New GVSU Master Plan Released

[MrsThortonMelon]

It's not a good geographic fit either. Better on the budget when youre a low to mid major like GVSU/Lindenwood

OVC Map below.....

Neither is the Missouri Valley but its way ahead of the OVC.

[MrsThortonMelon]

East side stands are easily the best way to go to increase stadium capacity right now. Plus, I believe that in the past there's been plans of putting the visiting locker rooms over there either behind or under the seating there. Would help to prevent the issue of two teams having to cross each other when heading to the locker rooms. Its kinda shameful that guys can't just be cool about it, but its a passionate game, and well, preventing teams from crossing would do a lot in general in preventing issues.

Its only really an issue when one team comes to town and thats it...maybe bring in extra secruity for that game or ask the admin to get the guys under control and their is no issue on the field. Locker room trashing will be the same with the one team no matter where you place them, they have done it all over not GVSU. Bad boys syndrome. When you win you can do anything you want.

[AlexTheHAMMER]

That would be their ideal. The OVC is not a good conference.

It's not a good geographic fit either. Better on the budget when youre a low to mid major like GVSU/Lindenwood

OVC Map below.....

[Brandon]

Okay so it may be a 4 team race lol but those 2 schools are pretty great at football

Ha Ha Ha

[bigmrg74]

East side stands are easily the best way to go to increase stadium capacity right now. Plus, I believe that in the past there's been plans of putting the visiting locker rooms over there either behind or under the seating there. Would help to prevent the issue of two teams having to cross each other when heading to the locker rooms. Its kinda shameful that guys can't just be cool about it, but its a passionate game, and well, preventing teams from crossing would do a lot in general in preventing issues.

[bigmrg74]

From what I remember of the GVSU pool, yeah, it probably needed to get upgraded back in 2000. I did a massage event at Michigan's pool, worked on the Northwestern women's swimming and diving teams for the Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving championship back in 2016. From what I've heard from other local swimmers, Michigan has a pretty fast pool, its just that they don't have a lot of prep areas around the pool for the teams to spread out at. For instance, we had to set our tables up on an inclined ramp, and it just wasn't that great to work on that kind of surface. and we wasn't the only crew that got stuck on the ramp as well. Having space in and around the pool deck is one of the things that would be needed to be included in the new pool area. we would want to have a natatorium that local HS would love to use for having big swim meets at.

[yote_7]

Indoor turf fields are a huge advantage for all the sports here. Most of our peer schools cannot practice sports much during the winter, since they don't have them. The current indoor field is amazing and we are lucky to have it, but it is always in use and it is hard for us to find time slots for it.

[UISguy23]

Im crying laughing right now

Okay so it may be a 4 team race lol but those 2 schools are pretty great at football

[GV Retired Bum]

GVSU moves up and the FCS just got a whole lot better. They are a football power and imo if they and Uindy move up then the OVC is gonna be a 2 horse race

Im crying laughing right now

[KleShreen]

Is this actually what is in the works or just a prediction?

I would assume Melon's suggestion is the best case scenario, because it would put GV in essentially a GLIAC-equivalent conference for every sport besides football in terms of travel. But Detroit and Oakland are never going to let it happen.

[Brandon]

Is this actually what is in the works or just a prediction?

That would be their ideal. The OVC is not a good conference.

[BeachinLaker]

What makes you think GVSU would go OVC? Missouri Valley for football and the Horizon for the rest of the sports.

Is this actually what is in the works or just a prediction?

[MrsThortonMelon]

These are all pretty specific improvements, which tells me they're more than just "wish list" items. I think we'll actually start to see these things appear as priority donation projects on the giving page in short order. Also, these aren't improvements that you make to stay competitive in Division II...These are improvements that close the competitive facility gap for a move to D1.

Have you seen the that gap at the FCS level? GVSU would be just fine as is. Some of these things need to be done to useful life span of the things in place IMHO. Indoor tennis could be used for lots of other things too and maybe take a little load off the Kelly?

[MrsThortonMelon]

GVSU moves up and the FCS just got a whole lot better. They are a football power and imo if they and Uindy move up then the OVC is gonna be a 2 horse race

What makes you think GVSU would go OVC? Missouri Valley for football and the Horizon for the rest of the sports.

[UISguy23]

GVSU moves up and the FCS just got a whole lot better. They are a football power and imo if they and Uindy move up then the OVC is gonna be a 2 horse race