OT: D1

[IUPNation]

About once a year when somebody mentions IUP moving up ... it's so ludicrous.

The lone benefit to these 'who cares' bowl games is the extra couple weeks (or more) of practice time.

But, overall, it's now basically just pimping players out to fill TV spots.

Some of them do put on a nice week for the players.

A lot of schools that used to be in D2 were stupid to do so..it worked out for some who are in FCS. However those schools will
never be basketball national champions.

IUP should never move up.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

80 percent of the bowls today are played in half empty lifeless stadiums.

In those days the bowls decided the final
poll. Nobody wants people voting on a champion.

Bowls are the past and playoffs are now and the future.

These lower schools racing to be in FBS is a joke.

About once a year when somebody mentions IUP moving up ... it's so ludicrous.

The lone benefit to these 'who cares' bowl games is the extra couple weeks (or more) of practice time.

But, overall, it's now basically just pimping players out to fill TV spots.

Some of them do put on a nice week for the players.

[IUPNation]

They should be glad to go to any bowl. When I was a kid, Northwestern had a team under Ara Parseghian that was No. 1 for several weeks before encountering multiple injuries. They still finished 7-2 for the year — and stayed home. If you wanted to go bowling in the Big 10, you had to win the conference. That was it.

80 percent of the bowls today are played in half empty lifeless stadiums.

In those days the bowls decided the final
poll. Nobody wants people voting on a champion.

Bowls are the past and playoffs are now and the future.

These lower schools racing to be in FBS is a joke.

[Ship69]

Imagine doing all the work it takes to make a winning season happen and you get “rewarded” with a trip to Mobile or Frisco. There are too many bowls.

They should be glad to go to any bowl. When I was a kid, Northwestern had a team under Ara Parseghian that was No. 1 for several weeks before encountering multiple injuries. They still finished 7-2 for the year — and stayed home. If you wanted to go bowling in the Big 10, you had to win the conference. That was it.

[iupgroundhog]

Towson used to be a hood rivalry for IUP. The Marching Band got raucous at their field and got Towson all mad.

At that time, I believe the Towson President was an IUP grad. I thought it was a somewhat prestigious rivalry because it got us a lot of media attention in Maryland and further. It was a good rivalry, as was the Nebraska-Omaha series until UNO went D1 and dropped football. Now we have SRU, Shepherd, and Ashland. Still interesting, IMO.

[IUPNation]

That's ..... interesting.

His old team may beat his new team.

Towson used to be a good rivalry for IUP. The Marching Band got raucous at their field and got Towson all mad.

[TheBigCat2192]

This may be of interest to some of you who have interest in college football across all classifications. There isn't a great place to put the following, so I'll post it here.

Here's the full (DI-A/FBS + DI-AA/FCS + D2 + NAIA + D3) college football schedule with TV information for Friday 12/16 and Saturday 12/17 (all times Eastern):

*DI-A/FBS games are in red
*DI-AA/FCS games are in blue
*D2 games are in black and bolded
*NAIA games are in orange
*D3 games are in purple

Friday 12/16
Miami (OH) vs Alabama-Birmingham (at Nassau, Bahamas), 11:30 AM (ESPN)
Texas-San Antonio vs Troy (at Orlando, FL), 3:00 PM (ESPN)
Incarnate Word at North Dakota State, 7:00 PM (ESPN2)
Mount Union vs North Central (IL) (at Annapolis, MD), 7:00 PM (ESPNU)

Saturday 12/17
Cincinnati vs Louisville (at Boston, MA), 11:00 AM (ESPN)
Jackson State vs North Carolina Central (at Atlanta, GA), 12:00 PM (ABC)
Keiser vs Northwestern (IA) (at Durham, NC), 12:00 PM (ESPN3)
Colorado School of Mines vs Ferris State (at McKinney, TX), 1:00 PM (ESPNU)
Florida vs Oregon State (at Las Vegas, NV), 2:30 PM (ESPN)
Washington State vs Fresno State (at Inglewood, CA), 3:30 PM (ABC)
Montana State at South Dakota State, 4:00 PM (ESPN2)
Rice vs Southern Mississippi (at Mobile, AL), 5:45 PM (ESPN)
Southern Methodist vs Brigham Young (at Albuquerque, NM), 7:30 PM (ABC)
North Texas vs Boise State (at Frisco, TX), 9:15 PM (ESPN)

Imagine doing all the work it takes to make a winning season happen and you get “rewarded” with a trip to Mobile or Frisco. There are too many bowls.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Prayers for Mike Leach.

[Fightingscot82]

That's ..... interesting.

His old team may beat his new team.

There have been a few unconventional hires so far. Stanford hiring the guy from Sacramento State is also surprising. I imagine there are some uppity Stanford alumni clutching the quilted napa leather in their Range Rover about hiring someone from a lowly FCS state school.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

West Florida's coach is the new coach at Towson.

That's ..... interesting.

His old team may beat his new team.

[Fightingscot82]

West Florida's coach is the new coach at Towson.

[CHIP72]

This may be of interest to some of you who have interest in college football across all classifications. There isn't a great place to put the following, so I'll post it here.

Here's the full (DI-A/FBS + DI-AA/FCS + D2 + NAIA + D3) college football schedule with TV information for Friday 12/16 and Saturday 12/17 (all times Eastern):

*DI-A/FBS games are in red
*DI-AA/FCS games are in blue
*D2 games are in black and bolded
*NAIA games are in orange
*D3 games are in purple

Friday 12/16
Miami (OH) vs Alabama-Birmingham (at Nassau, Bahamas), 11:30 AM (ESPN)
Texas-San Antonio vs Troy (at Orlando, FL), 3:00 PM (ESPN)
Incarnate Word at North Dakota State, 7:00 PM (ESPN2)
Mount Union vs North Central (IL) (at Annapolis, MD), 7:00 PM (ESPNU)

Saturday 12/17
Cincinnati vs Louisville (at Boston, MA), 11:00 AM (ESPN)
Jackson State vs North Carolina Central (at Atlanta, GA), 12:00 PM (ABC)
Keiser vs Northwestern (IA) (at Durham, NC), 12:00 PM (ESPN3)
Colorado School of Mines vs Ferris State (at McKinney, TX), 1:00 PM (ESPNU)
Florida vs Oregon State (at Las Vegas, NV), 2:30 PM (ESPN)
Washington State vs Fresno State (at Inglewood, CA), 3:30 PM (ABC)
Montana State at South Dakota State, 4:00 PM (ESPN2)
Rice vs Southern Mississippi (at Mobile, AL), 5:45 PM (ESPN)
Southern Methodist vs Brigham Young (at Albuquerque, NM), 7:30 PM (ABC)
North Texas vs Boise State (at Frisco, TX), 9:15 PM (ESPN)

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Just what the world needs. More crap D1 teams.

Lol exactly

[EdinboroFB]

A bunch of FCS schools are collectively moving up and forming a football-only FBS conference. Several were D2 schools not long ago:

• Stephen F. Austin (WAC)
• Abilene Christian (WAC)
• Utah Tech (WAC)
• Southern Utah (WAC)
• Tarleton State (WAC)
• Austin Peay (Atlantic Sun)
• Eastern Kentucky (Atlantic Sun)
• Central Arkansas (Atlantic Sun)
• North Alabama (Atlantic Sun)

Ill look forward to watching Tarelton State against Austin Peay in the Neuvo Laredo Bowl.

[Ship69]

A bunch of FCS schools are collectively moving up and forming a football-only FBS conference. Several were D2 schools not long ago:

• Stephen F. Austin (WAC)
• Abilene Christian (WAC)
• Utah Tech (WAC)
• Southern Utah (WAC)
• Tarleton State (WAC)
• Austin Peay (Atlantic Sun)
• Eastern Kentucky (Atlantic Sun)
• Central Arkansas (Atlantic Sun)
• North Alabama (Atlantic Sun)

Just what the world needs. More crap D1 teams.