Get to Know the FCS: Missouri Valley Conference Preview
https://www.reddit.com/r/fcs/comments/14s9wug/get_to_know_the_fcs_missouri_valley_conference/
The beat writer from Fargo has SIU picked 6th in the league. Assuming the Jackrabbits and Bison are ahead of the rest, then most of the middle teams are pretty close together.
EAST-WEST SHRINE BOWL 1000 - sortable list
(these are players they think are All-Star game worthy - preseason)
https://shrinebowl.com/shrine-bowl-1000/
MVFC:
| North Dakota | Donny | Ventrelli | OT | FCS | MVC |
| North Dakota | Easton | Kilty | OT | FCS | MVC |
| North Dakota State | Cam | Miller | QB | FCS | MVC |
| North Dakota State | Eli | Mostaert | DL | FCS | MVC |
| North Dakota State | Grey | Zabel | OG | FCS | MVC |
| North Dakota State | Jalen | Sundell | OC | FCS | MVC |
| Northern Iowa | Jared | Penning | OT | FCS | MVC |
| Northern Iowa | Khristian | Boyd | DL | FCS | MVC |
| Northern Iowa | Theo | Day | QB | FCS | MVC |
| South Dakota | Myles | Harden | CB | FCS | MVC |
| South Dakota State | Garret | Greenfield | OT | FCS | MVC |
| South Dakota State | Isaiah | Davis | RB | FCS | MVC |
| South Dakota State | Isaiah | Stalbird | LB | FCS | MVC |
| South Dakota State | Jadon | Janke | WR | FCS | MVC |
| South Dakota State | Jaxon | Janke | WR | FCS | MVC |
| South Dakota State | Mason | McCormick | OC | FCS | MVC |
| South Dakota State | Zach | Heins | TE | FCS | MVC |
The beat writer from Fargo has SIU picked 6th in the league. Assuming the Jackrabbits and Bison are ahead of the rest, then most of the middle teams are pretty close together.
Hard to argue with this. FCS football is really tough to predict outside of the top-tier teams so I'm hopefully for a surprise this season. On paper though, I think this is a .500 team headed in the wrong direction.
2023 HERO Sports FCS Preseason All-American Team
the offense is dominated by the Jackoffrabbits
https://herosports.com/fcs-football-2023-preseason-all-american-bzbz/
The beat writer from Fargo has SIU picked 6th in the league. Assuming the Jackrabbits and Bison are ahead of the rest, then most of the middle teams are pretty close together.
Hard to argue with this. FCS football is really tough to predict outside of the top-tier teams so I'm hopefully for a surprise this season. On paper though, I think this is a .500 team headed in the wrong direction.
I think his standings picks are unfortunately quite accurate except for YSU. They lost their outstanding RB, so I expect them to finish lower. Also not sure Mo State will finish above the Redturds, but there's always hope!
I have some issues with his all-con picks. I think Theo Day is the best QB, and Tommy Schuster is also very good... not that Gronowski is a slouch. Would love to have any of those three on SIU. Bohanek might be on that LB list too. And Hartrup and Cox at WR are both talented.
I think his standings picks are unfortunately quite accurate except for YSU. They lost their outstanding RB, so I expect them to finish lower. Also not sure Mo State will finish above the Redturds, but there's always hope!
I have some issues with his all-con picks. I think Theo Day is the best QB, and Tommy Schuster is also very good... not that Gronowski is a slouch. Would love to have any of those three on SIU. Bohanek might be on that LB list too. And Hartrup and Cox at WR are both talented.
While I certainly have hope for a higher finish, my gut feeling tells me SIU and ND will battle for that 4th place finish.
I agree with you that Bohanek, Cox, and Hartrup should be on this list. I would also consider adding PJ Jules, and CJ Johnson. Really good DB's.
Former Montana AD hints at potential changes coming to MVFC
This is big news. Not surprising though.
I'm not sayin' -- I'm just sayin'!
The options he mentions I’m not sure makes sense in many cases. SEMO, for example, probably doesn’t leave the OVC Football unless they leave the conference altogether. And I highly doubt the MVC takes them as a whole.
My guess is that the Mountain West is more worried with the situation with San Diego St. right now than adding the 2 Dakota schools. But yes, that seems like the most-realistic possibility for those 2 schools to move to FBS. The obvious question will be whether it's just for football or for all sports. That would be quite a jump from the Summit League to the Mountain West in sports like men's basketball.
MVFC preseason poll..Dawgs picked 5th by SIDs, coaches, and sports writers, behind SDSU,NDSU, UNI, and UND.
https://valley-football.org/news/2023/7/31/2023-missouri-valley-football-preseason-poll.aspx
MVFC preseason all-conference teams. Unfortunately the conference was too damn lazy to create an actual web page of this and only offered a PDF.
Total picks, includes honorable mentions, by school:
Illinois State – 8; Indiana State – 8; Missouri State – 6; Murray State -- 2; North Dakota – 10;
North Dakota State – 14; UNI – 11; South Dakota – 10; South Dakota State - 20;
Southern Illinois - 5; Western Illinois – 2; Youngstown State - 8
FIRST TEAM
QB Mark Gronowski, South Dakota State
RB Isaiah Davis, South Dakota State
RB Justin Dinka, Indiana State
FB Hunter Brozio, North Dakota State
WR Jaxon Janke, South Dakota State
WR Bo Belquist, North Dakota
WR Bryce Oliver, Youngstown State
TE Zach Heins, South Dakota State
OL Mason McCormick, South Dakota State
OL Garret Greenfield, South Dakota State
OL Donny Ventrelli, North Dakota
OL Jalen Sundell, North Dakota State
OL Jaison Williams, Youngstown State
DL Khristian Boyd, UNI
DL Ben McNaboe, North Dakota
DL Dylan Wudke, Youngstown State
DL Eli Mostaert, North Dakota State
LB Adam Bock, South Dakota State
LB Brock Mogensen, South Dakota
LB Stephen Hillis, South Dakota
LB Branson Combs, Southern Illinois
DB Woo Governor, UNI
DB DyShawn Gales, South Dakota State
DB PJ Jules, Southern Illinois
DB Rylan Cole, Indiana State
DB Myles Harden, South Dakota
PK Matthew Cook, UNI
P Grant Burkett, Missouri State
LS Caden Bolz, Missouri State
RS Jayden Price, North Dakota State
AP Carter Bell, South Dakota
SECOND TEAM
QB Theo Day, UNI
RB TaMerik Williams, North Dakota State
RB Travis Theis, South Dakota
RB Jacardia Wright, Missouri State
FB Mike Morgan, South Dakota State
WR D’Ante’ Cox, Southern Illinois
WR Jadon Janke, South Dakota State
WR Sam Schnee, UNI
TE Alex Allen, UNI
TE Joe Stoffel, North Dakota State
OL Jared Penning, UNI
OL Isaac Erbes, South Dakota
OL Jake Kubas, North Dakota State
OL Jose Vazquez IV, Indiana State
OL Brandon Westberg, North Dakota State
OL Hunter Zambrano, Illinois State
DL Will Mostaert, North Dakota State
DL Lucas Hunter, Indiana State
DL Cade Terveer, South Dakota State
DL Chris Fitzgerald, Youngstown State
LB Jason Freeman, South Dakota State
LB Juan DelaCruz, Western Illinois
LB Geoffrey Brown, Indiana State
LB Isaiah Stalbird, South Dakota State
LB Cole Wisniewski, North Dakota State
DB C.J. Siegel, North Dakota
DB Dalys Beanum , South Dakota State
DB Jayden Price, North Dakota State
DB PJ Hall, Missouri State
DB Dillon Gearhart, Illinois State
PK Griffin Crosa, North Dakota State
P Hunter Dustman, South Dakota State
LS Sam Merryman, Youngstown State
RS C.J. Siegel, North Dakota
RS Jadon Janke, South Dakota State
AP Jalen Carr, Illinois State
HONORABLE MENTION
QB Nic Baker, Southern Illinois
QB Tommy Schuster, North Dakota
HM Cole Mueller, Illinois State
HM Amar Johnson, South Dakota State
FB Jake Benio, Youngstown State
WR Carter Bell, South Dakota
WR Sergio Morancy, UNI
WR Zach Mathis, North Dakota State
WR Taylor Shields, Murray State
TE Stetson Moore, Missouri State
OL Gus Miller, South Dakota State
OL Easton Kilty, North Dakota
OL Chase Evans, Southern Illinois
OL Jacob Frye, Murray State
OL Brayden Bryant, North Dakota
OL Keagan Trost, Indiana State
DL Ryan Van Marel, South Dakota State
DL Josh Dinga, Illinois State
DL Cordarrius Bailey, UNI
DL Gianini Belizaire, Indiana State
DL Brendan Webb, South Dakota
LB Wyatt Pedigo, North Dakota
LB Von Young, Missouri State
LB Greg Benton, Youngstown State
LB Nick Kubitz, North Dakota State
DB JJ Ross, Western Illinois
DB Keondre Jackson, Illinois State
DB Dennis Shorter, South Dakota
DB Quincy Lenton, Youngstown State
DB Johnathan Edwards, Indiana State
DB Jeff Bowens, Illinois State
PK Hunter Dustman, South Dakota State
P Noah Pettinger, UNI
LS Isaiah Garman, UNI
RS Carter Bell, South Dakota
RS Jalen Carr, Illinois State
AP Red WIlson, North Dakota
Missouri Valley Football
2023 Preseason Poll
Team Points
1. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (44) ..................539
2. NORTH DAKOTA STATE (1)....................492
3. NORTHERN IOWA...................................409
4. NORTH DAKOTA......................................399
5. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS..............................337
6. YOUNGSTOWN STATE...........................323
7. ILLINOIS STATE.......................................269
8. MISSOURI STATE....................................229
9. SOUTH DAKOTA .....................................226
10. INDIANA STATE......................................148
11. MURRAY STATE .......................................74
12. WESTERN ILLINOIS..................65
You wonder if the "NDSU/SDSU to the Mountain West" rumors will pick up any steam in the next couple of weeks if the Mountain West gets raided by the Pac-12 leftovers. Mountain West schools only get about $4 million a year per school in TV revenue, compared to the $20+ million they could get in the Pac-12.
@obd All PAC 12 teams join Power 5 conferences except WSU and OSU, which join the MWC. Therefore, no need for additional expansion of the MWC.
