I would think the Valley would go after teams like Morehead State and Austin Peay before ORU.
They both have reasonable NCAA records in recent times.
musiccitybulldog wrote:I would think the Valley would go after teams like Morehead State and Austin Peay before ORU.
They both have reasonable NCAA records in recent times.
VUGrad1314 wrote:musiccitybulldog wrote:I would think the Valley would go after teams like Morehead State and Austin Peay before ORU.
They both have reasonable NCAA records in recent times.
ORU is not an appealing addition to the MVC at this time but there is at least a reasonable argument one could make for them, particularly if the rumors of them requiring faith tests for athletes aren't true or they agree to stop doing that. There is,to my mind, no such argument that can be made for any OVC school outside of Murray State and Belmont. There is almost zero chance those additions end up doing anything for the conference in the short or long term. I would rather see if UIC or UWM can get their act together or roll the dice on NKU being legit, or add schools like Green Bay and UDM than APSU or Morehead State. Leave the Horizon League to consider such schools, we in the MVC need to set our sights much higher than this.
MOST wrote: ORU at Tulsa extends the MVC footprint and increase everybody but the BEARs travel costs.
mvfcfan wrote:MOST wrote: ORU at Tulsa extends the MVC footprint and increase everybody but the BEARs travel costs.
I was thinking about this and I believe that this statement is technically not really correct. It is a 2.5 - 3 hour bus ride from Springfield to Tulsa, which is a lot shorter than the 4.5 - 5 hour ride from Springfield to Carbondale. Having MSU and ORU as travel partners; and having SIU and Murray State as travel partners actually saves everyone money on travel costs.
Also from my understanding since we would most likely still be playing 18 conference games there would be at least one set of travel partners you would not travel to in a season.
mvfcfan wrote:I'm not sure you get my point. It is slightly over 4 and a half hours from the nearest MVC school to Missouri State. It is slightly over 2 and a half hours from Missouri State to Oral Roberts. If teams are already traveling to Missouri State, what is another 2 and a half hours west?
We have to remember that this past season teams were having to travel over 4 and a half hours west to Wichita State. Also having Missouri State on an island all alone seems kind of silly to me when you could add someone halfway reasonable that is only 2 and a half hours away.
The big argument for not adding Murray State this last time around was because Missouri State would not have a travel partner. Obviously SIU and Murray State would be travel partners. Also if we can't afford to go 2 and a half hours west of Springfield then we should probably all drop to D2. I can see the travel arguments for not adding the Dakota schools and NMST/GCU, but Tulsa is not that far away.
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