NKU going to the A-Sun. Probably figure that it's more of a fit for recruiting, geography (if not necessarily travel), less competition.
UALR?
Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."
Scrooge-"Are there no prisons?". "Plenty of prisons..."
Scrooge-"And the Union workhouses." . "Are they still in operation?". "Both very busy, sir..."
"Those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
Scrooge- "If they would rather die," "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
MN State and SCSU would be good additions if they drop football ala UNO- !
Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."
Scrooge-"Are there no prisons?". "Plenty of prisons..."
Scrooge-"And the Union workhouses." . "Are they still in operation?". "Both very busy, sir..."
"Those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
Scrooge- "If they would rather die," "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
This is what it has come down to, mn state or st . cloud? Sad. I know we don't have many options but still.
They may get elbowed out of the Sun Belt. If they do, I'm sure they'd prefer the Southland, but the Southland may not be interested in adding a 13th or possibly 14th school, depending on what happens with the University of Northern Alabama.
And I don't want Mankato or St. Cloud State going D-1 and neither should you or any other NDSU fan, that's one more school to recruit against. Bellarmine only has 3200 students. That's not much more than ORU, but I don't imagine that they'd have ORU's commitment to a strong athletic program.
Frankly, there aren't many good alternatives here. Short of poaching Eastern Illinois (which would require coordination with the MVFC), it's an outlier or a transitioning D1 team.