IUP Football 2021

[IUPbigINDIANS]

From today's Gazette:

"Effective next fall, there will be one less college at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, as the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and College of Fine Arts will be combined into an as-yet-unnamed college focused on the creative arts, humanities and design."



Full story online.

[IUP CRIMSON HAWKS]

Somebody has to guard the tool shed.

The Angry Mob just cannot be trusted.

I should also note that I have not been to the Indiana Fair since 1982.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I'm still trying to recover from the 2005 edition and the body count!

I wonder if I may be the only local IUP alum who has never seen a single Homecoming Parade?

Somebody has to guard the tool shed.

[IUP CRIMSON HAWKS]

Well, that was the calmest Homecoming in IUP history.

I'm still trying to recover from the 2005 edition and the body count!

I wonder if I may be the only local IUP alum who has never seen a single Homecoming Parade?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Well, that was the calmest Homecoming in IUP history.

[Fightingscot82]

The official high-water mark in school history was the Fall of 2012 (15,379).

But, yes, there were many years in that vicinity.

Crazy to think they've lost 5,000 students between 2012 and 2020. That's a whole lot of coin.

Roughly $100MM a year.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I wonder what % have tested positive for Covid?

I recall IUP having around 14-15,000 in my undergrad and grad days there. That is quite a drop.

The official high-water mark in school history was the Fall of 2012 (15,379).

But, yes, there were many years in that vicinity.

Crazy to think they've lost 5,000 students between 2012 and 2020. That's a whole lot of coin.

[IUP CRIMSON HAWKS]

IUP has announced the finalized enrollment numbers for this year.

Total enrollment for 2020-21 is at 10,067 (5.34% decrease from 2019-20).

I wonder what % have tested positive for Covid?

I recall IUP having around 14-15,000 in my undergrad and grad days there. That is quite a drop.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

IUP has announced the finalized enrollment numbers for this year.

Total enrollment for 2020-21 is at 10,067 (5.34% decrease from 2019-20).

[IUPNation]

It's being mentioned on Twitter that Ed Fry has passed away.

Awww...that's sad to hear.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I think that's fine. The challenge will be the common areas. They're not exactly designed for spacing.

Miller Stadium -- which is about the average size of PSAC stadiums, lists an official capacity of 5,000. So, they could let in 1,000.

The question will be do the players, coaches, cheerleaders, band and support staff count toward that total. In football, that's a real big number. Combined you're talking 125 players, 20 coaches, medical staff, media, refs, etc.

[Fightingscot82]

New PA occuoancy rules start Friday per today's announcement.

Sounds like our schools will be lowed 15% occupancy for basketball and 20% for football.

I think that's fine. The challenge will be the common areas. They're not exactly designed for spacing.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

New PA occuoancy rules start Friday per today's announcement.

Sounds like our schools will be lowed 15% occupancy for basketball and 20% for football.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

This Saturday (Homecoming Saturday), IUP is going to re-broadcast the 38-17 Homecoming victory over SRU from 2005 -- with commentary from Jack Benedict and Frank Cignetti.

You can relive that glamorous 5-5, 2005 season.

One other kind of cool thing they are doing is having a virtual parade -- a video with clips from all the Homecoming parades over the years.

Luckily, our current students aren't going to let us down. There are a ton of off-campus events/parties planned. All socially distanced I'm sure. LOL.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I have to watch the whole show. It was live broadcasted on YouTube.

If there's something strange

And it don't look good

Who ya gonna call

... the IUP band director