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Quote from: PauldingLightUP on Today at 01:17:22 PMAnd the last WIAC Presto site bites the dust. UW-Platteville goes over the Sidearm today with the start of a new year.

Thank goodness.

Bummer. It'll be really hard to get box scores out of there on our site now.

IIRC SID's can log into their old Presto login and update all the links like live stats, video and box scores to send to Presto? And most don't because of time and they think it's unnecessary etc.? Which is really unfortunate for d3hoops.com

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Quote from: GoldandBlueBU on Today at 02:28:47 PM

Quote from: art76 on Today at 11:51:55 AMWe would like to approach alumni donors but are not allowed to.

I'm curious about this one...my first thought was that the sciences departments at BU have been pretty strong - though probably small compared to some schools for some time now - I would think there would be a decent cohort of alumni in that area who would be willing and able to help.

I assume there are some rules / restrictions on use of alumni email lists?

It's that, and also the Advancement Office working on other STEM fundraising initiatives simultaneously. If you've (theoretically) got a big Physics lab you're working to build/fund, and that's the priority, then you don't want multiple groups reaching out to math and physics grads. You go to a key donor to get his contribution, but he already gave to another initiative, not knowing that wasn't the university priority.

There's been some hurdles for the Bethel Gridiron Club in those regards as well. We've got a bunch of alumni contact info, but the advancement office doesn't want rogue fundraising that pulls away from say, the new track/stadium upgrades.

Add to that, we're not OSU with B1G money and massive pockets to keep tapping year in and year out. That's probably the primary hurdle for Art and Co. Having said that, I'd love to see Art roll into the national competition and throw down!

Exactly.

Quote from: GoldandBlueBU on Today at 02:28:47 PM

Quote from: art76 on Today at 11:51:55 AMWe would like to approach alumni donors but are not allowed to.

I'm curious about this one...my first thought was that the sciences departments at BU have been pretty strong - though probably small compared to some schools for some time now - I would think there would be a decent cohort of alumni in that area who would be willing and able to help.

I assume there are some rules / restrictions on use of alumni email lists?

Even - access to them. That's one of the huge frustrations. Everything is "clamped down" making it difficult to move/act on making connections. We've no doubt that there are alumni willing to assist, but we are not allowed to approach them for fear we would be contacting them "too often", or that if they decide to give us a small donation now that we might keep them from giving more/a larger donation at some future date.

Quote from: GoldandBlueBU on Today at 02:28:47 PM

Quote from: art76 on Today at 11:51:55 AMWe would like to approach alumni donors but are not allowed to.

I'm curious about this one...my first thought was that the sciences departments at BU have been pretty strong - though probably small compared to some schools for some time now - I would think there would be a decent cohort of alumni in that area who would be willing and able to help.

I assume there are some rules / restrictions on use of alumni email lists?

It's that, and also the Advancement Office working on other STEM fundraising initiatives simultaneously. If you've (theoretically) got a big Physics lab you're working to build/fund, and that's the priority, then you don't want multiple groups reaching out to math and physics grads. You go to a key donor to get his contribution, but he already gave to another initiative, not knowing that wasn't the university priority.

There's been some hurdles for the Bethel Gridiron Club in those regards as well. We've got a bunch of alumni contact info, but the advancement office doesn't want rogue fundraising that pulls away from say, the new track/stadium upgrades.

Add to that, we're not OSU with B1G money and massive pockets to keep tapping year in and year out. That's probably the primary hurdle for Art and Co. Having said that, I'd love to see Art roll into the national competition and throw down!

Quote from: OzJohnnie on June 26, 2025, 06:59:14 PMThe football kickoff luncheon is on August 20th.  Hopefully, someone on the boards goes to that and can report back as it's the next big news event available to us.

Oz, where are you seeing that?  I want to register but I can't find anything.

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Quote from: Inkblot on May 23, 2025, 01:24:07 PMNot having to go through the waiting period 26 years ago is a fair point, but I don't see any problems with the current setup.

Agree with this 100%! The MAC is also looking to grow and there are several institutions lined up and waiting. A couple are obvious, natural fits. A couple, not so much. There is also a very slim chance that if this planned growth to a magic 20 teams occurs, if a couple of the schools that are deep in the evaluation process of adding football make the decision to do so, the MAC could also become a 12 team, 2 division football conference and could really insulate themselves (as is the plan) from losing a couple of schools due to closing/merger or even dropping athletics.

With what is going on with the Conference Carousel/Conference Roulette across the country, the MAC could set themselves up beautifully, to be able to afford some attrition. In football, a 12 team, 2 division conference could easily revert to becoming a 10 team (like now) conference. Look at how many conferences are a school or two away from losing the AQ and/or their conference evaporating. The MAC could set themselves up for years to come with nary a worry if they can get to 20 institutions.

Marywood is the latest domino to fall in the MAC's quest to become a 20 team conference with the two divisions. The conference is trying to get ahead of the continued purge and making the conference somewhat bullet proof in the process for years to come. There are a few UEC/AEC schools that have decisions to make.......and sooner than later. A school or two will be left holding the bag in my opinion (I was going with the bride left at the altar but that hits too close to home).

By the start of the school year/end of the calendar year, we might very well see a few more schools make the move to the MAC, an existing school or two announcing their demise, a possible (getting smaller every day) merger/takeover with one long time institution and the additions of football by as little as one (or zero) or as many as three schools. A couple of the schools evaluating the football situation have looked at Misericordia, Eastern and Alvernia, from top to bottom and have studied the impact on enrollment (much more than success on the field).

The MAC was one of the largest, if not the largest conference many years ago. Could that happen again?

Luther will probably be at least better than the current bottom tier in the Midwest for football. Kinda hard to see them any lower than 3-4 wins going forward in the league.

I know for sure in Tennis, they will give Grinnell all they can handle and then some. Faced their program a decade-ish ago at their place, (They had indoor courts) and they were good...too bad they had to play second fiddle to Coe in most years.

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on Today at 02:00:42 PM

Quote from: PauldingLightUP on Today at 01:17:22 PMAnd the last WIAC Presto site bites the dust. UW-Platteville goes over the Sidearm today with the start of a new year.

Thank goodness.

Bummer. It'll be really hard to get box scores out of there on our site now.

Quote from: art76 on Today at 11:51:55 AMWe would like to approach alumni donors but are not allowed to.

I'm curious about this one...my first thought was that the sciences departments at BU have been pretty strong - though probably small compared to some schools for some time now - I would think there would be a decent cohort of alumni in that area who would be willing and able to help.

I assume there are some rules / restrictions on use of alumni email lists?

I'm wondering if we will see Colorado College pop up on another MIAA non-conference schedule. The CC women's team is playing in the Calvin/Hope Classic the weekend the men's team will play at Calvin. Have to imagine the men's team will get a second game on that trip and we know it isn't Hope.