With the news that the Big Sky has opted out of football, one has to think this isn't sitting well with the Montana's and maybe EWU. There seems to be a huge riff developing between the upper tier of the the FCS and the rest. I can't see the Valley moving forward at this point. Who is going to vote yes to play? NDSU and SDSU are locks with ISUr USD and UNI "maybe's" while the rest will be solid no's.

The top tier should absolutely grab the bull by the horns and create a 1 year super conference and petition the NCAA to declare them bowl eligible since there won't be an FCS playoff. It would give the MAC, CUSA and Sun Belt schools a reason to schedule us this year as they won't be limited to the two FCS win limits that were allowed to count towards bowl eligibility.

Super conference

NDSU
SDSU
Illinois State
Montana
Montana State
JMU
Sam Houston

EWU?
UNI?
USD?
UCA?
?
?

Thoughts? Even if we proceeded with this idea and the season gets shutdown anyway, it drives a mssive wedge between the above and the teacher/basketball/hockey schools that make up the rest of the FCS. That's a good thing and will hopefully elevate us to the upper side of the split when it happens.