Loyola Leaving for A-10

[BCPanther]

Not sure I love this as a Loyola fan. Playing SLU and Dayton will be fun, but I like playing local rivals like Bradley and Valpo and ISUr quite a bit. A-10 has such a strong east coast presence. Maybe I am thinking too small.

I get it. I get the excitement of the top of that league but, man, Fordham, Duquesne, George Mason and LaSalle aren't exactly thrilling.

Good luck to the Ramblers. You invested and you're getting one hell of a return.

Long live Sister Jean!

Oh and you're taking a big on' L in your last Valley regular season game

[SalukiWorld]

Won't be rooting for Loyola but not really mad at them. We all thought they were a bad addition and thought we were too good for them and we got a dose of our own medicine. Wish them well.

Things won't get better though when Missouri State leaves. And adding UT Arlington and UMKC will be gross.

[BCPanther]

Adding 4 (with Belmont) and losing 1. Going to 13 or is there more movement yet to come?

Matt Brown says 13 is the plan right now. I'm guessing it's a hedge against Missouri State finding an FBS invite that isn't CUSA and then you settle at 12.

Doesn't really matter to this board but UNI football is now fuuuuuuuuuuuucked.

[MSUBear42]

UMKC lol

[MVC Phil]

You never know about how a team will step up to a new league.

Who would have thought Loyola would have been as successful as they were when they were added.

Valpo has shown a couple of flashes -- making the title game in 2020.

Belmont and Murray State come in on a higher level in my opinion.

Kansas City and UTA are wild cards.

Change is the new normal

[SalukiWorld]

Adding 4 (with Belmont) and losing 1. Going to 13 or is there more movement yet to come?

Matt Brown says 13 is the plan right now. I'm guessing it's a hedge against Missouri State finding an FBS invite that isn't CUSA and then you settle at 12.

Doesn't really matter to this board but UNI football is now fuuuuuuuuuuuucked.

What happened to UNI football?

[SalukiWorld]

You never know about how a team will step up to a new league.

Who would have thought Loyola would have been as successful as they were when they were added.

Valpo has shown a couple of flashes -- making the title game in 2020.

Belmont and Murray State come in on a higher level in my opinion.

Kansas City and UTA are wild cards.

Change is the new normal

Unless UMKC is planning on making big investments to their program, they'd be an awful addition. Their facilities are among the worst in D1. UT Arlington makes sense other than travel but their program was much worse than Loyola when we added them.

[MVC Phil]

The dropped the Univ. of Missouri title last year

Just Kansas City now.

Old school arena in downtown KC that holds a lot of NCAA history.

[Adunk33]

Interesting development where this could align Loyola with SLU....both to the Big East coming soon (like 5ish years)? Loyola fits the Big East's culture. Plus I'm sure they'd love to get into the Chicago market....Sorry, DePaul.

I'm gonna miss the Blers. They were an easy team to root for in March. Much easier than Wichita State and Creighton.

[SalukiWorld]

The dropped the Univ. of Missouri title last year

Just Kansas City now.

Old school arena in downtown KC that holds a lot of NCAA history.

They don't play there anymore. They play in a joke 1,500 capacity arena, Swinney Recreation Center.