BIG SKY NORTH
-Portland State
-EWU
-Montana
-Montana State
-North Dakota
-South Dakota
-Northern Colorado
BIG SKY SOUTH
-Weber State
-Idaho State
-UC-Davis
-Cal Poly
-Southern Utah
-NAU
-Sac State
With this format you keep several good rivalries alive such as:
-Montana vs Montana State
-North vs. South Dakota
-Portland State vs EWU
-Weber vs Idaho State (and the revival of the Weber vs Southern Utah game.)
- UC-Davis vs. Cal Poly & Sac State
-Southern Utah vs. NAU (Becomming somewhat of a rivalry game since we have played every year now for 3 seasons...now if SUU could only finish!
)Also in terms of geography this is the best i could come up with and at the same time maintain the rivalry games. I did notice that the travel for some Northern teams would be much larger then the Southern however it could easily work with the teams alternating between the Dakotas so they only have to go once a year. I think both conferences look pretty good and would be as competitive as the other. Cant wait for the conference to become a reality.
, so it is actually a dieing rivalry, not dead just dieing, but if SUU joins it would respark the "Civil War" North vs South. Even if SUU is in a different division, The WIldcats and Thunderbirds could still play every year, if they are willing to schedule each other.
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