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Official : NIU to the Mountain West

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I don't recall if we ever discussed this aspect of NIU to the MWC. Mostly, it never occurred to me that MAC Nation considered NIU a part of the #3 media market of Chicago. They aren't even in Chicago. I think maybe about 60 miles away.

"The MAC will also lose the Chicago media market (#3 in the country behind Los Angeles and New York) and the Central time zone with NIU’s departure— both extremely valuable assets in any future media deal."

It's a good read on how this sports journalist describes the loss of NIU to the MAC. Interesting also that NIU had a losing history similar to us and overcame that. If you have a minute click on that link in the article that talks about the "1998 Streak Buster game".

www.hustlebelt.com

COLUMN: The loss of NIU should be a call to arms for Jon Steinbrecher and the MAC

With the shock departure of Northern Illinois and the pursuit of Toledo, the MAC has existential questions to face at a crucial juncture in college sports.
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j. spilotro said:
Probably a little bit of that. But if you snapshot crowds, interest … in spite of records and such, there’s a monumental difference. Of course, back then you had high hopes and frustrations ran high. Now we have no hopes and people just don’t care anymore. Apathy is the worst possible thing. It’s killed this program and apathy is at a high point.

I slept well last night. I don’t like that. We got smoked. It should bother me more than it does. I’d rather aim high and fall short than aim low and come near the target. If I ain’t feeling, good or bad, it’s not really worth it
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"But if you snapshot crowds, interest … in spite of records and such, there’s a monumental difference."

You lose 750 fans to apathy. Doesn't sound like much until you lose 750 fans a year for 10 years. 7500 is about the difference from what we have now to what we had then.
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CDM Era: Transfer Portal and Recruits Thread

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hrz702 said:
That’s a good video. Buddy that picked them up from the airport couldn’t be any less excited to host a recruit.
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Yeah, it didn't seem like he was all there. But we only saw snippets of it. It was a good video to get some insight on what a recruit sees on a visit. As far as the timing on the video, there could have been on a delay in the editing that made it seem like these things were decided so close together.
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Masked_rebel said:
Theres an SNL skit for that with George Washington...
"and we shall have football conferences where they have the amount of teams in their name. Big 10 will have 18, and the Big 12 will have 16..."
and what about the Pac-12 sir...
"They will have 7"
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Absolute comedic genius. His timing and dead pan delivery is unmatched.
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WarthogRebel said:
IMO, we look back and romanticize Dave.

He was here 5 years and had a worse record - year over year - each year he was here. He did make the NCAAT his first two years but fell off after that.

The reason we have fond memories is even that was better than now.

As I've said before we need to follow the Odom, Mullen hiring tactic of going after previously successful coaches who are currently out of the game and want to come back. This eliminates the buyout issue and we know the coach has at least had success somewhere. As far as attracting a coach, I believe the best place to make a comeback is to a program that has failed miserably but has had past success. That us us. Any coach who comes here and gets to the Tourney a couple of years in a row will be a hot commodity. That is the selling point. " Come here, have success and go to a huge job" Then we do it again with buyout $$.

I think Harper is a smart guy. If he can show a new coach he has the NIL $$ he can get a coach. A good one. The real issue is can we get the NIL funds to get the players.
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Come on down Bob Huggins...
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Gator 82 said:
Why is the Big 10 called the Big 10 when they have 18 teams and the Big 12 called the Big 12 when they have 16?
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Theres an SNL skit for that with George Washington...
"and we shall have football conferences where they have the amount of teams in their name. Big 10 will have 18, and the Big 12 will have 16..."
and what about the Pac-12 sir...
"They will have 7"
Kenan Thompson Snl GIF by Saturday Night Live
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Boston Rebel 2
Bullmastiff 1 said:
I'm still all for a reverse merger except for OSU and USU.

OSU because holy crap outside of a few folks, that is an insufferable fan base...

USU because they act like they were part of the 'Rebuild the PAC architects' not 'Holy crap Memphis said not contingency plans that they are'
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I would be for it even with their insufferable base simply because it would be better for us financially and it would be fun to beat their ass on the regular.
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