Big Sky & Realignment - Greeley Tribune

[TexasTerror]

Two articles from the Greeley Tribune regarding the Big Sky and college realignment...and props to BSC Commissioner Doug Fullerton for stealing SLC Commissioner Tom Burnett's line regarding the 'epicenter'. It's the best quote for college realignment! ;)

BIG SKY STAYS WATCHFUL: Conference keeps its hand on pulse of possible realignment


Maybe Big Sky Conference commissioner Doug Fullerton put it best when he compared the recent conference realignment at the Football Bowl Subdivision level to an earthquake.

“The damage that is done depends on how close to the epicenter you live,” Fullerton said. “That is the story of earthquakes and of conference realignment.”

http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20100711/SPORTS/100719981/1012&parentprofile=1010

College football expansion still hot topic
Presence of postseason playoff should deter big mergers in Football Championship Subdivision, but still possible



“Super-size me” appears to be the latest trend in college football.

With more realignment at the Football Bowl Subdivision possible in years to come, superconferences appear to be the wave of the future at the FBS level.

Could it become the trend at the Football Championship Subdivision level as well once an NCAA moratorium on institutions moving to the FBS is lifted in August 2011?

http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20100711/SPORTS/100719976/1012&parentprofile=1010

[TokyoGriz]

Things are NOT going to stay the same as they are now thats for sure. Just a choice of Moving up to FBS or staying FCS and playing mostly Div II schools and junior colleges for Montana.

It really is not easy to find schools to play in the West. If a handful of the current schools do move up in the west it will be even harder. Having a few Div II schools maybe move up wont add to the Big Sky conferences credibility. We already have Northern Colorado adding 2-3 more teams of the same caliber would not be helpful.

[darell1976]

Things are NOT going to stay the same as they are now thats for sure. Just a choice of Moving up to FBS or staying FCS and playing mostly Div II schools and junior colleges for Montana.

It really is not easy to find schools to play in the West. If a handful of the current schools do move up in the west it will be even harder. Having a few Div II schools maybe move up wont add to the Big Sky conferences credibility. We already have Northern Colorado adding 2-3 more teams of the same caliber would not be helpful.

You could combine the Big Sky and the Great West but that would be 15 teams if no BSC team moves to the FBS. Or you could add the two Cali teams, and the 2 Dakota teams that leaves SUU on the outside. But here is my question what would happen first BSC teams moving to the FBS first then adding new teams or adding new teams before BSC teams move to the FBS? Either way I want UND out of the Great West and into a conference with an AQ.

[NDB]

Things are NOT going to stay the same as they are now thats for sure. Just a choice of Moving up to FBS or staying FCS and playing mostly Div II schools and junior colleges for Montana.

It really is not easy to find schools to play in the West. If a handful of the current schools do move up in the west it will be even harder. Having a few Div II schools maybe move up wont add to the Big Sky conferences credibility. We already have Northern Colorado adding 2-3 more teams of the same caliber would not be helpful.

Well, if you dumbasses would have added NDSU and SDSU to your conference we wouldn't be having this conversation.

[Silenoz]

Well, if you dumbasses (as in everyone in the Big Sky besides the Montana schools) would have added NDSU and SDSU to your conference we wouldn't be having this conversation.
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[Squealofthepig]

Yeah. I think there are quite a few Montana/Montana State fans in general who were really annoyed to not see NDSU/SDSU added to the Big Sky, and still view it as a lost opportunity to strengthen the conference.