I’m telling ya’ll… nobody is interested in a 1 division NCIC reboot. 2 divisions makes all the sense.
A problem is there are only 6 schools that make sense to me in the “Large” Division. Dixon, Geneseo, Sterling, Rochelle, LP and Ottawa. I don’t see Morris having any interest in this, they are better suited east.
The “Small” conference has 7 potential teams to draw from. Rock Falls, Sterling Newman, Kewanee, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Mendota, and Spring Valley Hall. While I think St Bede would also fit, they seem to have chosen another route to tie in with the other Catholic schools.
Why would Rock Falls be interested was asked? I think in non football sports, being tied to geographical schools like Sterling, Dixon and Newman presents a very favorable draw. In Football, competitively Rock Falls fits right in with my proposed NCIC Small division (outside Princeton). Mendota and Spring Valley programs have been from bad to downright terrible in recent years so Rock Falls isn’t at a disadvantage outside the Princeton game in a hypothetical NCIC Small reboot. Plus RF hasn’t ever needed Football to be a successful athletic school, they are a basketball and baseball school.