LIU to become one program

[CALUPA69]

I was told Clemson paid Wofford 1.9 Million to play them this year. Final, 59-14 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 702 to 256. That's about $2706.55 per yard!

As long as no one gets hurt, take the money and run !!!

[NE10Fan]

I was told Clemson paid Wofford 1.9 Million to play them this year. Final, 59-14 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 702 to 256. That's about $2706.55 per yard!

[CALUPA69]

I realize the 2019 season isn't over, but there's been enough time to get a read on things in the FCS.

LIU stands at 0-8 with a loss at Villanova pending tonight. They'll have chance at fellow former NE10 member Merrimack next week.

Merrimack stands at 4-5, but upon closer examination, their wins came to National Christina College Athletic Association Virginia-Lynchburg (0-8), NAIA member Mayville (2-8), Delaware State (2-8) and Presbyterian (1-9).

Related, former NE10 member Bryant is 2-8 with wins over (can you guess?) Merrimack and LIU.

Maybe their other sports are doing well?

It's all about a possible basketball payoff. NORTH ALABAMA, ,former D2 power, is 3-7 going into final game. Loses include MONMOUTH 38-49 and MONTANA 17-61. Unfortunately for UNA their MBB team also sucks.

[NE10Fan]

Merrimack gets to pad their record again as they play Franklin Pierce, who just lost to Bentley 77-0. A .500 season in their first year of D1 will be impressive on paper 10 years from now.

[Horror Child]

I realize the 2019 season isn't over, but there's been enough time to get a read on things in the FCS.

LIU stands at 0-8 with a loss at Villanova pending tonight. They'll have chance at fellow former NE10 member Merrimack next week.

Merrimack stands at 4-5, but upon closer examination, their wins came to National Christina College Athletic Association Virginia-Lynchburg (0-8), NAIA member Mayville (2-8), Delaware State (2-8) and Presbyterian (1-9).

Related, former NE10 member Bryant is 2-8 with wins over (can you guess?) Merrimack and LIU.

Maybe their other sports are doing well?

[Mjp82]

Re: LIU to become one program

What exactly do you mean by a "beanbag" league in referring to the NEC? With the decision of the NE10 to eliminate Championship Weekend and cut back to a 10-game schedule (thereby virtually guaranteeing that the NE10 will never again put two teams into the NCAA playoffs), could not the same unflattering adjective be applied to the NE10? Don't let a couple of seasons of success at Assumption go to your head. The fact that the majority of NE10 schools voted against Championship Weekend for financial reasons indicates that they are NOT willing to move their programs and/or conference to the next level.

The decision was for academic reasons, from what I remember from last year. The individual growth of a student athlete is more important than 2 playoff bids.

[CALUPA69]

Re: LIU to become one program

I wonder what the rules are regarding separate campuses. Does anybody know about UTRGV?
IUFW's split may be a completely different animal, but they had issues regarding athletes from two schools (Yes I know LIU is not two different schools.) http://www.journalgazette.net/news/l...-in-fort-wayne

It is not three schools. There is also a LIU-BRENTWOOD campus just off the LIE @exit 53. Can those students participate in the combined sports program ?

[CHIP72]

Re: LIU to become one program

Georgetown's Cooper Field is listed at 2500.

I've been to Multi-Sport Field a few times. There are D3 stadiums that are nicer.

I don't think there are any DI-AA/FCS stadium seating capacity requirements, but I can tell you some of the teams in the general region, such as Lafayette (Easton, PA), Lehigh (Bethlehem, PA), Delaware (Newark, DE), and Towson (Towson, MD) have fairly nice stadiums with capacities of 10K+ fans. Some of the relatively nearby Ivy League schools, like Penn (historic Franklin Field) and Princeton have very large stadiums by DI-AA standards.

Hopefully the combined Long Island University can develop some nice rivalries with schools like Stony Brook, Wagner, and Fordham.

[UCObluejay]

Re: LIU to become one program

I wonder what the rules are regarding separate campuses. Does anybody know about UTRGV?
IUFW's split may be a completely different animal, but they had issues regarding athletes from two schools (Yes I know LIU is not two different schools.) http://www.journalgazette.net/news/l...-in-fort-wayne

[NewHaven Alum]

Re: LIU to become one program

Wonder if I could speak Pittsburghese with a Boston or NY accent...

[cwfenn]

Re: LIU to become one program

Wow getting feisty in here looks like a PSAC board full of angry yinzers haha

Wonder if I could speak Pittsburghese with a Boston or NY accent...

[NE10Fan]

Re: LIU to become one program

Kid, I dont think I stooped that low in any posts that would warrent this kind of response.

[cwfenn]

Re: LIU to become one program

It's curious that on the PSAC and MEC pages a lot was made of whether SHEPHERD had been poached by the more established league. It certainly looks like that the NEC is doing it's best to hasten the demise of the NE10.

It's kind of strange-I don't think football is really driving these moves. Post seems to have been pulled in to what Brooklyn wanted, but the Post people would know better than I would. Merrimack probably wanted to move up since they're already D1 in hockey?

As far as the NE10's status is concerned - I would guess that the conference isn't happy with the schools moving out, but I don't see them scrambling like crazy to restock because that isn't how they are. How the other football-serious schools (particularly New Haven and Assumption) react to this is still to be seen.

[GhostOfHomer01]

Re: LIU to become one program

Wow getting feisty in here looks like a PSAC board full of angry yinzers haha

[Paul Falewicz]

Re: LIU to become one program

Save it for the field on October 27th please!!!!!!