Humboldt State will discontinue after 2018 season

[Herb Street]

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They would have to be private schools.

I think of Redlands, Cal Lutheran, Occidental.

The list:

https://www.fieldlevel.com/explore-t...ball/ca/ncaad3

Generally speaking, D2 is no-man's-land for private schools. They tend to be either D3 or D1.

[UNALions]

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Good grief.

[laker]

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Generally speaking, D2 is no-man's-land for private schools. They tend to be either D3 or D1.

The NSIC has 5 out of 16 members that are private schools.

Augustana
Concordia
Mary
Sioux Falls
Upper Iowa

[CALUPA69]

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Generally speaking, D2 is no-man's-land for private schools. They tend to be either D3 or D1.

Varies by location. In PA 23 D2 schools are split 14 public and 9 private. Actually it's 13 and 9 now that CHEYNEY has opted out.

[ctrabs74]

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I know the hot rumor has been that the remaining GNAC football teams are being offered a scheduling alliance with the LSC, but I wonder of the RMAC might make a run for at least (or as many as) three of the four GNAC schools to get them to 14 for football.

[Fightingscot82]

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They would have to be private schools.

I think of Redlands, Cal Lutheran, Occidental.

The list:

https://www.fieldlevel.com/explore-t...ball/ca/ncaad3

I doubt Oxy goes DII. Their noses are too far into the air to be associated with a classification that is mostly regional publics.

[Fightingscot82]

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Generally speaking, D2 is no-man's-land for private schools. They tend to be either D3 or D1.

That's a bit of an mis-characterization. Of the 168 schools that played DII football in the 2017 season, 69 were private. That's 41%. Two publics have dropped football making it 42% for the 2018 season. They're the minority, yes, but I'd hardly say it qualifies as "no-man's land".

Two conferences have only publics playing football (LSC and RMAC) but two also are all privates (GMAC and SAC).

[Horror Child]

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You'd think a school drooping football would be on the home page of D2football.com and not just a thread on its message board.

[Wildcat Khan]

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You'd think a school drooping football would be on the home page of D2football.com and not just a thread on its message board.

I don't know if it wasn't there 2 hours ago, but right now it is the pictured story. It has one from the local news detailing how HSU lied by not counting 80k that the GNAC was willing to give to help keep the program.

[Fightingscot82]

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"Humboldt State is the only university in the system that is not turning away students. By cutting football, they'll lose another 200 students. There's 100 players, plus all the girlfriends, and the friends, and people that come to Humboldt because it's a football school."

I wonder how that goes over in northern California.

[cwfenn]

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Varies by location. In PA 23 D2 schools are split 14 public and 9 private. Actually it's 13 and 9 now that CHEYNEY has opted out.

That is true. The Northeast-10 has 15 private schools to just 1 public school. They were originally formed as a non-scholarship D2 conference, thus all the private schools.

Dropping football sucks. New Haven dropped after the 2003 season (it wasn't easy being an Independent program) and they even played for the national championship not too long before that. They were fortunate enough to have a bulldog AD and a president who both raised enough money to re-start the program in 2009. Beating on the NE10's doors until they let them in didn't hurt either. Money and persistence are the keys to keeping these programs alive.

[laker]

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That is true. The Northeast-10 has 15 private schools to just 1 public school. They were originally formed as a non-scholarship D2 conference, thus all the private schools.

Dropping football sucks. New Haven dropped after the 2003 season (it wasn't easy being an Independent program) and they even played for the national championship not too long before that. They were fortunate enough to have a bulldog AD and a president who both raised enough money to re-start the program in 2009. Beating on the NE10's doors until they let them in didn't hurt either. Money and persistence are the keys to keeping these programs alive.

New Haven had to schedule a number of NCC teams because they were an independent. MSU and St Cloud for sure, plus some others. MSU took the trip out there- Coach Runkle arranged it so they could see a number of historical sites on the way.

I sent a congratulations to the AD when they announced that they were restarting football. I hate it when someone drops the sport, it is great when they bring it back.

[cwfenn]

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New Haven had to schedule a number of NCC teams because they were an independent. MSU and St Cloud for sure, plus some others. MSU took the trip out there- Coach Runkle arranged it so they could see a number of historical sites on the way.

I sent a congratulations to the AD when they announced that they were restarting football. I hate it when someone drops the sport, it is great when they bring it back.

That was the best thing about being independent- seeing teams from anywhere. It was also the biggest problem, with all the traveling. I kind of wish they could have scheduled a western or midwestern team this year, but they ended up scheduling a D1 team in Bryant.

[Ian Carlson]

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That's a bit of an mis-characterization. Of the 168 schools that played DII football in the 2017 season, 69 were private. That's 41%. Two publics have dropped football making it 42% for the 2018 season. They're the minority, yes, but I'd hardly say it qualifies as "no-man's land".

Two conferences have only publics playing football (LSC and RMAC) but two also are all privates (GMAC and SAC).

[RedFromMI]

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And the SAC is adding a public (UVA-Wise) in the future...