I will not argue.. but the facts are USD did have a big sky invite. They were supposed to be _ND's travel partner. They shunned the big sky.
"A last-minute change of heart is keeping the University of South Dakota out of the Big Sky Conference and casting a shadow on its super-conference plans.On Monday it was announced that Southern Utah and North Dakota had accepted invitations to join the Big Sky, with South Dakota's addition only a formality.
It turned out to be much more.
Big Sky commissioner Doug Fulerton confirmed late Wednesday night that South Dakota instead accepted an 11th-hour invitation to join the Missouri Valley Conference."
source..
http://missoulian.com/sports/colleg...cle_8da06c90-e7cf-11df-988e-001cc4c03286.html
I am sure there are better sources.. first one that popped up on bing.. now I gotta get to work.