THE IUP Football Thread

[IUPNation]

I was there. It wasn’t as stuffy as some events there, LOL. It was a little pricey to get in thought tat $10 per adult to see an exhibit that covered about half of the arena floor.

Sound like the Philadelphia Flower Show. First time I went at the PA Convention Center I expected the whole floor covered with exhibits and it was like less than half and the rest was just vendors.

[Fightingscot82]

The campus that sticks out to me is California. It doesn't even look like the same place it was 20 years ago. It's nice down there now. The town is the killer. It's like having a school on one end of Clymer. Cal used to be like a hodge-podge of different looking buildings, etc. The did a terrific job in the demolition/rebuilding.

IUP has a few that still need to come down (Elkin, for one). Others need serious updates (or torn down) -- Zink, Ackerman, Pratt, Memorial Field House.

The Field House likely will never be torn down as it was dedicated as a war memorial, etc., but it has become a major eye soar. It needs some major sprucing up - interior and exterior. I still think the basketball teams should play one game a year over there. It's been several years now. IUP played Shippensburg in the Field House in 2018 on a Saturday night and it was a really cool evening. It was certainly a Memory Lane trip.

Edinboro has some as well - but its certainly cleaned up since I was a student there. Probably because the first of the "revolving door presidents" was mentored by Track Suit Armenti. They still have some mothballed dorms that need to be spruced up or torn down and the vacant former lab school building that's clearly just sitting there and the facilities buildings (in the middle of campus!). Before everything went to hell, there was a daring plan to convert the former steam plant building into a brewery to promote the fermentation program they were starting. Insane to consider for those of us who attended PASSHE schools during the Stalinist-style enforcement of alcohol.

[IUPalum]

FYI - Tort's favorite store on campus has nearly all its brand-name merchandise (Nike, etc.) at 40% (or more) off this week and next. It's the annual "we gotta get rid of all this overpriced stuff before the school year ends' sale.

The nice windbreakers that are usually $87 are now in the $40s ...same with the polo shirts and sweatshirts.


Remember, nothing gets that football team more pumped up than looking up in to the bleachers and seeing fans wearing IUP gear from the Co-Op Store.

Is this when you buy your gear?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

So much of our campuses are time capsules from the rapid growth of the 70s - the last time the state fully supported us. Still so many buildings (and fences) from the 70s. Unfortunately a lot of them were built at the expense of some grand older buildings that now would have been preserved - and the brick & block institutionalized construction is terrible for wireless phone & internet, so schools have had to spend tens of thousands on extra hotspots and signal repeaters for all the wireless technology that can't travel through stone. Let's be honest, the architecture is also pretty damn boring.

The campus that sticks out to me is California. It doesn't even look like the same place it was 20 years ago. It's nice down there now. The town is the killer. It's like having a school on one end of Clymer. Cal used to be like a hodge-podge of different looking buildings, etc. The did a terrific job in the demolition/rebuilding.

IUP has a few that still need to come down (Elkin, for one). Others need serious updates (or torn down) -- Zink, Ackerman, Pratt, Memorial Field House.

The Field House likely will never be torn down as it was dedicated as a war memorial, etc., but it has become a major eye soar. It needs some major sprucing up - interior and exterior. I still think the basketball teams should play one game a year over there. It's been several years now. IUP played Shippensburg in the Field House in 2018 on a Saturday night and it was a really cool evening. It was certainly a Memory Lane trip.

[Fightingscot82]

Neat. Some things look pretty much the same. The size of some of those trees in the Oak Grove stood out to me. They’re all giants now. It’s amazing that old band stand that used to sit at the west end of the stadium still exists. It just sits in the parking lot on the opposite side of the creek where the band practices. And yes, the fence :(.

So much of our campuses are time capsules from the rapid growth of the 70s - the last time the state fully supported us. Still so many buildings (and fences) from the 70s. Unfortunately a lot of them were built at the expense of some grand older buildings that now would have been preserved - and the brick & block institutionalized construction is terrible for wireless phone & internet, so schools have had to spend tens of thousands on extra hotspots and signal repeaters for all the wireless technology that can't travel through stone. Let's be honest, the architecture is also pretty damn boring.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Any of yinz going to the Taxidermist Competition at the KCAC.

I heard it's a bit of a stuffy event.

:-)

I was there. It wasn’t as stuffy as some events there, LOL. It was a little pricey to get in though at $10 per adult to see an exhibit that covered about half of the arena floor.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Read my lips - No new fence!

Seriously, upgrading the stadium has got to get a higher priority.

That video is a gem. Great place to be in 1976.

Neat. Some things look pretty much the same. The size of some of those trees in the Oak Grove stood out to me. They’re all giants now. It’s amazing that old band stand that used to sit at the west end of the stadium still exists. It just sits in the parking lot on the opposite side of the creek where the band practices. And yes, the fence :(.

[IUPNation]

Any of yinz going to the Taxidermist Competition at the KCAC.

I heard it's a bit of a stuffy event.

:-)

[iupgroundhog]

The friggen fence that surrounds The Cig now is seen in this from 47 years ago.

Dr. Driscoll...tear down that fence!!!!

Read my lips - No new fence!

Seriously, upgrading the stadium has got to get a higher priority.

That video is a gem. Great place to be in 1976.

[Bart]

The friggen fence that surrounds The Cig now is seen in this from 47 years ago.

Dr. Driscoll...tear down that fence!!!!

I think I saw my shadow in the video. Cool to look back.

[IUPNation]

The friggen fence that surrounds The Cig now is seen in this from 47 years ago.

Dr. Driscoll...tear down that fence!!!!

[Fightingscot82]

FYI - Tort's favorite store on campus has nearly all its brand-name merchandise (Nike, etc.) at 40% (or more) off this week and next. It's the annual "we gotta get rid of all this overpriced stuff before the school year ends' sale.

The nice windbreakers that are usually $87 are now in the $40s ...same with the polo shirts and sweatshirts.


Remember, nothing gets that football team more pumped up than looking up in to the bleachers and seeing fans wearing IUP gear from the Co-Op Store.

If they ever do a clearance on a particular name brand (like Nike) then you know the school is signing a new uniform deal.

[iupgroundhog]

FYI - Tort's favorite store on campus has nearly all its brand-name merchandise (Nike, etc.) at 40% (or more) off this week and next. It's the annual "we gotta get rid of all this overpriced stuff before the school year ends' sale.

The nice windbreakers that are usually $87 are now in the $40s ...same with the polo shirts and sweatshirts.


Remember, nothing gets that football team more pumped up than looking up in to the bleachers and seeing fans wearing IUP gear from the Co-Op Store.

Where would IUP sports be without the financial support of The Co-op Store for the last several decades?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

FYI - Tort's favorite store on campus has nearly all its brand-name merchandise (Nike, etc.) at 40% (or more) off this week and next. It's the annual "we gotta get rid of all this overpriced stuff before the school year ends' sale.

The nice windbreakers that are usually $87 are now in the $40s ...same with the polo shirts and sweatshirts.


Remember, nothing gets that football team more pumped up than looking up in to the bleachers and seeing fans wearing IUP gear from the Co-Op Store.

[Matt Witwicki]

Thanks for the intel Matt…Seen this kid listed from 6’3 and above . Is he really 6’5?

They have em listed here as 6'4..which sounds about right. I've never stood next to him and physically measure him, if that's what yer askin..as that might be awkward for all involved..

As seem here..it's built more like a tight end than a QB..but runs well.