Quote Originally Posted by 1st&TennBison View Post
The Summit league is basically a bunch of FCS level schools. Why would the lets go FBS now lovers want only football to move to bigger and better things and leave the rest of the sports behind. If the football team moved to the MAC or the MWC why would we want the others to be left behind by not bringing them along. Don't the FBS now lovers think that what is good for football is good for all the schools sports??????? After all, if it's good for football it must be equally as good for the other athletics to go to a MAC or MWC, why not make NDSU a super power in all sports.
RPI for these leagues in basketball last year:
Summit #19
MAC #17
Sun Belt #15
Mountain West #3 (Shocking to me)

Not a significant difference, considering Denver and Oral Roberts should strengthen the Summit League.

Football is the only sport with subdivisions, so the FCS analogy does not work here. Actually, moving to FBS would bring the football team UP to the other sports, which are already competing nationally with the top leagues in the country when it comes to postseason play.

Football, like wrestling, is already playing in a conference not named the Summit League. I don't see the need to move the other sports, unless it is an absolute requirement made by an inviting conference. Most on here speculate that is the case, but Idaho's situation contradicts that, at least for the Sun Belt.

As I stated in my post with this question: Other than basketball, does any significant percentage of Bison fans care who the volleyball, soccer, golf, track, etc... teams compete against? I don't believe the percentage is very high at all.

The Summit League is a good fit for all sports currently playing in it.