MIAA Expansion

[NWFanatic]

NM-errors in post

[Predatory Primates]

It looks like Sioux falls has an open date in Week 9.

[Predatory Primates]

Just checked and five have. These are the dates when each was scheduled to play Lincoln:

Washburn: Week 3
Fort Hays State: Week 5
Northeastern State: Week 6
Nebraska–Kearney: Week 10
Central Missouri: Week 11

Plus it can be deduced from those five schedules that Pittsburg State was supposed to play Lincoln in Week 9.

EDIT: Comparing these to last year's schedule, it's obvious that last year's Week 10 and 11 games have been moved to Weeks 1 and 2 and everything else moved two weeks later. So this should be the complete list:

Week 1: Emporia State
Week 2: Missouri Western
Week 3: Washburn
Week 4: Northwest Missouri State
Week 5: Fort Hays State
Week 6: Northeastern State
Week 7: Central Oklahoma
Week 8: Missouri Southern
Week 9: Pittsburg State
Week 10: Nebraska–Kearney
Week 11: Central Missouri

I am holding out hope that the conference will split and shuffle the schedule to allow teams to find non con games in the first 2 weeks.

[NSU4LIFE]

Just checked and five have. These are the dates when each was scheduled to play Lincoln:

Washburn: Week 3
Fort Hays State: Week 5
Northeastern State: Week 6
Nebraska–Kearney: Week 10
Central Missouri: Week 11

Plus it can be deduced from those five schedules that Pittsburg State was supposed to play Lincoln in Week 9.

EDIT: Comparing these to last year's schedule, it's obvious that last year's Week 10 and 11 games have been moved to Weeks 1 and 2 and everything else moved two weeks later. So this should be the complete list:

Week 1: Emporia State
Week 2: Missouri Western
Week 3: Washburn
Week 4: Northwest Missouri State
Week 5: Fort Hays State
Week 6: Northeastern State
Week 7: Central Oklahoma
Week 8: Missouri Southern
Week 9: Pittsburg State
Week 10: Nebraska–Kearney
Week 11: Central Missouri

This is some good info. I appreciate you sharing.

[UCObluejay]

I do think UCO is committed to MIAA until they finally decide to make plunge to FCS which may be 5 years They won’t go back to GAC ever. NE state… that I’m not sure about

I am thoroughly convinced UCO will NOT go FCS. Besides the DI landscape is drastically changing and some in the P5 seemed determined to head for a different structure.

Edit: UCO was never in the GAC.

[Inkblot]

Have any MIAA schools released their football schedule for 2023?

Just checked and five have. These are the dates when each was scheduled to play Lincoln:

Washburn: Week 3
Fort Hays State: Week 5
Northeastern State: Week 6
Nebraska–Kearney: Week 10
Central Missouri: Week 11

Plus it can be deduced from those five schedules that Pittsburg State was supposed to play Lincoln in Week 9.

EDIT: Comparing these to last year's schedule, it's obvious that last year's Week 10 and 11 games have been moved to Weeks 1 and 2 and everything else moved two weeks later. So this should be the complete list:

Week 1: Emporia State
Week 2: Missouri Western
Week 3: Washburn
Week 4: Northwest Missouri State
Week 5: Fort Hays State
Week 6: Northeastern State
Week 7: Central Oklahoma
Week 8: Missouri Southern
Week 9: Pittsburg State
Week 10: Nebraska–Kearney
Week 11: Central Missouri

[Brandon]

I do think UCO is committed to MIAA until they finally decide to make plunge to FCS which may be 5 years They won’t go back to GAC ever. NE state… that I’m not sure about

They don't have the money.

[GorillaTeacher]

Literally makes it easier. They can match up schools who were going to play Lincoln with the NSIC schools that were going to play Upper Iowa. If they don't want to play eachother that is that own schools problem. Could make it a two year thing so there is a home and away and gives both conference more time to figure out what to do.

hard to say easier than 12 or 10. Hard to schedule full season with a cycling off week.
IUPNation want schedule us when LU cancels? Needs to be at Pitt, because we were already low on the home games this year.

[AllGriffedUp]

I don't know who would be a fit for expansion to be honest. I'd add UAFS as a non-football member. They have no softball and would provide a counter to UNK having no baseball, allowing the spring sports teams to mirror schedule. Beyond that... I don't think there's a fit among football schools in the footprint.

[NSU4LIFE]

Think 11 teams should make straightforwardish scheduling. Only question is who’s going to want to schedule a non con in weeks 8-11. Think nsic is starting to see some of these pains of scheduling late in year non cons. However — ADs make good money time for them to problem solve.

Literally makes it easier. They can match up schools who were going to play Lincoln with the NSIC schools that were going to play Upper Iowa. If they don't want to play eachother that is that own schools problem. Could make it a two year thing so there is a home and away and gives both conference more time to figure out what to do.

[washeduptiger]

Think 11 teams should make straightforwardish scheduling. Only question is who’s going to want to schedule a non con in weeks 8-11. Think nsic is starting to see some of these pains of scheduling late in year non cons. However — ADs make good money time for them to problem solve.

[BartonHornet]

So we can actually get rid of the damn SILO scheduling with Lincoln no longer? If that is the case, I say stay where we are to allow non-conference game(s).

We can always add other non-Football D-II universities that are littered throughout Missouri and Oklahoma if need be for further conference expansion.

[washeduptiger]

I had posted that before I even saw the post about Lincoln leaving for the GLVC.

I'm getting a headache trying to figure out all of these conference changes today. But, yeah, I do see what you're saying, which is why I was wondering if UCO and NE State were fully committed to the MIAA, despite being geographic outliers.

I do think UCO is committed to MIAA until they finally decide to make plunge to FCS which may be 5 years They won’t go back to GAC ever. NE state… that I’m not sure about

[ctrabs74]

With Lincoln leaving likely a moot point.

I had posted that before I even saw the post about Lincoln leaving for the GLVC.

I'm getting a headache trying to figure out all of these conference changes today. But, yeah, I do see what you're saying, which is why I was wondering if UCO and NE State were fully committed to the MIAA, despite being geographic outliers.

[washeduptiger]

Upper Iowa just bailed for the GLVC. The only NSIC school where you'd have even a remote chance at luring to the MIAA would be Wayne (Neb.) State, though most of the MIAA schools are at least 5-6 hours away from WSC - and that's not factoring in how far away the Oklahoma schools are.

With Lincoln leaving likely a moot point.