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Originally posted by shipfbfan1 View PostIn FCS land former NE-10 member Bryant has just been given acceptance into the CAA Football Conference. If only our schools were bound by the state I could see IUP/Rock having moved up to the FCS level and possibly been given an CAA invite.
And going FCS is a quantum leap in facilities and money if you're going to compete at a high level.
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Originally posted by shipfbfan1 View PostIn FCS land former NE-10 member Bryant has just been given acceptance into the CAA Football Conference. If only our schools were bound by the state I could see IUP/Rock having moved up to the FCS level and possibly been given an CAA invite.
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Originally posted by Fightingscot82 View Post
I can tell you that SRU has no interest in moving up. The AD is the former director of DII championships at the NCAA (and a former Ship AD). They want to follow the MIAA model for being a regional public university with DII sports. Plus money. I don't think IUP or Rock have the budget to travel to a backwater FCS conference on the East Coast. Right now roughly 60% of their games are within 2 hours.
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Originally posted by Ship69 View Post
Not to mention that FCS maxes out at 63 scholarships. In a conference where I doubt any of the schools are even at the Division II max of 36, that would be quite a jump up.
That said, the KCAC is nicer than most mid-major basketball arenas so that is already in place. Miller Stadium, however, is a dump.
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Originally posted by Fightingscot82 View Post
I can tell you that SRU has no interest in moving up. The AD is the former director of DII championships at the NCAA (and a former Ship AD). They want to follow the MIAA model for being a regional public university with DII sports. Plus money. I don't think IUP or Rock have the budget to travel to a backwater FCS conference on the East Coast. Right now roughly 60% of their games are within 2 hours.
Both are strong 'regional' football programs. IUP has a Top 10 men's basketball program.
Fan interest wouldn't be any better (it could actually be worse as the gate is the largest in both sports when they play each other). Some local yinzer from Clymer or Butler isn't going to care whether IUP or SRU is playing Clarion or Bryant. Makes no difference to the average fan.
IUP basketball already has a big following (by small school standards) and typically outdraws Duquesne - and crushes Bobby Mo and Loretto U.
I've been to a ton of mid-major basketball games and IUP has a nicer arena and better atmosphere than most of them.
If they were ever going to try and go up, the late 90s would have been the window. But, that opportunity is long, long past.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
IUP deeply explored the jump under then-President Tony Atwater. It wasn't feasible then. It sure as hell wouldn't be feasible now.
That said, the KCAC is nicer than most mid-major basketball arenas so that is already in place. Miller Stadium, however, is a dump.
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Originally posted by Ship69 View Post
I agree.You guys would have a shot in BB, but football would be a step too far for PSAC schools at this point. I've driven by James Madison's stadium on occasion, and that's another world. And as you've said being in a low-rent FCS conference would bring no real advantage to a PSAC school. We'd just be paying more money to not be covered by area media.
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