University of Jamestown to the Great Plains Athletic Conference

[pucknut9]

Such a goofy rivalry. I would think Jamestown's natural rival should be Mary. Perhaps that will be the case when they go D2.

Goofy? They are 35 miles east on 94. Been going at for years. Back in the day it got ugly at a few games with the fans. Remember a huge Donnybrook after a bb game outside the civic center. Those were the days

[southcliffbison]

And to do it to their long time rival VCSU makes it even more lol

Better get your "yuks" in now. Next fall, the Jims will be playing against bigger and better teams and the crying towels will be out. I can only imagine what MSU Mavericks, Duluth, Augustana, Moorhead, SWMSt, USF, et al will do to UJ. or do they intend to play a JV schedule at first......just to get their feet wet?

[ByeSonBusiness]

Better get your "yuks" in now. Next fall, the Jims will be playing against bigger and better teams and the crying towels will be out. I can only imagine what MSU Mavericks, Duluth, Augustana, Moorhead, SWMSt, USF, et al will do to UJ. or do they intend to play a JV schedule at first......just to get their feet wet?

Baseball team should be fine i think? I think they are typically pretty good

[southcliffbison]

Baseball team should be fine i think? I think they are typically pretty good

Yes, they will be fine. Tom Hagar is the best baseball coach (high school or college) in North Dakota, bar none. I'm amazed that he has stayed at UJ for 25 years. His overall record (with the limited resources at his disposal) of 832-378....that says it all. The opportunities to advance his career beyond UJ have been there, I'm positive. Why he's chosen to stay at UJ and not move on is perplexing to say the least.

[pucknut9]

Better get your "yuks" in now. Next fall, the Jims will be playing against bigger and better teams and the crying towels will be out. I can only imagine what MSU Mavericks, Duluth, Augustana, Moorhead, SWMSt, USF, et al will do to UJ. or do they intend to play a JV schedule at first......just to get their feet wet?

Believe me we are all well aware it's going to get ugly for awhile. Hell it's been ugly for the football team for years now

[pucknut9]

Yes, they will be fine. Tom Hagar is the best baseball coach (high school or college) in North Dakota, bar none. I'm amazed that he has stayed at UJ for 25 years. His overall record (with the limited resources at his disposal) of 832-378....that says it all. The opportunities to advance his career beyond UJ have been there, I'm positive. Why he's chosen to stay at UJ and not move on is perplexing to say the least.

He hasn't left because he loves it here. The guy bleeds orange. When you love a school and community money is secondary. Look up intense in a dictionary and there you will find Coach Hager

[ByeSonBusiness]

Believe me we are all well aware it's going to get ugly for awhile. Hell it's been ugly for the football team for years now

Nowhere to go but up for football lol. We will see if some of the programs can find their legs. I'm not super familiar with how large a jump in competition it is to go D2.

[southcliffbison]

Nowhere to go but up for football lol. We will see if some of the programs can find their legs. I'm not super familiar with how large a jump in competition it is to go D2.

Look at the overall records of Minot State and UMary football teams since joining the NSIC; that will give you a glimpse of just how high that mountain is;
going hard after transfer portal players from the regional FCS schools would be the first thing I'd do; promoting the idea of not just playing, but playing right away might resonate with some of those players.

[southcliffbison]

He hasn't left because he loves it here. The guy bleeds orange. When you love a school and community money is secondary. Look up intense in a dictionary and there you will find Coach Hager

When I lived in ND and worked college baseball, I had the opportunity to umpire baseball games for Coach Hagar; "intense" is a healthy euphemism to describe Coach Hagar.

[IndyBison]

Depending on the sport and part of the country, there isn't a huge difference between D2 and NAIA. The top of D2 is much better, but there is a lot of overlap.

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