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MrSnuffleupagus
11-30-2016, 10:37 PM
https://twitter.com/kendallrogersd1/status/803751210352332805

Kendall Rogers, one of the nation's leading college baseball writers, just posted this.

@KendallRogersPG: Am told North Alabama will transition from Division II to Division I and join the Atlantic Sun. First BSB season in 2019. @UNAAthletics
This means 2018 for football. They would play in the Big South after the announcement of the partnership between them and the Atlantic Sun earlier this year. No official announcement as of yet.
taper
11-30-2016, 11:47 PM
Good for them. Lots of rumors over the years of when they would move up.
NDSUstudent
12-01-2016, 03:12 AM
They will be a nice addition to the Big South.
RedRiver
05-09-2017, 06:32 PM
http://herosports.com/college-football/7-teams-changing-conferences-subdivisions-next-3-years-aiai
THEsocalledfan
05-09-2017, 06:43 PM
The entire D2 crowd is back together....yeah?
TransAmBison
05-09-2017, 06:59 PM
The entire D2 crowd is back together....yeah?North Alabama is a really good DII team...maybe they can make it...as long as they don't follow the Northern Colorado game plan.
THEsocalledfan
05-09-2017, 07:48 PM
North Alabama is a really good DII team...maybe they can make it...as long as they don't follow the Northern Colorado game plan.

Only adds more fuel to the fire of WTF are we doing in this division. It is already not what it was when NDSU moved up. Even though they used to be good, it is still a directional small time player from Bama who most don't know exist. I am NOT saying we should move, but boy, it is a legit point.
tony
05-09-2017, 07:58 PM
Too bad they couldn't get in the same conference as Jacksonville State, they used to be big rivals.
tjbison
05-09-2017, 09:55 PM
Only adds more fuel to the fire of WTF are we doing in this division. It is already not what it was when NDSU moved up. Even though they used to be good, it is still a directional small time player from Bama who most don't know exist. I am NOT saying we should move, but boy, it is a legit point.

we did the same thing they are, remember when most in FCS looked down on us? they may be a good addition who knows give them time
THEsocalledfan
05-10-2017, 01:44 PM
we did the same thing they are, remember when most in FCS looked down on us? they may be a good addition who knows give them time

Except that was our own doing. We should have jumped late 70's, early 80's. NDSU was never a typical D2 team and never belonged there.
HerdBot
05-10-2017, 02:22 PM
Except that was our own doing. We should have jumped late 70's, early 80's. NDSU was never a typical D2 team and never belonged there.

We were definitely too good. Then again we did win 5 National Championships so it's not like nothing good came out of it. I think we should have moved in the early 90s when they started cutting scholarships.