Should Jamestown be accepted into the NSIC?

[NorthDakotaDragon]

I see Jamestown lost to Mayville St this weekend to drop them to 0-4. The NSIC is going to chew them up and spit them out for years to come.

[zimmy21]

I see Jamestown lost to Mayville St this weekend to drop them to 0-4. The NSIC is going to chew them up and spit them out for years to come.

Now we know why the Southwest guys are so excited for them to join

[oldyellaHer69]

Now we know why the Southwest guys are so excited for them to join

Mutual respect!

[vikingfaithful]

Mutual respect!

MSUM has 36 North Dakota young men on their roster, most from the Fargo metro. Question is, can the Jimmies get sone of those players to make that 98 mile drive on I94 to commit to be Jims?

[Stanger86]

MSUM has 36 North Dakota young men on their roster, most from the Fargo metro. Question is, can the Jimmies get sone of those players to make that 98 mile drive on I94 to commit to be Jims?

To be accurate, only about half of the 34 kids from North Dakota on the MSUM roster are from the greater Fargo-Moorhead area. The other half are a closer drive to Jamestown than they are to Moorhead. But to each their own.

[Stanger86]

Now we know why the Southwest guys are so excited for them to join

Not really, actually. The biggest things I've been stressing are that there is more to being a Division II institution than just success on the football field, and that a school doesn't need to be in a town of 100,000 people to be competitive in Division II.

I'm well aware that the SMSU football team sucks right now and is having its worst 10-year stretch since the 70s and 80s. Lucky for me, I know that there are more sports offered in the NSIC than just football, like volleyball where the Mustangs are atop the NSIC and No. 4 in the national poll.

[Purple Mav Man]

Not really, actually. The biggest things I've been stressing are that there is more to being a Division II institution than just success on the football field, and that a school doesn't need to be in a town of 100,000 people to be competitive in Division II.

I'm well aware that the SMSU football team sucks right now and is having its worst 10-year stretch since the 70s and 80s. Lucky for me, I know that there are more sports offered in the NSIC than just football, like volleyball where the Mustangs are atop the NSIC and No. 4 in the national poll.

It is very weird though that on a football message board, people discuss football.

Congrats on being good at regular season volleyball.

[Stanger86]

It is very weird though that on a football message board, people discuss football.

Never said it's bad to discuss football.

I just think it's important to understand that a university's acceptance to Division II and the NSIC should be more nuanced than just how many wins the football team gets and how far away they are from the Twin Cities.

[Stanger86]

Peru State is in the footprint. And they have football. Sign em up

It's well outside of the footprint, by 170 miles/2.75 hours. Try again.

Unless you were talking about their bid to join the MIAA....

[Purple Mav Man]

Never said it's bad to discuss football.

I just think it's important to understand that a university's acceptance to Division II and the NSIC should be more nuanced than just how many wins the football team gets and how far away they are from the Twin Cities.

Didn’t say you said it was bad. I’m simply saying people continue to bring up football because of the platform.

We all know that it is about more than football. We get it. And nobody cares how far Jamestown is from the Twin Cities. Being a small school reliant on athletes for enrollment in a sparsely populated state with two other D2 students institutions is much more relevant. And the point.

[Purple Mav Man]

It's well outside of the footprint, by 170 miles/2.75 hours. Try again.

Unless you were talking about their bid to join the MIAA....

Ok, Martin Luther. Great add.

[CheapSkate]

Just came here to say, Happy One-Year Anniversary to this thread!!!! And many more...

[Augieholic]

Ok, Martin Luther. Great add.

BRB starting a new thread..."95 Theses on why Martin Luther should be in the NSIC"

[vikingfaithful]

BRB starting a new thread..."95 Theses on why Martin Luther should be in the NSIC"

Will he nail a printout to the Burnsville office front door?

[Purple Mav Man]

BRB starting a new thread..."95 Theses on why Martin Luther should be in the NSIC"

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