TexasTerror
February 12th, 2007, 06:53 PM
What does Indaian St want to do? Leave the Gateway? Stop football? This is the first I've heard about it and it comes from a great source, Rick Hartzell, AD at UNI. What's the deal, Gateway folks?
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Northern Iowa athletic director Rick Hartzell isn't sure adding the two Dakota schools is best for his Panther program in the short term, but he has a different long-term perspective.
"Even with the Western Kentucky defection our league is stable. But, the ground is shaking a little bit," he said. "The reason for that is we're not sure about Indiana State's long-term football future, and with Western Illinois being a member of a league (the Mid-Continent) that has a couple of other football-playing I-AA members (Southern Utah and Valparaiso), they could even leave the Gateway at some point in the future, although I know they are committed to the Gateway right now.
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2007/02/06/sports/local/doc45c896a1451f6421017164.txt
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Northern Iowa athletic director Rick Hartzell isn't sure adding the two Dakota schools is best for his Panther program in the short term, but he has a different long-term perspective.
"Even with the Western Kentucky defection our league is stable. But, the ground is shaking a little bit," he said. "The reason for that is we're not sure about Indiana State's long-term football future, and with Western Illinois being a member of a league (the Mid-Continent) that has a couple of other football-playing I-AA members (Southern Utah and Valparaiso), they could even leave the Gateway at some point in the future, although I know they are committed to the Gateway right now.
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2007/02/06/sports/local/doc45c896a1451f6421017164.txt