(05-17-2012 08:51 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  Again, that's the great plains.

Wheat, cotton and corn farms and cattle ranches as far as the eye can see but not a lot of people.

Agreed. The population density is not great. That is not to say that these areas are without colleges. Often times, these areas are serviced by regional universities rather than comprehensive research universities.

D2 schools in the "Deadzone"
Texas
Abilene Christian
West Texas A&M
McMurry
Midwestern State

Oklahoma
Oklahoma Panhandle
SW Oklahoma
Cameron

Kansas
Fort Hays State

Nebraska
UN-Kearney
Chadron State

South Dakota-
Blackhills State
SD School of Mines

North Dakota-
Mary
Minot State

The one constructive criticism I would make is that the center of every logo should be the center of the city or town in which each school is located. You seem to be trying to avoid covering up the city or town but that is exactly what you should be doing. We do not need to read city or town names.

The center of the Maryland logo, as mentioned above, should be College Park in the DC suburbs. The current design makes it appear that the school is located in the suburbs west of Baltimore. Similarly, you have the UB logo south of Buffalo, rather than centered on the city. The ODU logo misses badly.

The effort is much appreciated, and I thank you for it, but perfection is within sight if you would just center the logos on the city or town where each school is located. That would be a more accurate depiction for everyone to see. The city or town names may be the least important thing for everyone.

(05-16-2012 08:34 PM)Theodoresdaddy Wrote:  

(05-16-2012 05:59 PM)Old Dominion Navy Wrote:  

(05-16-2012 05:42 PM)Theodoresdaddy Wrote:  

(05-16-2012 03:38 PM)stever20 Wrote:  amazing the gap from Wash St and Boise to Minnesota.

that's probably one of the least populated areas in the nation; no wonder that there aren't any FBS schools there

It's still amazing that even with all the bball schools that there is still none in that area. That's a giant chunk of emptiness lol.

maybe one of the Dakota teams can make the jump

Montana is pretty much dead in the water due to some recent scandals involving their football program

don't know that much about Montana State but doubt they could make the jump

Montana State will do whatever Montana does.

The South Dakota schools are way behind the North Dakota schools in facilities, budget, endowment, and research. The Sanford charity may however come to their rescue with very very significant facility gifts (new stadiums, arenas).

When UND moved to DI, it was with the express intent that it eventually be in an FBS WAC. Problem is, the opportunity happens way ahead of the expected time frame later in this decade. What has also happened is a huge amount of money, people, and businesses are pouring into the state due to Bakken oil. In western North Dakota, towns of 10,000 may be 100,000, and villages of 1000 may be towns of 10,000 by the end of the decade. ND will drastically reduce property taxes and maybe eliminate income taxes because so much oil revenue is coming in.


The North Dakota schools have since the 1930's have had a dream to unite the flagship schools along the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroad lines (Idaho, Montana St, Montana, Wash St, UND, NDSU). Obviously, Washington state won't be a part, but eventually the rest will be together.