What we know, GNAC has 3 schools left and when the border opens, SFU will again be back in the fold. I trust Single Malt on this, he coaches, is wired into SFU, knows what's going on north of the border. I'm glad Simon Fraser is in the conference.
The LSC agreement is on for now, keep that. I'm not sure how that works, I believe it's four games, two home and two away. So that's 8 games if GNAC teams play twice. Gotta find two more. If I was WOU, I'd schedule two FCS money games a year to pay for things, like travel.
What we don't know, but can probably guess correctly: EOU and SOU are entrenched in their NAIA worlds. Friend of mine in La Grande told me he didn't think EOU could make it at the D2 level. Right now they're building nice facilities, I think an indoor field house with turf; upgraded football stadium and track; and I've heard has more football scholarships than WOU. They could possibly make it, I'm not sure. SOU could no doubt make it. If those two went D2, the College of Idaho would quickly follow, IMO. They're all wired in on scholarships (24 for football) and hoops (I believe fully funded for men's and women's at the NAIA level). The NAIA, however, has a pretty good grip on those schools. I'm not against NAIA at all and liked WOU's membership in the division, but it would be hard to go back after some pretty good success at D2 in various sports.
Gotta bite the bullet and schedule two FCS schools, IMO ... not making playoffs anyway, just cash in. I'm sure I'm totally unaware of D2 metrics and all that, don't care.
The LSC agreement is on for now, keep that. I'm not sure how that works, I believe it's four games, two home and two away. So that's 8 games if GNAC teams play twice. Gotta find two more. If I was WOU, I'd schedule two FCS money games a year to pay for things, like travel.
What we don't know, but can probably guess correctly: EOU and SOU are entrenched in their NAIA worlds. Friend of mine in La Grande told me he didn't think EOU could make it at the D2 level. Right now they're building nice facilities, I think an indoor field house with turf; upgraded football stadium and track; and I've heard has more football scholarships than WOU. They could possibly make it, I'm not sure. SOU could no doubt make it. If those two went D2, the College of Idaho would quickly follow, IMO. They're all wired in on scholarships (24 for football) and hoops (I believe fully funded for men's and women's at the NAIA level). The NAIA, however, has a pretty good grip on those schools. I'm not against NAIA at all and liked WOU's membership in the division, but it would be hard to go back after some pretty good success at D2 in various sports.
Gotta bite the bullet and schedule two FCS schools, IMO ... not making playoffs anyway, just cash in. I'm sure I'm totally unaware of D2 metrics and all that, don't care.
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