July 1 - Moving Day 2023

[Inkblot]

We're up to four confirmed applicants for 2024: Jamestown, Middle Georgia State, UC Merced, and UT Dallas.

[wscsuperfan]

https://northernsun.org/news/2023/11...jamestown.aspx

Jamestown will move up to Division II from the NAIA and become the 16th member of the NSIC

[BisonBones]

If Northeastern State ever wants a chance at joining, the first thing they would have to do is add the GAC required sports of Women's Cross Country and Women's Volleyball. Delta State to the GAC has been mentioned in other threads; they would have to add Women's Volleyball.

I'd also make Delta State drop Statesmen and officially become the Fighting Okra.

[Tech Boys]

The GAC was founded as a football conference first. No chance they will accept a non-football school. If NSU kept football and tried to join the GAC, I think that is equally remote.

If Northeastern State ever wants a chance at joining, the first thing they would have to do is add the GAC required sports of Women's Cross Country and Women's Volleyball. Delta State to the GAC has been mentioned in other threads; they would have to add Women's Volleyball.

[BisonDivot]

I wonder what the long range plan for NSU is going to be? Drop football and remain in the MIAA in the other sports? Join the GAC? Go NAIA like Panhandle State?

The GAC was founded as a football conference first. No chance they will accept a non-football school. If NSU kept football and tried to join the GAC, I think that is equally remote.

[laker]

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I wonder what the long range plan for NSU is going to be? Drop football and remain in the MIAA in the other sports? Join the GAC? Go NAIA like Panhandle State?

[wscsuperfan]

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[Predatory Primates]

The trips to Valdosta and West Georgia were the worst and I believe were a big factor in forming the new conference.

Delta State would be an okay trip, but Pensacola would be a long trip for the already underfunded Oklahoma schools.

If Valdosta and UWF join West Georgia in D1, then Delta State to the GAC would make a lot of sense geographically, and West Alabama wouldn't be too bad. The bigger problem would be the GAC already has silo scheduling. It would be difficult to divide the conference into geographically based divisions and keep any competitive balance.

Although if that happened, I'd be for dividing the divisions right through the Ravine at Arkadelphia just for the fun of it.

I think the gac should send 3 arkie teams to the miaa, and take NSU as a trade in.

Then the miaa could split into regions and both conferences could play noncons.

[BisonBones]

Yep! Ouachita, Harding, Henderson St, So Arkansas, Arkansas Tech, Arkansas Monticello all were.

The trips to Valdosta and West Georgia were the worst and I believe were a big factor in forming the new conference.

Delta State would be an okay trip, but Pensacola would be a long trip for the already underfunded Oklahoma schools.

If Valdosta and UWF join West Georgia in D1, then Delta State to the GAC would make a lot of sense geographically, and West Alabama wouldn't be too bad. The bigger problem would be the GAC already has silo scheduling. It would be difficult to divide the conference into geographically based divisions and keep any competitive balance.

Although if that happened, I'd be for dividing the divisions right through the Ravine at Arkadelphia just for the fun of it.

[laker]

Just saw that Viterbo (nonfootball school) who was in the North Star joined the Chicagoland Athletic Conference. Another dagger for the North Star. Will this push more of their schools into D2 or D3?

Viterbo Athletics Joins Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference - Viterbo University (prestosports.com)

[wscsuperfan]

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[Inkblot]

So potentially good-bye earned access and hello AQ

As I understand it, it'd be somewhere between the two: each conference's highest-ranked team would be guaranteed a spot, not necessarily the champion.

[canadarican]

So potentially good-bye earned access and hello AQ

[Tech Boys]

Informational video on the D2 convention proposals (post #39).

[Tech Boys]

And one more name change

Announced in August; Mercy College is now Mercy University.