IUP Football 2021

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Concord and Glenville State (MEC) are both still open in Week 1. I wish IUP could convince either to come to Miller. Too late now, I suppose.

[Matt Burglund]

Learn something every day ... never heard of it. Looks like the last season they played they were 2-9 so this is quite the upgrade for him.

Remember Marty Higgins? IUP's offensive coordinator in 2015-16? He came to IUP from Upper Iowa.

[Fightingscot82]

Learn something every day ... never heard of it. Looks like the last season they played they were 2-9 so this is quite the upgrade for him.

Yep.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I don't think he's a JUCO. Upper Iowa is a DII playing in the NSIC. They've got a nice stadium https://www.d2football.com/upperiowa/#stadium

Learn something every day ... never heard of it. Looks like the last season they played they were 2-9 so this is quite the upgrade for him.

[Fightingscot82]

I also tend to question the JUCO player still available in mid-July, but IUP has a long history of success with such players. It's likely they've been recruiting him for some time but he was probably holding out as long as possible for that D1 offer.

We should be seeing the official roster now any day.

I don't think he's a JUCO. Upper Iowa is a DII playing in the NSIC. They've got a nice stadium https://www.d2football.com/upperiowa/#stadium

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Highlights looks Ok:

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/8746948...e69d0d44bcb9f4

We shall see if he develops into a player.

I also tend to question the JUCO player still available in mid-July, but IUP has a long history of success with such players. It's likely they've been recruiting him for some time but he was probably holding out as long as possible for that D1 offer.

We should be seeing the official roster now any day.

[WarriorVoice]

Brent Musburger gave the best lead-ins ever in my opinion. He could make Seton Hill at Clarion seem like the national title game.


... You are looking live at 19 people packing in Outzen Field in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.


A lot of Brent's Saturday Night games, while good on the surface, would turn blowout. I'd love when Virginia Tech would be down 50-7, and then score, and he'd say 'hold just a minute, friends'.


I had a much different opinion on Blacksburg. I thought it was a cool Saturday game trip. Nice town. But, I agree, many still think they are in the heyday of Beamer Ball. They do have an incredible following.

I do think a lot of that stuff -- Enter Sandman, Whiteouts, etc., -- does (or, can) have an effect on the guests. Even on our small scale (back in my era) IUP would have teams psyched out before they even kicked off. I've seen the glitz and rowdy crowds of the KCAC take teams right out of the game -- many, many times. SRU teams have had some epic meltdowns inside the KCAC.

Offut Field...Close enough, he's rolling...

[ShoNuff]

IUP has signed transfer DB Akshay Thaper (6'2, 185 lbs). Looks like he should have (3) years at IUP.

Highlights looks Ok:

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/8746948...e69d0d44bcb9f4

We shall see if he develops into a player.

[Fightingscot82]

If you offer, they will come.

True. I do recall that Gannon landed a QB in California with a scholarship and proximity to skiing.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I'd be interested in hearing his story about how a kid from Virginia ends up at a DII in Iowa.

If you offer, they will come.

[iupgroundhog]

I'd be interested in hearing his story about how a kid from Virginia ends up at a DII in Iowa.

I-80?

[Fightingscot82]

IUP has signed transfer DB Akshay Thaper (6'2, 185 lbs). Looks like he should have (3) years at IUP.

I'd be interested in hearing his story about how a kid from Virginia ends up at a DII in Iowa.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

IUP has signed transfer DB Akshay Thaper (6'2, 185 lbs). Looks like he should have (3) years at IUP.

[IUPNation]

The 2013-14 game the crowd 100% altered the game. That was finally the night SRU could end its (still going on) losing streak in Indiana (dating now to 1991). That was the game KR finally lost it after getting hammered all night and got T'd up with about a 90 seconds left. Changed the whole game.

Their last game here (the one Joe could have won by 50 if he wanted) ... their players were mentally gone before the ball tipped. IUP's students went nuts on them for the entire warm-up. I don't know why the KCAC gets so wound up for SRU ... that's hardly a basketball rival. But, nonetheless, it does.

Hate to bring it up but IUP's only ever loss in basketball to Seton Hill ... the crowd did a number on IUP that night. Granted, that was a once-in-a-lifetime atmosphere for that program.

Your examples above ... Va Tech just isn't very good anymore. I'd put them on Pitt level.

[IUPNation]

Brent Musburger gave the best lead-ins ever in my opinion. He could make Seton Hill at Clarion seem like the national title game.


... You are looking live at 19 people packing in Outzen Field in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.


A lot of Brent's Saturday Night games, while good on the surface, would turn blowout. I'd love when Virginia Tech would be down 50-7, and then score, and he'd say 'hold just a minute, friends'.


I had a much different opinion on Blacksburg. I thought it was a cool Saturday game trip. Nice town. But, I agree, many still think they are in the heyday of Beamer Ball. They do have an incredible following.

I do think a lot of that stuff -- Enter Sandman, Whiteouts, etc., -- does (or, can) have an effect on the guests. Even on our small scale (back in my era) IUP would have teams psyched out before they even kicked off. I've seen the glitz and rowdy crowds of the KCAC take teams right out of the game -- many, many times. SRU teams have had some epic meltdowns inside the KCAC.