other sports which might account. They also have Southern Utah coming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seadragon76 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 The move back to the WAC helps UT-Arlington a lot because the conference be as spread out... Yes, there is still a trip to Seattle as a possible road game. But, most of the conference now resides in Texas. This makes it far more feasible for them in the long run. As for the Horizon League: I doubt they would take a flyer on Chicago State... but, you know - desperate times and desperate measures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 13 hours ago, Seadragon76 said: The move back to the WAC helps UT-Arlington a lot because the conference be as spread out... Yes, there is still a trip to Seattle as a possible road game. But, most of the conference now resides in Texas. This makes it far more feasible for them in the long run. Yes indeed...though it's widely believed that Seattle will return to the WCC whenever Gonzaga gets the big-conference offer they can't refuse, which will make UTA's pastures even greener. Quote As for the Horizon League: I doubt they would take a flyer on Chicago State... What a ko-inky-dink...D2 Lewis (the other team I speculated they may reach out to) to has the Flyers as their nickname. They're currently on an island in the GLVC, which is seen as a "last-stop before D1" conference (as past GLVC teams Northern Kentucky, Purdue Fort Wayne, SIU Edwardsville and Bellarmine can testify)...so you never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfan7 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 12 minutes ago, Burmy said: Yes indeed...though it's widely believed that Seattle will return to the WCC whenever Gonzaga gets the big-conference offer they can't refuse, which will make UTA's pastures even greener. Here's the thing though, BYU is leaving after next season which means the WCC currently has an open spot. Personally, I think it would make more sense for the conference to add GCU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 3 hours ago, sportsfan7 said: Here's the thing though, BYU is leaving after next season which means the WCC currently has an open spot. Personally, I think it would make more sense for the conference to add GCU It would, but I think Grand Canyon is probably happy where they are. Not to mention that Seattle already has history with the WCC as a former member. They would be ecstatic to see the Redhawks rejoin after nearly 50 years away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Grand Canyon's the wrong flavor of Christian for the WCC, probably. (Also there are still aspects of their academic profile that could scare off WCC presidents *cough*kinda sorta still for-profit*cough*) 1 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...
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