MVFC Announces Move to FBS

[mwatje]

ESPN: MVFC Announces Move to FBS

"In a shocking development, Missouri Valley Football Conference commissioner Doug Elgin has announced that its member institutions and the league office have voted to join the Football Bowl Subdivision.

The MVFC appears to be positioning itself to join with remnents of the Big 12 (namely Iowa State, Kansas, and Kansas State) to create a Midwestern based mega conference, whose alliance would create a strong Division 1 basketball conference as well."

Article Here.

[TravelingPanther]

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I'm disappointed that there wasn't a rick roll on the other end.

[mwatje]

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Ok, so now that I have your attention with my obviously false article... I figured with all the realignment going on, it would be fun for us to make our own "Dream Conference" which of course would feature UNI. Here's mine...

"Great America Conference":
Northern Iowa
Iowa State
Southern Illinois
Northern Illinois
Mizzou
Kansas
Kansas State
Montana
North Dakota State
BYU
Boise State
Cincinnati

[casbern]

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I hate everything about this thread.

[TH1974]

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I hate everything about this thread.

The only way it could be worse is if there was something about Iowa included.

[UNIMIS2001]

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Ok, so now that I have your attention with my obviously false article... I figured with all the realignment going on, it would be fun for us to make our own "Dream Conference" which of course would feature UNI. Here's mine...

"Great America Conference":
Northern Iowa
Iowa State
Southern Illinois
Northern Illinois
Mizzou
Kansas
Kansas State
Montana
North Dakota State
BYU
Boise State
Cincinnati

+Iowa & Nebraska

There, it is worse.

[achrist70]

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Considering Doug Elgin isn't the commissioner of the MVFC I knew that this couldn't be true.

[panther-state]

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The fact that this involved Doug Elgin doing something proactive I knew that this couldn't be true.

[mwatje]

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Though exhausting, as a fan of college football I'm completely consumed by all this. At the end of the day, you have to be very happy that UNI is comfortably playing in one of the best FCS conferences with the chances of making a deep playoff run. It really would suck to be ISU right now, completely unsure of what the future holds in store.

[achrist70]

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Though exhausting, as a fan of college football I'm completely consumed by all this. At the end of the day, you have to be very happy that UNI is comfortably playing in one of the best FCS conferences with the chances of making a deep playoff run. It really would suck to be ISU right now, completely unsure of what the future holds in store.

Right now I would say that the cyclones are playing for a BCS conference with this football season, and upcoming Men's Basketball season.

[95UNIGRAD]

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ESPN was running a report on the ticker at the bottom of the screen on Saturday that Iowa State and Baylor had already made contact with the Big East - anybody heard anything further about this?

[Khan4Cats]

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ESPN was running a report on the ticker at the bottom of the screen on Saturday that Iowa State and Baylor had already made contact with the Big East - anybody heard anything further about this?

Offices were closed. No forwarding address.

[Hail Our Panthers]

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ESPN was running a report on the ticker at the bottom of the screen on Saturday that Iowa State and Baylor had already made contact with the Big East - anybody heard anything further about this?

yeah, they're interested in taking the spots that Syracuse/Pitt left when they bolted for the ACC. Haven't seen anything that would show that the Big East is interested, or not interested for that matter

[95UNIGRAD]

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Sounds like that's the plan if Texas and OU leave for PAC12 - merge what's left of the Big 12 and the Big East after the dust settles:

http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/201109202511

[JayJ79]

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the Big Tweast?