OT: D1

[TheBigCat2192]

Coming off of St Francis making the March madness tournament should go over well with all of their 600 fans in Loretto.

Between the new NLI rulings and the fed reneging on billions in research funds, some schools who have never really had to worry about money are suddenly crapping their pants. University of Pittsburgh could have as much as a $175M budget hole for next year. They've frozen all hiring, are consolidating classes for the summer & fall anticipating not replacing some professors, and are asking every department to not spend anything unnecessary until further notice. This is also before the looming drop off in high school students in the Northeast that has no end in sight, especially with the current feelings toward immigration (the only other short term way to hold the line on population).

This could implode the NEC, MAAC, and Big South.

Mercyhurst would almost certainly not be welcome back here if the NEC collapsed and they had to drop back down so where would they go? NE-10? MEC?

[Fightingscot82]

Evidently some reclassifications out of D1 are imminent: https://bsky.app/profile/mattbrown.b.../3lk556jdtfc2t

St. Francis feels like a good candidate to be one of them.

Coming off of St Francis making the March madness tournament should go over well with all of their 600 fans in Loretto.

Between the new NLI rulings and the fed reneging on billions in research funds, some schools who have never really had to worry about money are suddenly crapping their pants. University of Pittsburgh could have as much as a $175M budget hole for next year. They've frozen all hiring, are consolidating classes for the summer & fall anticipating not replacing some professors, and are asking every department to not spend anything unnecessary until further notice. This is also before the looming drop off in high school students in the Northeast that has no end in sight, especially with the current feelings toward immigration (the only other short term way to hold the line on population).

This could implode the NEC, MAAC, and Big South.

[EastStroud13]

Evidently some reclassifications out of D1 are imminent: https://bsky.app/profile/mattbrown.b.../3lk556jdtfc2t

St. Francis feels like a good candidate to be one of them.

[TheBigCat2192]

Eddie George is the new head coach at Bowling Green. Interesting.

George had three uninspiring seasons at Tennessee State (admittedly not a great program) before finishing at 9-3 in the regular season this year and snagging a playoff spot. Looks like George struck while the iron was hot.

[Fightingscot82]

Eddie George is the new head coach at Bowling Green. Interesting.

[Fightingscot82]

Well, since this is the D1 thread and it doesn't say which sport I will say this. (FS82) Edinboro had a really strong showing in the MAC Wrestling Championships completed today. Boro came in 3rd place out of 13 schools. Lock Haven won the team championship for the 3rd time out of the last 4 years. Clarion, which seemed to be on the rise a couple of years ago, finished in 12th place. Bloom finished 13th with their only points coming as the beneficiary of a forfeit. The Huskies did not win any individual matches on the mat. Hopefully, the revival starts next year.

Boro coach Matt Hill also coach of the year.

[iupgroundhog]

Well, since this is the D1 thread and it doesn't say which sport I will say this. (FS82) Edinboro had a really strong showing in the MAC Wrestling Championships completed today. Boro came in 3rd place out of 13 schools. Lock Haven won the team championship for the 3rd time out of the last 4 years. Clarion, which seemed to be on the rise a couple of years ago, finished in 12th place. Bloom finished 13th with their only points coming as the beneficiary of a forfeit. The Huskies did not win any individual matches on the mat. Hopefully, the revival starts next year.

[IUPNation]

Today's typical college experience is so lonely.

Your own room maybe grouped like an apartment. Sometimes your own bathroom.

Leave room, walk to class, usually with earbuds, looking down at phone. No talking, no noticing people along the way. Some of your classes are online, so you sit in your room watching the video and doing classwork through the online learning platform.

Meals are all ala cart but you prefer grab and go. Take your to go order and either eat while staring at your phone or laptop.

Studying back in your room or in the library with Air Pods in.

Advising and other appointments are over Zoom instead of walking three buildings over and meeting with a stranger. Submitting required forms is online.

You listen to music through your phone and never borrow or trade with friends. You watch movies by yourself instead of going to a rental store with friends. If the campus radio station is still around, there's nobody listening because they don't need to if they want to hear their favorite music.

Events are advertised on Instagram, not on flyers on bulletin boards in common spaces. Tickets to the big campus concert are sold online, no going to an office or waiting in line.

Dating? That's swiping left or right on apps. Anyone who walks up to you at a party or bar is a creep.

You don't receive mail, so you never bother to check your mailbox. Just packages from online orders or a birthday care package from grandma. You talk to mom several times a day via text instead of one quality phone call a week.

You learn about campus events through social media hot takes instead of the campus newspaper, which is probably online only anyway. No novelty to the campus TV station either so like the radio and newspaper it's basically just a simulation of commercial media.

Parties are more likely in an apartment than a house basement. You bring your own drinks with you rather than them providing cheap beer or jungle juice. Half your friends don't drink, they just popped a gummy before they left. Everyone is either sober or blacked out. You dont walk to parties, you Venmo $5 to a kid running a jitney service for extra money.

Living off campus is mostly in newer apartment complexes owned by big national conglomerates. Fully furnished with stainless steel appliances and stone countertops. You fill out the rental application online and pay your rent online. You only go to the rental office as a last resort. No more renting from locals in questionable but fun conditions. 3-5 bedroom apartments with 3-5 bathrooms.

Just about the only in person group experiences left are sports, concerts, parties, and screwing.

Ugh.

So I guess no 10pm-Midnight-2am frat parties anymore.

I can’t blame them wanting their own room though. I was much happier having my private room in Oakland Hall than sharing one on campus. If I wanted people to stop in and socialize I’d leave my door open but if I wanted to be left alone I kept the door shut.

Usually we all just sat in the hallway on the floor bull****ting…

[IUPNation]

I lived in Esch the only winter I lived on campus. It was not unusual to open your window to cool off your overheated room.

Oakland Hall wasn’t as bad but I lived on the ground floor so it wasn’t that hot in my room.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Thinking back, if it was hot in those rooms it never bothered me. We had probably only got AC 10 years before my college experience and back then you were often in environments that were not "climate-controlled."

I guess I focused on the great part and not the terrible. I loved the independence that I had after 18 years of living at my family's house. And there were no other expectations. It was just a college dorm and, at that time, that was a cool thing.

As far as the cafeteria food, that never bothered me, either. First, the caf was a social hub. You would see your friends. You would meet new ones. It was an escape from classes and studying. It was always there. You could eat whenever you wanted. You didn't have to prepare it yourself. It was mainly comfort food and back then I didn't really care about the healthiness of what I put in my body. Sugar, sodium and cholesterol were the furthest things from my mind. Yes, I agree, those were the good old days.

Dorm parties were my favorite. Great times.

With AC and stuff ... we didn't know any better.

[Fightingscot82]

Today's typical college experience is so lonely.

Your own room maybe grouped like an apartment. Sometimes your own bathroom.

Leave room, walk to class, usually with earbuds, looking down at phone. No talking, no noticing people along the way. Some of your classes are online, so you sit in your room watching the video and doing classwork through the online learning platform.

Meals are all ala cart but you prefer grab and go. Take your to go order and either eat while staring at your phone or laptop.

Studying back in your room or in the library with Air Pods in.

Advising and other appointments are over Zoom instead of walking three buildings over and meeting with a stranger. Submitting required forms is online.

You listen to music through your phone and never borrow or trade with friends. You watch movies by yourself instead of going to a rental store with friends. If the campus radio station is still around, there's nobody listening because they don't need to if they want to hear their favorite music.

Events are advertised on Instagram, not on flyers on bulletin boards in common spaces. Tickets to the big campus concert are sold online, no going to an office or waiting in line.

Dating? That's swiping left or right on apps. Anyone who walks up to you at a party or bar is a creep.

You don't receive mail, so you never bother to check your mailbox. Just packages from online orders or a birthday care package from grandma. You talk to mom several times a day via text instead of one quality phone call a week.

You learn about campus events through social media hot takes instead of the campus newspaper, which is probably online only anyway. No novelty to the campus TV station either so like the radio and newspaper it's basically just a simulation of commercial media.

Parties are more likely in an apartment than a house basement. You bring your own drinks with you rather than them providing cheap beer or jungle juice. Half your friends don't drink, they just popped a gummy before they left. Everyone is either sober or blacked out. You dont walk to parties, you Venmo $5 to a kid running a jitney service for extra money.

Living off campus is mostly in newer apartment complexes owned by big national conglomerates. Fully furnished with stainless steel appliances and stone countertops. You fill out the rental application online and pay your rent online. You only go to the rental office as a last resort. No more renting from locals in questionable but fun conditions. 3-5 bedroom apartments with 3-5 bathrooms.

Just about the only in person group experiences left are sports, concerts, parties, and screwing.

[iupgroundhog]

Some crazy stuff happened in those old cell block restrooms. Lol. The good old days.

Dorm life was just an experience. Great and terrible.

It would be 100 degrees in there in the Fall and Spring ... and what felt like 110 degrees all winter.

Thinking back, if it was hot in those rooms it never bothered me. We had probably only got AC 10 years before my college experience and back then you were often in environments that were not "climate-controlled."

I guess I focused on the great part and not the terrible. I loved the independence that I had after 18 years of living at my family's house. And there were no other expectations. It was just a college dorm and, at that time, that was a cool thing.

As far as the cafeteria food, that never bothered me, either. First, the caf was a social hub. You would see your friends. You would meet new ones. It was an escape from classes and studying. It was always there. You could eat whenever you wanted. You didn't have to prepare it yourself. It was mainly comfort food and back then I didn't really care about the healthiness of what I put in my body. Sugar, sodium and cholesterol were the furthest things from my mind. Yes, I agree, those were the good old days.

[nodnol]

By the time I was a student there was no court between Navy and Ben Franklin. I recall there still being one near Columbia. I don’t know if it’s still there.

I spent a lot of time on the court between Navy and Ben Franklin too. And it was nice when the tennis courts were on the lower campus. I graduated right before they really started building up the upper campus.

[TheBigCat2192]

Is that the outdoor court between Navy and Ben Franklin? I spent some time there. Centennial had a nice court during bad weather.

By the time I was a student there was no court between Navy and Ben Franklin. I recall there still being one near Columbia. I don’t know if it’s still there.

[Bart]

A lot of my older teachers made the PASSHE campuses sound like living in Section 8 housing with a school cafeteria and YMCA grafted onto it. Needless to say when I actually got to visit a few (between my time as a student and some HS activities I have been to BU, KU, and Ship) I quickly realized how outdated those teachers were. Well, the cafeteria food wasn’t necessarily better but the selection was much wider than I’d been lead to believe. You could still see some vestiges of the old in the laundry rooms at BU; and the outdoor basketball court that no one ever used since the rec has about 9 of ‘em.

Is that the outdoor court between Navy and Ben Franklin? I spent some time there. Centennial had a nice court during bad weather.