Welcome to the MVFC...

[CatsRule04]

University of South Dakota Coyotes. So much for not having 10 members...

http://tribstar.com/breakingnews/x10...a-to-join-MVFC

[06panther10]

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USD, SDSU, NDSU combined 1-10 against UNI in the last 5 seasons.

Welcome to the MVFC.

[Panther-Sheik]

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I love this move! This is a positive for UNI I believe.

[Cat80]

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This makes sense ONLY if YSU has given hints they are thinking about moving on.

[jegbomb52]

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This makes sense ONLY if YSU has given hints they are thinking about moving on.

13 years ago Youngstown State joined a premier I-AA conference with aspirations of being the dominant power house of that conference. Apparently they didn't realize that UNI was going to take that role. Seriously, Isn't YSU like 2*-12 against UNI since joining the Valley?

*denotes Mike Dunbar years.

[Chitown Panther]

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Geography is tough for those schools. They can really only recruit Minneapolis, Omaha....maybe Iowa outside of their own state.

Alo/CF is 4 hours to Minneapolis, Omaha, KC, St. Louis, and Chicago.....pretty good location really.

[Panther-Sheik]

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This makes sense ONLY if YSU has given hints they are thinking about moving on.

In the current atmosphere of FCS (and FBS) football I think this is a very good and smart preemptive move by the conference. It wouldn't take much for the MVFC to drop to 6 teams almost overnight. It also happens to benefit us almost more than any other team in the conference from a monetary standpoint, so I think it is great. One more benefit is that it gives us more statewide exposure. Maybe we can actually recruit more than the current 5 PSC members from NW Iowa!

[DavedS]

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13 years ago Youngstown State joined a premier I-AA conference with aspirations of being the dominant power house of that conference. Apparently they didn't realize that UNI was going to take that role. Seriously, Isn't YSU like 2*-12 against UNI since joining the Valley?

*denotes Mike Dunbar years.

YSU joined a 1-AA conference because it was becoming increasingly difficult to get into the playoffs as an independent.Our aspirations are to make the playoffs and win the NC.Unfortunately since Tressel left us many years ago we havent had sucess in our aspirations.If you research ancient history you will find that way back in 1997 when we won our last NC--we came in THIRD PLACE in the Gateway Conference.I can honestly say,(and its not just because we've never won one)that YSU fans consider conference titles meaningless.As we all know YSU has been an automatic W on UNI's schedule for the past 10 years but I honestly believe that from here on out the Panthers will have their hands full.Tressel's era is now ancient history and Heacock's era will soon be.

[Chitown Panther]

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UNI has always had their hands full with YSU....that will never change. Just like UNI being dominant in the GFC/MVFC, Ill State having the best athletes, YSU having the best recruiting grounds, NDSU having a HUGE ego, SIU being a basketball school....etc....

In UNI minds....we could care less we beat YSU in 2007 when you won the championship.....but we're still pissed about 1992...

[06panther10]

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YSU joined a 1-AA conference because it was becoming increasingly difficult to get into the playoffs as an independent.Our aspirations are to make the playoffs and win the NC.Unfortunately since Tressel left us many years ago we havent had sucess in our aspirations.If you research ancient history you will find that way back in 1997 when we won our last NC--we came in THIRD PLACE in the Gateway Conference.I can honestly say,(and its not just because we've never won one)that YSU fans consider conference titles meaningless.As we all know YSU has been an automatic W on UNI's schedule for the past 10 years but I honestly believe that from here on out the Panthers will have their hands full.Tressel's era is now ancient history and Heacock's era will soon be.

You devalue conference titles, because you guys don't win very many of them. Conference championships are important, and we take a lot of pride in winning this conference. And so would YSU if they starting actually winning this conference once and a while.

But that's not to say the main goal isn't about winning a national championship. It is, has been, and always will be all about winning the whole thing, and that remains priority #1 at UNI. We have come close, but have fallen short of that goal thus far.

[run&blade]

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I would think YSU strugglin has more to do with Tressel being gone then YSU joining the Gateway/Valley.

[Trapped in California]

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I would think YSU strugglin has more to do with Tressel being gone then YSU joining the Gateway/Valley.

I think it has more to do with being in Youngstown.

[Purrrrrfect]

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I think it has more to do with the mascot being a fluffy Penguin

[9YRPLAN]

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i blame it on Mo Clarett

[Big_Al]

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University of South Dakota Coyotes. So much for not having 10 members...

http://tribstar.com/breakingnews/x10...a-to-join-MVFC

I have to think Farley likes having the Coyotes on the schedule when he's recruiting kids from Sioux City.