Re: Augie to the Summit?
Don't give Krabbenhoft any ideas.
They may have room to fudge their tuition, but at 1,600 undergrads the school will have an issue paying their bills eventually. Drake is mentioned, but Drake has almost 6,000 students in a metro area of almost 700,000. A far cry from Augustana's under 2,000 students in a metro area, with a lot of rural poor residents, of almost 250,000.
There were several portions of Zimmer's article I found interesting. Augie is going D1 to take advantage of one weekend per year? The SLT? Yes they found success in D2, after NDSU, SDSU, USD and UND left. Even prior to USD and UND leaving Augie was an average D2 University. Football? I suggest if they move up they drop it entirely. Same with wrestling. Plus, there is no guarantee they get into the Summit. Herbster did mention in an earlier article they had spoken about some former NCC foes moving up. I highly doubt Augustana was one of those schools. It has long been known Douple has had his eye on Mankato and St. Cloud. I really have my doubts that either SDSU or USD want Augustana moving. Corporate dollars are important to the two schools.
But, it is Sioux Falls, the center of the universe, king of me too. Led by the Krabbenhoft's of the world it is possible Augustana gets talked into something they are not prepared for, financially or institutionally.
Originally posted by Nidaros
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They may have room to fudge their tuition, but at 1,600 undergrads the school will have an issue paying their bills eventually. Drake is mentioned, but Drake has almost 6,000 students in a metro area of almost 700,000. A far cry from Augustana's under 2,000 students in a metro area, with a lot of rural poor residents, of almost 250,000.
There were several portions of Zimmer's article I found interesting. Augie is going D1 to take advantage of one weekend per year? The SLT? Yes they found success in D2, after NDSU, SDSU, USD and UND left. Even prior to USD and UND leaving Augie was an average D2 University. Football? I suggest if they move up they drop it entirely. Same with wrestling. Plus, there is no guarantee they get into the Summit. Herbster did mention in an earlier article they had spoken about some former NCC foes moving up. I highly doubt Augustana was one of those schools. It has long been known Douple has had his eye on Mankato and St. Cloud. I really have my doubts that either SDSU or USD want Augustana moving. Corporate dollars are important to the two schools.
But, it is Sioux Falls, the center of the universe, king of me too. Led by the Krabbenhoft's of the world it is possible Augustana gets talked into something they are not prepared for, financially or institutionally.
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