Originally Posted by
BraxtonT
... My recap and prognostications of recent and future events:
UND accepts invite to Big Sky----> Smart move on UND's part
Big Sky inviting UND without a 100% guarantee from USD---> Big Sky Major Fail
"POP" for UND? ... Money does the talking in conference affilitations, so the Summit may accept the apology and bring them in. UND did at least have the decency to cancel the site visit and save some of the SL's site visit team from wasting their time traveling to Grand Forks. A 10 team Summit would make for much easier scheduling than a 9 team Summit.
UND could tell the Big Sky that they'll be happy to leave the conference in all sports, but FOOTBALL, the only sport where travel partners is not an issue. The Big Sky should jump at this chance and admit they screwed up royally by taking in UND without USD. It's not a secret, the Big Sky committed a much bigger blunder than UND. UND needed a conference with football and they took the offer. They could be an affiliate just like UC Davis & Cal Poly.
If Kelley and Faison pull this off, they will look like geniuses.