The NEW Official Thread of the Augustana Vikings

[MrAugustana]

For those interested, Midco will be doing a one-time airing of Augie's 2016 National Championship game this Thursday evening. It was a really fun game, especially if you're an Augie fan.

https://mobile.twitter.com/GoAugie/s...72837242245122

Augie's August concludes Thursday at 7 p.m. Tune-in to watch @AugieMensBball claim the 2016 National Championship only on @MidcoSN.

[MrAugustana]

Got ourselves a 2021 commit.

https://mobile.twitter.com/tonysroe/...89402290225154

Congrats to the Vikes and to Angelo Winkel. Looking forward to seeing what he can do in blue and gold.

Slightly older news story on Winkel and some of the schools that were showing interest last year: https://globegazette.com/sports/high...8a0b1.amp.html

[MrAugustana]

Got ourselves a 2021 commit.

https://mobile.twitter.com/tonysroe/...89402290225154

Congrats to the Vikes and to Angelo Winkel. Looking forward to seeing what he can do in blue and gold.

[Moorhead123]

Interesting. I'd enjoy reading a Mr Mr long essay on that subject.

I've been awake for two hours with indigestion. Went to a benefit in Buffalo Lake last night for one of my former football players who has late stages of ALS. Pulled pork was delicious but I'm paying for it now. Tossed and turned, went outside for a walk, finally decided to get on here.

[laker]

Eh... I think we'll have a better chance at staying relevant long-term if we eventually make the jump.

Interesting. I'd enjoy reading a Mr Mr long essay on that subject.

I've been awake for two hours with indigestion. Went to a benefit in Buffalo Lake last night for one of my former football players who has late stages of ALS. Pulled pork was delicious but I'm paying for it now. Tossed and turned, went outside for a walk, finally decided to get on here.

[MrAugustana]

Augustana is much better suited at D2. Embrace it.

Eh... I think we'll have a better chance at staying relevant long-term if we eventually make the jump.

[DapperDan]

Bottom line is that yes, getting rejected is never a good thing. I don't know a ton of people that get rejected for anything and think/feel, "Yeah, that's a good look for me."

That being said, if this gets the administration to reassess how this was handled, it's possible they will adjust things moving forward and pursue future options. Maybe it would be the Summit again, or maybe they'd switch their style up, show that they can provide more value, and pursue a different conference or something. Then again, I can't imagine the Horizon League is desperate to take a school that the Summit rejected (Summit fans would have a heyday with that one), but as NSU4LIFE noted, they still have plenty of time to achieve this goal if 2030 is the plan.

Augustana is much better suited at D2. Embrace it.

[MrAugustana]

Congrats to the men's basketball team on their academic success. According to Twitter:

https://twitter.com/AugieMensBball/s...81732844605440

We tallied the most NABC Academic Honors Court members in the NSIC while also earning the Team Academic Excellence Award.

Full story here: https://goaugie.com/news/2020/7/16/v...from-nabc.aspx

[MrAugustana]

Bottom line is that yes, getting rejected is never a good thing. I don't know a ton of people that get rejected for anything and think/feel, "Yeah, that's a good look for me."

That being said, if this gets the administration to reassess how this was handled, it's possible they will adjust things moving forward and pursue future options. Maybe it would be the Summit again, or maybe they'd switch their style up, show that they can provide more value, and pursue a different conference or something. Then again, I can't imagine the Horizon League is desperate to take a school that the Summit rejected (Summit fans would have a heyday with that one), but as NSU4LIFE noted, they still have plenty of time to achieve this goal if 2030 is the plan.

[NSU4LIFE]

I believe their announcement was "by 2030" so they've got time.

[Twincitiesmav]

Why? Because they are trying to solidify their conference and picked a much larger school located in the Twin Cities? Augie will be there eventually, plenty of movement left in that conference. Unfortunate, but it will happen

[NSU4LIFE]

Why? Because they are trying to solidify their conference and picked a much larger school located in the Twin Cities? Augie will be there eventually, plenty of movement left in that conference. Unfortunate, but it will happen

[Twincitiesmav]

St. Thomas officially joining summit league in 2021.

[Twincitiesmav]

Lol, we have been over this. Augie would be competitive in nearly every sport and a handful would actually be Summit Leagues Champs immediately.

UST is going to have a rough start at the least.

[NSU4LIFE]

To be clear, I'm not one of those people that has ever said we would be champs immediately in any sport (if that's a shot at me), just that I think we would be more competitive than we would have been 20 years ago, which is the version of Augie that most of the anti-Augie crowd fixates on.

It wasn't a shot, it was me stating a fact, actually. Sheesh...ungrateful, son of a...