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Originally posted by KleShreen View Post
Weird how nobody in the GLVC is complaining that UIS, UMSL, Missouri S&T, USI, and Truman are public schools and winning too much, and that the GMAC has no issue scheduling with them. Or that UMSL has nearly double the students that every other school in the conference has.
Straaaaaange. Wonder what the real reason for leaving the GLIAC could be. Guess we'll just never know.
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The all-sports trophy in the GLVC has been all UIndy since 2011, but that's a harder one to gauge because not every school (like USI) sponsors the more obscure D2 sports like football, wrestling, lacrosse, swimming. Looking at the GLIAC site, it appears the all-sports trophy there has been #1 GVSU, #2 Ashland every single year since 2004-05, and that was because Ferris edged ASH by three points. It's been GV/ASH 1-2 in that every year since 1995-96, and for the most part, teams 3 through 5 have been Saginaw, Wayne and Ferris every year as well. Very little parity atop the GLIAC and primarily public schools.
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Originally posted by ctrabs74 View Post
With that said, the GMAC already has a scheduling partnership with the GLVC, and I think it defeats the purpose of having the GLIAC and GMAC form a super conference, especially when most of the existing GMAC membership left the GLIAC because of a competitive mismatch in the first place.
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Honestly, at this point, I say let's just make the move to D1. We've lost half the conference and are now down to six football playing opponents in-conference. Who would we even add that would add value? Do we really want to be a public university of 24,000 beating up on the likes of Finlandia, Hope, Adrian, Olivet, etc.?
The writing is on the wall. We can either invite the challenge or stay and try to recruit top tier athletes to compete against former D3s in podunk towns.
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Originally posted by BeachinLaker View PostHonestly, at this point, I say let's just make the move to D1. We've lost half the conference and are now down to six football playing opponents in-conference. Who would we even add that would add value? Do we really want to be a public university of 24,000 beating up on the likes of Finlandia, Hope, Adrian, Olivet, etc.?
The writing is on the wall. We can either invite the challenge or stay and try to recruit top tier athletes to compete against former D3s in podunk towns.2021 D2Football Fantasy Champion
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Originally posted by KleShreen View Post
Would much rather the school keep winning at D2 than go D1 and never win another national title again outside of cross country and maybe FCS football, haha.
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Originally posted by Brandon View Post
If a competitive mismatch exists, you'd agree that the GMAC should be on the short end of the stick at playoff selection time?Cal U (Pa.) Class of 2014
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Originally posted by BeachinLaker View PostHonestly, at this point, I say let's just make the move to D1. We've lost half the conference and are now down to six football playing opponents in-conference. Who would we even add that would add value? Do we really want to be a public university of 24,000 beating up on the likes of Finlandia, Hope, Adrian, Olivet, etc.?
The writing is on the wall. We can either invite the challenge or stay and try to recruit top tier athletes to compete against former D3s in podunk towns.
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I still think the NAIA expansion route is the best option for the GLIAC moving forward. The Davenport transition has seemingly gone well, so who is to say that the likes of Lawrence Tech, Madonna, Sienna Heights, or Concordia Ann Arbor would not move over well? Maybe you could even entice Northwood into backing out of the exit to the GMAC.
As for GV and Ferris, I think they enjoy the NDSU/FCS approach to D2. Why give up being a flagship D2 powerhouse just to be a bottom feeder in D1?
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Originally posted by Uindy18 View PostI still think the NAIA expansion route is the best option for the GLIAC moving forward. The Davenport transition has seemingly gone well, so who is to say that the likes of Lawrence Tech, Madonna, Sienna Heights, or Concordia Ann Arbor would not move over well? Maybe you could even entice Northwood into backing out of the exit to the GMAC.
As for GV and Ferris, I think they enjoy the NDSU/FCS approach to D2. Why give up being a flagship D2 powerhouse just to be a bottom feeder in D1?
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