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Post by aldewitt on Dec 7, 2018 8:55:38 GMT -6
I think thats it. I liked the Summit Pod cast beginning talking about building a competitive D1 league. The harder we try the better we get. Building the Summit is our best bet for a prosperous future.
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Post by GoYotes on Dec 8, 2018 22:22:28 GMT -6
Nothing says being financially committed to D1 like building a 300 meter outdoor track link
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Post by Yotes on Dec 9, 2018 10:02:16 GMT -6
Or having the (very underwhelming) student wellness center as the only indoor facility on campus. A measly $2 million would have gotten them the "dome" that track, football, baseball, softball, and more need to train in the winter, and they scrapped it.
Nothing says D1 like having athletes train at the local high schools on a permanent basis. At least they moved 2/3 of their basketball games out of the student wellness center and into the city's abandoned arena.
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Post by Yotes on Dec 13, 2018 19:33:41 GMT -6
I hope that WAC invite is coming through for them:
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Post by Yotes on Dec 13, 2018 19:40:55 GMT -6
It sure seems like they don't have an invite yet, but are going to announce an intention to pursue D1? I'm still not sold this move ever actually happens.
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Post by golfingyote on Dec 13, 2018 19:45:59 GMT -6
This has been a when not if for a while. Like it or not they will be in the summit league. I’m officially concerned about our members off the I-29 corridor.
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Post by gopheryote on Dec 13, 2018 20:16:48 GMT -6
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Post by canislatrans on Dec 14, 2018 7:25:27 GMT -6
When does the name change become official,Summit League North Central Conference, before or after Morningside goes D1?
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Post by aldewitt on Dec 14, 2018 11:34:10 GMT -6
I doubt Morningside is going to go, they are in the NAIA National Championship this weekend and are a pretty dominate program there.
This may get the fever up in some other Northern Sun teams that look more like D1 schools than D2.
Augie may surprise everyone and get invited to the MVC and Pioneer. They may also be expecting St. Thomas.
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Post by kiyoat on Dec 14, 2018 11:44:35 GMT -6
Sorry to troll our own fan-base, but (if they join the summit) Augie fans might just outnumber us at the SLT. And I'd say that is a net positive for the Summit as a whole. They probably boost our home attendance numbers as well for all sports, and that's ca$h, homie. There are plenty of small private D-I schools that do just fine in basketball.
Football... not so much.
Selfishly I like one more game on the Yote's schedule I don't have to travel for.
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Post by kiyoat on Dec 14, 2018 11:45:53 GMT -6
I doubt Morningside is going to go, ... Dude, you need to check your sarcasm detector. It's out of WAC.
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Post by canislatrans on Dec 14, 2018 13:35:08 GMT -6
I am a sarcastic clown, beyond recovery.
Seriously, I believe in adding schools that make the commitment to building a quality D1 mid major conference. I'm not smart enough to project if Augie can do it, but I know they have the Sioux Falls market in which to try. If they are successful in building a D1 program like say SDSU (see, I'm nice to the Hobos up north) it would make for some interesting local rivalries, again.
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Post by kiyoat on Dec 14, 2018 15:30:51 GMT -6
Here's a link to a Midco Sports interview with Augie AD Josh Morton: I don't have time to listen to it, but might be interesting...
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Post by Yote 53 on Dec 15, 2018 8:31:44 GMT -6
From the Argus article:
"The Vikings struggled to compete in most men’s sports in the Division II era, but have become a regular contender in the last decade, winning national championships in men’s basketball, baseball and women’s cross country, while making NCAA tournament appearances in virtually every sport they offer."
This is all you need to know. Augie was a D2 doormat because the larger Dakota schools beat them up. The couldn't compete in the old NCC, how are they going to be a competitive Summit team? Just say no to Augie.
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Post by yoteforever on Dec 15, 2018 8:43:07 GMT -6
I think you know this already 53 but this is a done deal. When Sanford paid for the conference offices move to SF and provided rent free office space for a number of years, that’s the sign it was done. There’s no way AUGIE isn’t included. I don’t like it but the facts are the facts. This state is to small for 3 D1 schools, tough enough for 2. But the one thing they have in their aresenal is the metro area of Sioux Falls.
Administration basically flipped the middle finger to Augustana football and all of its alumni. The vast majority of them will flip the middle finger back at them, but the powers to be don’t care. The real concern is the level of support both SDSU and USD has enjoyed from Sanford. To me, it’s going to be weird if it plays out like I think it’s going to that their largest support system ( Sanford ) will come to play the Coyotes in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. And the Dykhouse Icebox in Brookings named after a guy who made his dough with Denny T.
The city of Sioux Falls will like this move because they don’t travel to either of the other schools worth a darn. This isn’t good news for the Coyotes or Jacks.
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