Should Jamestown be accepted into the NSIC?

[Millsy]

From what I hear they have a more than decent ACHA D1 club hockey team. Maybe the end goal is to play D1 hockey.

If that is the case, they are going to need really big dollars as they will need a rink.... Mary and Minot at least have rinks that would work.

[vikingfaithful]

What’s their end goal? Just having the label of NCAA?

I don’t see them having a sport that they will be good at. They will need to pay $120k to compete for top coaches since they don’t have a pension. Crookston at least has baseball.

Think Jims are making it up as time passes. Driving buses and vans to Nebraska wasn't substantiable, costly, no natural rivals and being the pariah of the GPAC. They recognized the opportunity with the NSIC and pounced on it. Just so happened they were the only applicant for the opening and have a perfect location. AD's at NSU, MSU, MARY and MSUM are very pleased.

[laker]

Think Jims are making it up as time passes. Driving buses and vans to Nebraska wasn't substantiable, costly, no natural rivals and being the pariah of the GPAC. They recognized the opportunity with the NSIC and pounced on it. Just so happened they were the only applicant for the opening and have a perfect location. AD's at NSU, MSU, MARY and MSUM are very pleased.

If another spot ever opens up look for Dakota State to come running.

[NSU4LIFE]

Think Jims are making it up as time passes. Driving buses and vans to Nebraska wasn't substantiable, costly, no natural rivals and being the pariah of the GPAC. They recognized the opportunity with the NSIC and pounced on it. Just so happened they were the only applicant for the opening and have a perfect location. AD's at NSU, MSU, MARY and MSUM are very pleased.

I dont know anyone excited about that.

Of course this is from a former athlete, alumni mentality...but when we got to compete against USD, SDSU, etc I viewed it as a gift. The old NSIC was fun but you were still little brother to the NCC in almost everything. When I got to compete against those other schools, and win, that was the ultimate. Im 100% against success due to lowering the bar, and that is my fear moving forward. When/if we lose Augie and Mankato and whoever else, addition by subtraction isnt a fulfilling award. You should want to chase greatness. CSP volleyball set the bar and raised the level of Volleyball in the NSIC, that is a perfect example.

I know, im getting too deep. But I, for one, love the challenge of catching up to a school. Anyone who is competitive should.

[vikingfaithful]

I dont know anyone excited about that.

Of course this is from a former athlete, alumni mentality...but when we got to compete against USD, SDSU, etc I viewed it as a gift. The old NSIC was fun but you were still little brother to the NCC in almost everything. When I got to compete against those other schools, and win, that was the ultimate. Im 100% against success due to lowering the bar, and that is my fear moving forward. When/if we lose Augie and Mankato and whoever else, addition by subtraction isnt a fulfilling award. You should want to chase greatness. CSP volleyball set the bar and raised the level of Volleyball in the NSIC, that is a perfect example.

I know, im getting to deep. But I, for one, love the challenge of catching up to school. Anyone who is competitive should.

I'm in full agreement with your sentiment. Last year when we ruffled SDSU feathers it was delicious feeling. The biggest winner was UJ after that bean counting AD's in North. I'm sure for competitive reasons fans would have preferred the John boys from SJU. I don't know much about MIAC maybe Johnnies nothing special.

[Stanger86]

I know, im getting too deep. But I, for one, love the challenge of catching up to a school. Anyone who is competitive should.

But yet Jamestown is criticized by most here for wanting the same thing....how dare they want to raise their profile as a university!

[Purple Mav Man]

Have they? Being known as Crookston 2.0? The new bottom feeder of NSIC?

What will their sport be? club hockey?

If their goal was to get a bunch of message boards idiots to pay attention… BIG SUCCESS!

🙋🏼♂️

[Purple Mav Man]

But yet Jamestown is criticized by most here for wanting the same thing....how dare they want to raise their profile as a university!

The biggest criticism from me (and I think most) is of the conference for taking Jamestown. And for those exact reasons.

Good on Jamestown for wanting to be tested.
The NSIC made itself weaker with the addition they didn’t need to make.

[oldyellaHer69]

If their goal was to get a bunch of message boards idiots to pay attention… BIG SUCCESS!

🙋🏼♂️

200 pages worth, more pub than CSP has received ever!

[SW_Mustang]

If CSP is better than SMSU, and SMSU is better than Jamestown, and Jamestown is better than CSP - and Bemidji can't win a game against anybody, and Mary exists...

The NSIC has been pretty fun this year, if you're into that kind of madness!

[laker]

200 pages worth, more pub than CSP has received ever!

Oh, Concordia doesn't mind. They have nine of these. The next closest school has four.

[zimmy21]

Oh, Concordia doesn't mind. They have nine of these. The next closest school has four.

I hate them but they definitely raised the bar for the conference

[MrMustang]

I think with the announcement by Mankato on the new football stadium it is clear they will be joining NDSU and SDSU in FCS soon. That will maybe chnage things for the rest of the league in every sport.

[CollegeFBGuy]

I think with the announcement by Mankato on the new football stadium it is clear they will be joining NDSU and SDSU in FCS soon. That will maybe chnage things for the rest of the league in every sport.

I didn’t realize how the FCS craze is different in the Midwest compared to most of the rest of the country.

[njmav1]

I think with the announcement by Mankato on the new football stadium it is clear they will be joining NDSU and SDSU in FCS soon. That will maybe chnage things for the rest of the league in every sport.

I'm not sure why people think that. They've had several chances in the past and it always came down to funding the football program. Unless something is going on behind the scenes I don't think FCS is in the cards. In any event I'll simply appreciate and contribute what I can to the new stadium.