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    Quote Originally Posted by NDB2 View Post
    Watering down the competition to make the conference better
    Doesn't make it better. Makes it look better.

    Or in terms you might understand:

    The fat friend rule.


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    Of course we know that one. Our fat friend is SDSU.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NDB2 View Post
    Of course we know that one. Our fat friend is SDSU.
    (cough) USD (cough)

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    Quote Originally Posted by tjbison View Post
    you seriously think if EIU applied for the MVFC if they were expanding they would get turned down to add UND?? I don't think so, I have said it before 99% of the Valley AD's don't care about UND granted thats an assumption but they would much rather add a Illinois team than travel to UND, EIU is established and at least can win.
    EIU can't just apply to the MVFC, they would need to leave the OVC for everything else. The Summit wouldn't add them unless there was another school to make 12.

    No difference between 12 and 11 for a football conference in FCS. FBS of course likes 12 because they can split into divisions and have a championship game.

    The whole purpose of this Summit/MVFC/Big Sky football study is to make sure that the football schools have a home in a stable, auto-bid league. Patty Viverito has said just that. It is good for FCS stability in the central/west. People might not like that UND and USD will be in the MVFC, but it is going to happen

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    I disagree. UND & USD and a few others will be in some type of alliance with the MVFC but not conference members. This will help with admin and scheduling. The MVFC is prefectly set-up with the current nine members.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greenie View Post
    EIU can't just apply to the MVFC, they would need to leave the OVC for everything else. The Summit wouldn't add them unless there was another school to make 12.

    No difference between 12 and 11 for a football conference in FCS. FBS of course likes 12 because they can split into divisions and have a championship game.

    The whole purpose of this Summit/MVFC/Big Sky football study is to make sure that the football schools have a home in a stable, auto-bid league. Patty Viverito has said just that. It is good for FCS stability in the central/west. People might not like that UND and USD will be in the MVFC, but it is going to happen
    Tell me why the MVFC would want to go from the Perfect 9 member conference to 11 with UND and USD?? Just because Patty spouted her mouth about talks with the BSC doesn't mean crap as she has NO say over expansion and the Member schools will decide. Who knows whats going to happen but Its highly unlikely IMO that the MVFC brings in 2 subpar transitional teams just because they join the Summit. It might be a different story if UND and USD would be having the same success NDSU and SDSU had.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greenie View Post
    EIU can't just apply to the MVFC, they would need to leave the OVC for everything else. The Summit wouldn't add them unless there was another school to make 12.

    No difference between 12 and 11 for a football conference in FCS. FBS of course likes 12 because they can split into divisions and have a championship game.

    The whole purpose of this Summit/MVFC/Big Sky football study is to make sure that the football schools have a home in a stable, auto-bid league. Patty Viverito has said just that. It is good for FCS stability in the central/west. People might not like that UND and USD will be in the MVFC, but it is going to happen
    Did you hear the MVFC commish Patty V on radio yesterday? Please drop the UND and expansion talk until it is closer to reality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tony View Post
    Well, UND has only themselves to blame for scaring schools off. They should quit driving around other schools' campuses and doing stuff like this:
    What are you talking about? How is UND scaring off other schools? Lastly, who is driving around other campuses? I am interested in hearing about this, seriously… Also, do you really think a leagues administer/commissioners cares what a fan says on their fan blogs and or message boards? I hardly doubt that has any affect on a schools membership for admission to their league. The UND administration has been very compliant and has gone out of their way to show the Summit that they are serious about joining the Summit League.

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    The UND administration has been very compliant and has gone out of their way to show the Summit that they are serious about joining the Summit League.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EricB View Post
    The UND administration has been very compliant and has gone out of their way to show the Summit that they are serious about joining the Summit League.
    Oh, no, my friend. It's the other way around. Remember UND is in a position of power here...
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