Originally Posted by
Mike296
Part of me has wondered since they made the start of their transition up from D3 if St Thomas could feasibly go Scholly football in like 10-15 years depending on the landscape of CFB at that point. If we get certain D2 schools that move up by that point(Looking at you Ferris and Grand Valley State heck maybe even my pipe dream of Mankato you can throw into the conversation) the geography problem would be lessened. Even right now is the OVC really that far off from being able to entice St Thomas as a FB only member? I doubt the MVFC would want them right away so that’s out of the question.
For hypothetical purposes a conference of
Eastern Illinois
Western Illinois
Lindenwood
Tennessee-Martin
Tennessee Tech
Tennessee St
SEMO
St Thomas
Grand Valley St
Ferris St
Is that really that bad geographically? I personally wouldn’t think so. I think the Pioneer League is arguably more travel distance for St Thomas than this would be. You don’t have the trips to California, Florida and New York which are outliers. Having 6/10 members within a reasonable distance isn’t a bad thing.
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