DII Football Championship Game looking for a new home

Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:31 am

Oof...this is really short notice: http://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-look ... hs-notice/

BobLovely · Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:36 am

ST_Lawson wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:31 am Oof...this is really short notice: http://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-look ... hs-notice/

This is indeed unfortunate. I have attended this game twice in KCK...

Bob

Tere North · Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:38 pm

BobLovely wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:36 am
ST_Lawson wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:31 am Oof...this is really short notice: http://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-look ... hs-notice/
This is indeed unfortunate. I have attended this game twice in KCK...

Bob

Unfortunately, I don't think we meet the reqs to host the championship game
http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files ... 180904.pdf

Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:11 pm

Tere North wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:38 pm Unfortunately, I don't think we meet the reqs to host the championship game
http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files ... 180904.pdf

I don't know, I think we could probably make most of the requirements work. I'm pretty sure the lack of hotel accommodations and no airport probably kill our chances though.

Western_101 · Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:42 pm

ST_Lawson wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:11 pm
Tere North wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:38 pm Unfortunately, I don't think we meet the reqs to host the championship game
http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files ... 180904.pdf
I don't know, I think we could probably make most of the requirements work. I'm pretty sure the lack of hotel accommodations and no airport probably kill our chances though.

I beg your pardon. Macomb Municipal has a quite serviceable North/South grass turf landing strip.

Tere North · Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:01 pm

ST_Lawson wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:11 pm
Tere North wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:38 pm Unfortunately, I don't think we meet the reqs to host the championship game
http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files ... 180904.pdf
I don't know, I think we could probably make most of the requirements work. I'm pretty sure the lack of hotel accommodations and no airport probably kill our chances though.

Did you read the press box reqs - no way José, neither space nor facilities. And ADA is only on the east side.

BobLovely · Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:19 pm

The new home of the DII Championship is this new high school stadium in McKinney, Texas:

Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:38 pm

BobLovely wrote: Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:19 pm The new home of the DII Championship is this new high school stadium in McKinney, Texas:

That's a really nice stadium. It's too bad they couldn't partner with the FCS though, make it the same weekend as the FCS championship game and have it either in the same stadium or closer (McKinney is about 20 minutes from Frisco). That'd make for a fun football weekend and probably make it easier to draw decent crowds for both. It's not a problem right now, but someday neither NDSU nor JMU will be in the championship and attendance won't be quite so good.