Some football notes

SAN LUIS OBISPO -- We take a break from your regularly scheduled basketball studies for some football updates, which are available after the jump.

First, the Gateway Football Conference has invited the presidents of North and South Dakota State to its next meeting, Feb. 19. The expectation in the Upper Midwest is that an invitation will be forthcoming. That may or may not be true. The Great West will meet shortly after that by teleconference to make its next move. Commissioner Ed Grom has been talking expansion, With the smart money on invitations for North Dakota and South Dakota coming sooner rather than later. Both programs are on the way to Division I-AA from D-II. We'll be keeping an eye on that.

Second, the 2007 schedule is almost finished and is expected to be offically released at some point this month. UCD athletic director Greg Warzecka said there were one or two signatures still remaining to be collected before there would be an official release. It sounds as though there will be five home games.

That's all I have for now.