July 1 - Moving Day 2024

[crixus]

Notoriously mountainous state Illinois.

First the FBS killed math with conferences named after numbers, but those numbers keep changing while the conference names don't. Now they're out to kill geography.

[TheBigCat2192]

Notoriously mountainous state Illinois.

[crixus]

Looks like NIU will be joining the MW for football only on Tuesday.

https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/...nQ9umoQFPThY1g

[Tech Boys]

Gannon and Ursuline College are joining with an expected effective date of December 15. 2026. The institutions and athletics would remain separate under the Gannon University umbrella. There will be no name change for the Erie campus while the Pepper Pike campus will be known as Ursuline College Campus of Gannon University.

Gannon University, Ursuline College Reach Definitive Agreement

[crixus]

Dan Jackson is South Dakota State's new Head Coach.

https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2025/0...ootball-coach/

[crixus]

Moving day to Fantasyland - someone has kept the old Alderson Broaddus University Battlers Facebook page alive (after the school closed) and they posted this MBB schedule. AB is playing some pretty tough competition. Go Battlers, beat the LA Lakers on New Year's Day! LOL

[SW_Mustang]

I work for Fond du Lac Tribal Community College in Cloquet. They suspended all athletics in 2023. https://fdltcc.edu/clubs-and-activit...der-athletics/

I guess I wasn't aware they had sports. Leech Lake has sports which is cool.

[crixus]

I work for Fond du Lac Tribal Community College in Cloquet. They suspended all athletics in 2023. https://fdltcc.edu/clubs-and-activit...der-athletics/

Sorry to hear that they suspended athletics, but it's great that you work for them. I have a friend who worked at a tribal school in Arizona and that's how I got interested. Keep up the great work!

[laker]

I wasn't aware this school existed - it's an interesting situation, but one that's being reported as a bit of a letdown in the initial go around.

Hopefully they can pull it off. I studied indigenous history while at Minnesota State and there was a section on tribal colleges - and they serve an important purpose, often giving opportunities to young adults who otherwise wouldn't get them. So I'm rootin' for them.

I work for Fond du Lac Tribal Community College in Cloquet. They suspended all athletics in 2023. https://fdltcc.edu/clubs-and-activit...der-athletics/

[SW_Mustang]

California Tribal College is partnered with Sacramento State University. That's great. The first season Lady Eagles are off to a hot start, 8-4 so far. 🏀

I wasn't aware this school existed - it's an interesting situation, but one that's being reported as a bit of a letdown in the initial go around.

Hopefully they can pull it off. I studied indigenous history while at Minnesota State and there was a section on tribal colleges - and they serve an important purpose, often giving opportunities to young adults who otherwise wouldn't get them. So I'm rootin' for them.

[SW_Mustang]

Wazzou has hired South Dakota State Coach Jimmy Rogers. As a longtime Jackrabbits fan I'm bummed, but you can't blame a guy for expanding his horizon$.

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-year-deal-wsu

Bit of a somber day in Brookings. Reminds me of when Wisconsin hired Mike Hastings. I'm hearing former players are desperately trying to get the current guys to buy-in to the program and not transfer.

Less surprising but Gronowski also transferred. He had a bit of a rough year for the Jacks and will likely need a standout season at FBS to have any NFL hopes. Maybe another championship/POY kept him home, but even then I think he was pretty much a lock for departure.

The thing about the Rogers hire that gets me is that he was supposed to be the heir to the Stig empire - he was practically made for that role, and I believe that's a big reason why he got hired. I'm not super close to the program/rest of the fanbase but it felt like a huge gut punch. That being said, I really can't blame him for moving up. And he did bring the school a championship.

Have to imagine he had to hear constantly about how DeBoer went from neighboring Sioux Falls to Alabama in a relatively short period of time too.

[Bballfan]

As discussed on here, things are going to get a lot worse for small school athletics, especially on the private side.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/clas...t-numbers-tank

[crixus]

Wazzou has hired South Dakota State Coach Jimmy Rogers. As a longtime Jackrabbits fan I'm bummed, but you can't blame a guy for expanding his horizon$.

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-year-deal-wsu

[crixus]

California Tribal College is partnered with Sacramento State University. That's great. The first season Lady Eagles are off to a hot start, 8-4 so far. 🏀

[Tech Boys]

Yes, Jessup began D2 and PWC competition in 2024-25, Year 2 of their reclassification. The 2023-24 year was the last in NAIA. Unless they get a waiver like Westmont College, they would become full members in 2026.