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Feels absurd, but if the ACC can do it I guess.

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On 2/12/2026 at 8:21 AM, Captain Kangaroo said:

If YSU presently has the budget, the Zips should too? 

If YSU wants to waste money on excessive travel, let them.

 

I see no value in regularly traveling to North Dakota just for the benefit of having another respectable football program in the MAC. With strained budgets and resources for both UA and its athletics department, this would be a total waste. 

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On 2/12/2026 at 8:18 AM, AkronAlumnus said:

Before NIU the closest MWC school was Wyoming.  NDSU has more juice than other MAC programs.  I'd rather have NDSU and go west than Buffalo/UMass heading east

But there never was an option to ditch Buffalo and UMass in exchange for NDSU. The option would have been to add NDSU or not. I still favor not. It is on a geographic island and no one anywhere in Ohio cares about football in the middle of the Arctic, even if it is good football. In fact, it may be even worse that we get regularly whipped by another program with low to marginal brand recognition. The added travel expenses across all sports would also be significant. No thanks.