Augustana SD discussing moving to D1, possibly joining Pioneer

[JacksFan40]

Been seeing discussion about this on both SDSUFans and the USD board. Augustana in Sioux Falls reportedly will recieve a 150 million dollar donation from Sanford, not sure if Denny or the company, and will move all sports to D1. I've put this on the FCS discussion board as they'd be going non-scholly for football and joining the Pioneer.
link to the SDSU forum http://sdsufans.com/board/showthread...-to-the-Summit
Link to USD forum http://usdcoyotesports.proboards.com...gustana-summit
This is probably just Sioux Falls reporters making this rumor up, they'd love to have a D1 school down there.

[nodak651]

Been seeing discussion about this on both SDSUFans and the USD board. Augustana in Sioux Falls reportedly will recieve a 150 million dollar donation from Sanford, not sure if Denny or the company, and will move all sports to D1. I've put this on the FCS discussion board as they'd be going non-scholly for football and joining the Pioneer.
link to the SDSU forum http://sdsufans.com/board/showthread...-to-the-Summit
Link to USD forum http://usdcoyotesports.proboards.com...gustana-summit
This is probably just Sioux Falls reporters making this rumor up, they'd love to have a D1 school down there.

Gross. Don't see how this would benefit any of the Dakotas.

[JacksFan40]

Gross. Don't see how this would benefit any of the Dakotas.

It's just for the Sioux Falls people who want a D1 team in Sioux Falls.

[BisonFan02]

.........no.

NCC 2.0....time for NDSU to go if this happens.

[jacksfan29]

.........no.

NCC 2.0....time for NDSU to go if this happens.

SDSU better be right by your side. No interest in this happening.

As for the Sanford rumor, so far, it seems to be just a message board rumor which started at 100 million and has now been raised to 150 million.

[cx500d]

.........no.

NCC 2.0....time for NDSU to go if this happens.

I was at that game; it was cold.


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[clenz]

I laid my thoughts out in another thread but I’ll sum it up here.

The last thing SD, ND, MN, IA, WI, MO, IL and KS need is another D1 school. Football status doesn’t matter. This population base is already vastly over saturated


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[Laker]

I think it would be a huge mistake for Augie to go D1. But suddenly there sure is a lot of talk about it.

[Model Citizen]

SDSU fans seem to think that by denying Augustana an invitation to the Summit, they can keep them out of D-I altogether.

I would say that if Augustana wants to move up, the Summit won't be their only choice. The WAC would take them in a Fargo minute.

[jacksfan29]

SDSU fans seem to think that by denying Augustana an invitation to the Summit, they can keep them out of D-I altogether.

I would say that if Augustana wants to move up, the Summit won't be their only choice. The WAC would take them in a Fargo minute.

And they are welcome to go to the WAC. Of course, a school with 2,000 students, private (no state funding), who studied the issue before and found they could not afford the move, can now afford to fly to LasCruces, Phoenix, Seattle, Salt Lake City... The only shot that school has in surviving is in the Summit League and PFL. And they can't afford that. This is a really bad idea, driven by the egos of some Sioux Falls businessmen with money who see the success of the SLT and SDSU and want a piece of the pie. South Dakota cannot support 3 D1 schools and have them all succeed. It is a crazy, idiotic, stupid idea.