D2 schools looking at moving up

[tjbison]

Just a little info on NW Missouri and Pittsburgh State moving up to DI. While both schools have been relatively successful at the DII level, they are located in relatively small towns with relatively small student bodies. NW Missouri is located in Marysville, MO which in 2010 is listed at 12,000 population. They have 7,300 undergraduates and graduates.
Pitt State, located in Pittsburgh, KS. has a population of 20,000 and has 7,100 students. It would appear to me that they don't really have the resources to make a move to DI.

why not, Vermillion and Brookings are shitholes and they made the move

[tjbison]

He said bu-bye. He might have a nice little Saturday planned and go ahopping with his boyfriend at Home Depot. Maybe Bed, Bath, &Beyond. I don't know if he'll have enough time.

streaking across the quad to the gymnasium??

[56BISON73]

Just a little info on NW Missouri and Pittsburgh State moving up to DI. While both schools have been relatively successful at the DII level, they are located in relatively small towns with relatively small student bodies. NW Missouri is located in Marysville, MO which in 2010 is listed at 12,000 population. They have 7,300 undergraduates and graduates.
Pitt State, located in Pittsburgh, KS. has a population of 20,000 and has 7,100 students. It would appear to me that they don't really have the resources to make a move to DI.

Yeah but with the success theyve had there MUST be a plethora of conferences just waiting to invite them.

[IndyBison]

Just a little info on NW Missouri and Pittsburgh State moving up to DI. While both schools have been relatively successful at the DII level, they are located in relatively small towns with relatively small student bodies. NW Missouri is located in Marysville, MO which in 2010 is listed at 12,000 population. They have 7,300 undergraduates and graduates.
Pitt State, located in Pittsburgh, KS. has a population of 20,000 and has 7,100 students. It would appear to me that they don't really have the resources to make a move to DI.

The size of the town where the school is located is irrelevant. There are a lot of big schools in very small towns. Proximity to larger markets can be a factor though because a large portion of your fan base will be alumni who are still close enough to attend games. The market size will help for smaller schools who draw fans who just want to support a successful program (i.e. Duke for basketball, Stanford for football).

IUPUI has 30k students in the middle of a city with 1.5 million people, but they struggle to get 1000 people at their games. Clemson, South Carolina, has a population of 14k. But they have a large student body, active alumni base, and history of success. They are also 2 hours from Atlanta, Charlotte, and Columbia so alumni can easily make the trek to a game.

Here are the smallest enrollments for FBS teams:
Tulsa (3174)
Rice (3708)
Air Force (4413)
Navy (4576)
Army (4624)
Wake Forest (4775)
Duke (6484)
Stanford (6878)
Vanderbilt (6879)
SMU (7000)
Louisiana-Monroe (7519)
Tulane (8338)
Notre Dame (8371)
Northwestern (8425)
Boston College (9088)
Louisiana Tech (9137)
Idaho (9330)
TCU (9518)

Most of these are private schools so they are more likely to have engaged students who become active alumni.

[AjaxTheMighty]

He said bu-bye. He might have a nice little Saturday planned and go ahopping with his boyfriend at Home Depot. Maybe Bed, Bath, &Beyond. I don't know if he'll have enough time.

Bu.......................bye!

[AjaxTheMighty]

Wow, you really showed him!

Wtf did you just say?

knock knock...

[natstar1]

what is mankato's enrollment?

[gobison.gsb]

MSU mankato? Good success in recent years similar sized school as us, succesful in nearly every sport on a national level... Not out of the question to see them going D-1 in all sports in the next 5-10 years.

Only downside is the fan base. I've been in mankato for many years now and no one give a Sh** about that team haha.. its quite sad really. Good facilites in all sports for the most part too. Would be simple to build onto, or renovate the football stadium as well

I am going to grad school here now. From what I can see, I honestly have no idea why they are not D-1. From the hallways and such everyone is wearing MSU stuff, alot like the pride I saw walking around NDSU. I don't know sporting attendance, but I feel they are working on it (and 2 11-0 fb seasons can't hurt). Plus the basketball team is ranked (14-3? When I looked?). Plus nearly 16,000 students on a campus similar sized to NDSU.

Drawbacks? From the looks of it the city/area doesn't seem to have the support that Fargo gives NDSU (although i'm not sure many other schools have that relationship like we do.) The BB facility is NICE, but the FB stadium needs some love to be up to MVFC standards (try nicer than SDSU (what isn't), but similar to WIU by looks).

Honestly, MSU-Mankato looks like a D-1 school or is trying to pretty hard. I also think they're trying to ditch the '-Mankato' and just be Minnesota State, too.

[NDSUstudent]

Mankato's problem is the MVFC will never add a MN school. So they'd either need to cut football or go non-scholarship.

That said, I'd actually love to bring them into the Summit.

[natstar1]

Mankato's problem is the MVFC will never add a MN school. So they'd either need to cut football or go non-scholarship.

That said, I'd actually love to bring them into the Summit.

why is that?