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Proof that Minnesota has excellent small college football from Duluth, Mankato, to StThomas these are great football programs. Here's to UST beating the purple red raider hawks or whatever they are. Go go go UST win the title.

Go Mt Union!

wisstinks4: Play a game every year Wis HS all-stars vs Minn HS all-stars -best player all 22 scrimmage positions and I'll put my money on Wis. They'd beat Minn 5 out 7 years average

Mt. Union 34 - St. Thomas 10

Awesome job Tommies! Should be a tough one next week vs. Mt Union, but Caruso will have the boys ready to play.

Clapp8: Where does HS football come into play? All that was said is there was some good small college football in minny

Small college??? U$T??? You decide... Minnesota Private College Council - Enrollment Stats MIAC Schools - D3 Augsburg 3,549 (2,856 Undergrad) Bethel 4,242 (3,465 Undergrad) Carleton 2,035 Concordia 2,631 (2,603 Undergrad) CSB 2,070 Gustavus 2,524 Hamline 4,683 (2,140 Undergrad) Macalester 2,070 SJU 1,854 St. Kate's 5,075 (3,663 Undergrad) St. Mary's 5,574 (1,985 Undergrad) St. Olaf 3,176 UST 10,316 (6,336 Undergrad) UMAC Schools - D3 Bethany Luthern College 596 College of St. Scholastica 4,144 (1,267) NSIC Member - D2 Concordia U - St. Paul 2,941 (1,711 Undergrad) Minnesota Public Colleges and Universities that play D2 sports NSIC Schools - D2 Bemidji State 6,870 MN State - Mankato 17,952 MN State Moorhead 8,914 SCSU 22,024 SW State 7,732 UM - Crookston 2,279 UMD 11,729 Winona State 9,691

faunch stole my thunder. Congrats and all to St. Thomas but they absolutely should be in Division II.

U$T has put themselves in a box. If they go D2 I'm guessing they would easily be the most expensive school in the NSIC (U$T is about $31,000 for tuition). Concordia, St. Paul (a private urban college) is $2000 less. St. Cloud St is about $7,000 and UMD $12,000. They would have a very difficult time bringing in athletes even if they could offer athletic scholarships. A half scholarship at U$T would cost an athlete $15,000 vs. $3,500 at SCSU. In addition there really isn't much, if any money to be made at the D2 level. Fact is that U$T is spending tons of money on athletics already. How much does their radio deal w/ 'CCO cost them?

The point is a Minnesota school hammered a cheeseville school and we own those cheese strings. Whether UST should move up is a moot point. Yes they raise a lot of funding dollars, yes the have Great facilities. So what, they are better at it then the rest of you. They are a private school. Whitewater has 10,000 students and is a public school. These programs dominate because they have good people coaching and can recruit then deliver results, winning.