FB: Northwest Conference

[D O.C.]

More rattling of potatoes....
http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/blog/news/2012/02/27/college-idaho-explore-possible-return-football

[fbgcat]

I read the article on C of I returning to football.  One question, what is "town-gown relations"?

[dahlby]

fbgcat:
Town & Gown is a support group for some schools that raises funding for scholarships and other needs. It includes locals
(town) and graduates (gown).

[D O.C.]

Interesting...at LINFIELD all I knew about was townies.

[fbgcat]

Towns and gowns....

In the highlights of the Linfield vs. UPS game, QB #15 brings to mind an old Queen song......

Things that make you go, hmmmmmmm.

[OldCatProf]

Interesting...at LINFIELD all I knew about was townies.

When D O.C. speaks of "knowing" townies, he probably means in the Biblical sense.

[OldCatProf]

Actually, for more than 150 years a key to the survival and prosperity of Linfield College has been the strength of its town-gown relationships. Except for a turbulent period during the tenure of one college president in the late 60's and early 70's, the town of McMinnville has welcomed and supported the College beyond all reason. In the 1850's the town donated the land that would cause the College to move from Oregon City to the banks of the Cozine.   

In the mid 1930's the town of McMinnville raised significant funding for the construction of a new library (Northup Hall). That cooperative effort resulted in perpetual access of McMinnville residents to the library and its resources. Shortly after the "turbulent period" referred to earlier (when the college administration had managed to alienate nearly every college constituency...including the town of McMinnville), town leaders rallied around Linfield and started the Partners in Progress annual fundraising drive that continues to this day. In turn the faculty, staff and students of Linfield have enriched the commercial, intellectual, cultural and sporting lives of its host.

Other college institutions could be so lucky as to have the town-gown relationship that has nurtured Linfield for its entire history.

[D O.C.]

one college president

went on to prof at Harvey Mudd. Sent 'em south, so to say.

[Las Vegas Wildcards]

More rattling of potatoes....
http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/blog/news/2012/02/27/college-idaho-explore-possible-return-football

If the Coyotes return to the gridiron, would it be with the NWC? I thought C of I was NAIA in other sports, but heard once there was some interest from the NWC in the Coyotes. Geographically, isn't C of I closer than Menlo was to the rest of the NWC?   

[D O.C.]

Caldwell was always an adventurous trip up the Gorge, through Emigrant Springs, and across the Snake. It made Eastern Oregon in La Grande seem like a breeze though.

[fbgcat]

That would be a nice "little" conference:  Add C of I, and EOSC along with George Fox.  And while we're at it, go ahead and include Simon Fraser.  Seriously though, how does NAIA continue to exist? 

[Gray Fox]

Seriously though, how does NAIA continue to exist?

Fewer teams makes it easier to win and brag about your championship.

[D O.C.]

My initial Grey response was to smite for that last remark, but rational thought took over because he did not mean the NWC as they promptly came in and ran the Division III table.

[Gray Fox]

Thank you.  I wasn't even thinking of NWC.  I was thinking of why it currently exists, which was the question.

[Pat Coleman]

There will always be a home of some sort for schools that don't want to or can't afford to offer a broad-based athletics program the way the NCAA requires. A school has to field a sport in each gender in each season and a minimum of 10 sports total in order to be in Division III, 12 sports if the school has more than 1,000 undergraduates. There's no minimum in the NAIA, and that is certainly attractive to some people.