You can bet the two Alaska schools would probably love that idea. A guaranteed Denver-CC or UMTC-UWM (Minnesota-Wisconsin) matchup! Cha-ching! Is anyone on the list from Alaska?

Nathan


On 5/5/09 12:33 PM, "Bob Griebel" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Under the topic of scenarios that deserve serious consideration, does it
make sense for the WCHA to take Alaska Fairbanks as a way to make
conference travel more manageable for both the WCHA and CCHA, leaving
the CCHA to replace Fairbanks with one of the more easterly Midwest
teams needing a conference, perhaps Huntsville?  It seems we've moved
beyond the considerations that initially put one Alaska school in each
conference.  Might it be time to realign what have become established
programs using practical geographic considerations?

Bob Griebel



Hampton, Nathan E. wrote:
> We should have a poll of some kind to guess the 12th team (which reminds me of my favorite Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt movie, Twelve Monkeys). We have a few candidates already mentioned - Nebraska-Omaha and Northern Michigan. Plus at least one upstart in Moorhead State. Was it last year by popular vote that North Dakota State was going to move all sports to Division 1 and then didn't get the money? They could jump into the mix, possibly. I still like Air Force coming in.
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> I wonder if anybody out there wants to take a poll of who people think is most likely and then we can somehow declare a winner?
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> Nathan
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