Should Jamestown be accepted into the NSIC?

[SW_Mustang]

Isn't much they can do until they get a new baseball field. With them being next to each other it limits options. At one point WSU planned on building a new baseball field at the tech school and I also heard rumors they looked at building one by the softball field near the lake. This was back in 2015 or 2016 so clearly that fell through too.

Now that you mention it - I think I heard some discussion about that too. Kinda hope they can put something new together but I can see space being an issue.

There are a couple renderings out there.

[Stanger86]

Ugh, my bad! Thanks for the correction.

No problem! It has happened before where people have just seen the "Mattke Field" name and think we've played on the same field since the 1970s, or they simply looked at Wikipedia which is very wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattke..._Events_Center

[SW_Mustang]

No problem! It has happened before where people have just seen the "Mattke Field" name and think we've played on the same field since the 1970s, or they simply looked at Wikipedia which is very wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattke..._Events_Center

That explains the goof in this video - showed an arial of old Mattke and then showed the new one.

NSIC Football Stadiums

[Purple Mav Man]

As with most of my posts…not much of anything important. But, since I’m fully embracing my middle-agedness, I’m watching Aerial America on Smithsonian Channel (oh yeah) and they do one on each state.
Current episode: The Dakotas 🤣

[Otis Day]

As with most of my posts…not much of anything important. But, since I’m fully embracing my middle-agedness, I’m watching Aerial America on Smithsonian Channel (oh yeah) and they do one on each state.
Current episode: The Dakotas 🤣

That show is a national treasure. 10/10

[Purple Mav Man]

That show is a national treasure. 10/10

It’s my early weekend morning viewing generally. Ha. My daughter calls it the show that shows the states from the air. And I thought kids shortened everything…

I feel like they tried to jam too much into “The Dakotas” episode. Definitely should have been separate. Like the states.

[SW_Mustang]

As with most of my posts…not much of anything important. But, since I’m fully embracing my middle-agedness, I’m watching Aerial America on Smithsonian Channel (oh yeah) and they do one on each state.
Current episode: The Dakotas 🤣

Hey now that's a great show - aside from the fact that they're lumping Superior Dakota in with Lesser Dakota.

Loved the one they did on Nevada.

[Purple Mav Man]

Hey now that's a great show - aside from the fact that they're lumping Superior Dakota in with Lesser Dakota.

Loved the one they did on Nevada.

I think I’ve seen some states 8 times. Nevada is a good one. Nebraska is on now.

Only real complaint is most are 10-12 years old. They need an update.

[CollegeFBGuy]

Now that you mention it - I think I heard some discussion about that too. Kinda hope they can put something new together but I can see space being an issue.

There are a couple renderings out there.

Fun to look at the pictures, but that looks huge…10-15k capacity? An upper deck?

[SW_Mustang]

Fun to look at the pictures, but that looks huge…10-15k capacity? An upper deck?

I think the top one is official and does not have a second deck - the bottom one might be like a student project or something. I'm not sure.

Though a lot of these projects tend to have renderings that are way beyond what is actually going to be built.

[WSUWarriorFan]

Fun to look at the pictures, but that looks huge…10-15k capacity? An upper deck?

Most of the ones I've seen involve building a field house where the baseball field currently is then building the home bleachers into that. Essentially what the top picture is, along building more seats/bleachers on the visitor side. No need more much more then that. Although it would be fun to see them build bleachers above railroad tracks like the bottom picture although I would guess that would be a no no.

[MrMustang]

They already hired Bryan Trulen.

amazing post !

[MrMustang]

There is no Walmart in Madison....that's close to being an automatic disqualification for DSU haha. It's also a smaller town (roughly the size of Wayne America), with a smaller enrollment. I'm sure people will point to adding yet another school in "the Dakotas" (there's only one Dakota, right MrMustang?!)

On the other hand, they are making a clear investment in facilities. And while it's not situated directly on the interstate, it's a relatively easy drive for a good chunk of schools (I think I counted 7 NSICs within a 3 hour drive, including just a 50 mile drive to Sioux Falls).

This might surprise some people, but I'm lower on DSU joining than I was on Jamestown. I can see the positives, but I don't think it's as good of a fit as Jamestown.

Thats a nice football stadium. FWIW

[MrMustang]

There is no Walmart in Madison....that's close to being an automatic disqualification for DSU haha. It's also a smaller town (roughly the size of Wayne America), with a smaller enrollment. I'm sure people will point to adding yet another school in "the Dakotas" (there's only one Dakota, right MrMustang?!)

On the other hand, they are making a clear investment in facilities. And while it's not situated directly on the interstate, it's a relatively easy drive for a good chunk of schools (I think I counted 7 NSICs within a 3 hour drive, including just a 50 mile drive to Sioux Falls).

This might surprise some people, but I'm lower on DSU joining than I was on Jamestown. I can see the positives, but I don't think it's as good of a fit as Jamestown.

2 Dakotas but we can refer to then just as Dakota. Both Dakotas are awesome BTW

[MrMustang]

Now that you mention it - I think I heard some discussion about that too. Kinda hope they can put something new together but I can see space being an issue.

There are a couple renderings out there.

Is Winona joining the MVFC? Way bigger than would ever be needed! But nice