Otis 83 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I'm sure we're going to make some new Southland Conference "friends" that will poke at us on the message board but I will be shocked if any of them are the kind of classless toads that some of the Dakota fans have been. Not all of them, mind you, but some of them (case in point in this thready). They found a way to make me miss some of the Valpo fans. I truly underappreciated how classy they were as a group. The most irritating Valpo fan was immeasurably classier than the the bottom 25% of these Dakota trolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmh8286 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 The most irritating Valpo fan was immeasurably classier than the the bottom 25% of these Dakota trolls. Were you around when ValpoRick was frequenting our board, Otis? I think that guy topped all . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Hey look the Summit Leagues projected champion is a #13 seed and the Southland projected champ is a #16 with a play in game. http://espn.go.com/m...ll/bracketology Conference RPI, as of 12/3: Southland Conference: #23 Summit League: #24 Conference RPI 12/3 Conference Strength Of Schedule RPI, as of 12/3: Southland Conference: #6 Summit League: #26 Conference Strength of Schedule RPI Yes, it's early in the season. But, it's plain to see that the Summit is not about to produce a #13 Seed without Oral Roberts (and its non-conference schedule) propping up the league RPI anymore. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Yeah...Oakland has been getting ripped almost every game.....the Summit will miss ORU when it comes to RPI and signature out of conference wins......but hey....NDSU has a heck of a football team..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FargoBison Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Conference RPI, as of 12/3: Southland Conference: #23 Summit League: #24 Conference RPI 12/3 Conference Strength Of Schedule RPI, as of 12/3: Southland Conference: #6 Summit League: #26 Conference Strength of Schedule RPI Yes, it's early in the season. But, it's plain to see that the Summit is not about to produce a #13 Seed without Oral Roberts (and its non-conference schedule) propping up the league RPI anymore. Well Lunardi's latest S-Curve does have it as being pretty close between the two conferences with NDSU being the Summit rep at a 15 seed and SFA at 16. And OT I do miss you mixing it up with the Rabbits, blasting Summit League refs and ranting about the great white north. The Summit just isn't the same. Good luck in the Southland this year ORU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmh8286 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Thanks, FargoBison. Good luck to you guys as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 TheEagleman will hoist a cold Old Milwaukee in honor of FargoBison and 89Rabbit tonight!..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Conference RPI, as of 12/9: Southland Conference: #13 Summit League: #23 Conference RPI 12/9 Conference Strength Of Schedule RPI, as of 12/9: Southland Conference: #4 Summit League: #22 Conference Strength of Schedule RPI_12/9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 The truth hurts...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 At this point, the automatic qualifiers representing the Southland Conference and the Summit League are both projected to be #15 Seeds: The Bracket Matrix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUalum Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 rpiforecast.com projects the Summit finishes 23rd and the Southland 24th. if this plays out the move is a wash for basketball and a big improvement for baseball...not to mention all the added benefits in travel, weather, recruiting, etc. Mike Carter must be smiling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Just wait till we start beating these guys in the SLC, and their presidents (in response to incensed donors and alumni) start pressuring the AD and head coach that "it's bad for business to be losing like that to a little bible college in Tulsa." Result: they will put more money in their programs, hire better coaches, improve their facilities, upgrade their non-conference schedules, and start winning more. It's what happened in the Summit - and all because of little ol' us... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacAlum Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 At this point, the SLC could spend zero dollars on facility upgrades in the near future and be light years ahead of the Summit. ORU is leaving a Division I conference in which half the members couldn't field a baseball team and the other half didn't have facilities that met turn of the 20th century standards (lights, seats, restrooms). How embarrassing to miss games due to darkness. ORU is now entering a conference in which all of the schools, even the ones just now making the transition to D-I already have that. Neither conference is probably going to turn into a perennial mid-major force anytime soon, so as you guys have said, it's probably a wash for hoops. Although, the SLC has a pretty deep basketball history even though its known for football and baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterns78 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 This is a good thread, very informative. Those things above being said, I personally want the Summit to do well. Any good publicity they receive for the next couple of years will have to also consider that ORU perennially led the league. I can hear Dick Vitale now talking about us ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 The worm continues to turn, even sooner than I thought: CBSsports.com bracketologist Jerry Palm has Southland rep Stephen F. Austin as a #12 seed in his latest projection, while Summit champ North Dakota State is merely a #14:Jerry Palm bracket 12/27/12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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