THE IUP Football Thread

[IUPNation]

I took a prom date to the Brown in 1991 I believe. There were six or eight of us. That was a popular prom dinner spot back in the day. That was the ONLY time I was in the place. Now I walk by it and just shake my head.

There used to be a Bonanza or a Rustler along Wayne Ave and Spring 85 the high school kids came in for their Prom Dinner. Yep they sure did. Hoss’s opened and they went out of business.

[Iupgh]

Saw that. Also saw the comment below it basically saying to go somewhere you’ll be “the guy.” I took that to mean it wasn’t a guarantee at Northern Illinois, which I imagine it wouldn’t be. Hunter started posting cryptic quotes the other day as well. Looks like he’s agonizing over the decision. My advice to him would be make a decision and go all in. Don’t look back. You can date around forever and the danger is you never fall in love.

Good luck with that offer, a 3-9 team with 2 games in Sept at BC and at Nebraska. How does a MAC team with 85 scholarships offer a D2 guy🧐. Five quarterbacks on roster must be brutal. For them to even offer is a bad look to the staff if u ask me…just sayin

[IUPbigINDIANS]

IUP has offered Demonte Martin (6'5" WR from Robert Morris).

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Saw that. Also saw the comment below it basically saying to go somewhere you’ll be “the guy.” I took that to mean it wasn’t a guarantee at Northern Illinois, which I imagine it wouldn’t be. Hunter started posting cryptic quotes the other day as well. Looks like he’s agonizing over the decision. My advice to him would be make a decision and go all in. Don’t look back. You can date around forever and the danger is you never fall in love.

Well, the transfer portal QB market triples in size in a couple more weeks (as Spring camps close).

It would be nice not to go through this yearly (at that position) once in a while. Taking these guys from across the country certainly poses the risk of them being here for only one season. I get in this portal era teams are really only guaranteed a single season but that particular position is a headache to replace yearly.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Northern Illinois offered Karst Hunter tonight.

Saw that. Also saw the comment below it basically saying to go somewhere you’ll be “the guy.” I took that to mean it wasn’t a guarantee at Northern Illinois, which I imagine it wouldn’t be. Hunter started posting cryptic quotes the other day as well. Looks like he’s agonizing over the decision. My advice to him would be make a decision and go all in. Don’t look back. You can date around forever and the danger is you never fall in love.

[EyeoftheHawk]

I was a big Kangaroo's fan back in that era ... also The Gingerbread Man. Do you remember Murphy's Wings (on Philly St.)? I used to hang at the The Brown Hotel. It's still standing (barely).

I took a prom date to the Brown in 1991 I believe. There were six or eight of us. That was a popular prom dinner spot back in the day. That was the ONLY time I was in the place. Now I walk by it and just shake my head.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Northern Illinois offered Karst Hunter tonight.

[IUPNation]

Issac’s was a cool place to eat lunch back in the 80’s. They had expanded over the years but them to have retreated back to only their South Central PA base. The one by me closed in 2021…

[IUP24]

Murphy's had the whole wings! I can't believe The Brown Hotel is still standing. That place was a hole. I was a $3 Yuengling Pitcher guy at The Wolf.

My favorite place for wings when I was on campus was at the now defunct Grubs Sports Bar. That was the combo Grubs/Wolfie's bar, owned by the same people. I read a couple years back that Grubs lost their liquor license. When I was on Philly Street in March when I was in town, it looked like there was no sign of it at all. Is Wolfie's closed too? I thought that stayed open. Wolfie's was always the place on Wednesday nights. That was "Country Night." It's amazing thinking back how wild we would get on a Wednesday night, close down the bar, and wake up for an 8AM like nothing ever happened. To be in college again lol.

Grub's had 50 cent wing nights, I think on Monday's. That was always a great deal. They had big wings too.

One of the underrated spots on Philly was Pita Pit. Although that was a chain, what a freaking awesome place. Was packed every night Thurs-Sat. It closed a few years ago. I think it died right before the pandemic. I had read somewhere that the Pita Pit in Indiana had the most foot traffic of any of their locations.

[IUP24]

Perhaps in the 80s. By the mid-90s it kind of turned in to the 'hippie' bar in town. They would always have good acoustic performers (and not the blow-your-ears-out music up on Philly). It was a cool chill bar.

I think it's actually still for sale but it has some major structural issues. It would take some coin to get it functional (and code approved) again.

One of my good friends from college, and still to this day, loved The Brown. He was a "hippie" type as you would say. Grew up some since. Is it still open? I never went there. Graduated in 2015.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I remember a bunch of us got all dressed up for dinner at The Brown Hotel. We thought we were being fancy.

Perhaps in the 80s. By the mid-90s it kind of turned in to the 'hippie' bar in town. They would always have good acoustic performers (and not the blow-your-ears-out music up on Philly). It was a cool chill bar.

I think it's actually still for sale but it has some major structural issues. It would take some coin to get it functional (and code approved) again.

[IUPNation]

I was a big Kangaroo's fan back in that era ... also The Gingerbread Man. Do you remember Murphy's Wings (on Philly St.)? I used to hang at the The Brown Hotel. It's still standing (barely).

I remember a bunch of us got all dressed up for dinner at The Brown Hotel. We thought we were being fancy.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

News reports are sayin 50-60 people on the second floor of that townhouse before the collapse. Sheesh.

That would be packed in like a basement sewer frat party. Lucky nobody got killed.

[Fightingscot82]

News reports are sayin 50-60 people on the second floor of that townhouse before the collapse. Sheesh.

[IUPalum]

I was a big Kangaroo's fan back in that era ... also The Gingerbread Man. Do you remember Murphy's Wings (on Philly St.)? I used to hang at the The Brown Hotel. It's still standing (barely).

Murphy's had the whole wings! I can't believe The Brown Hotel is still standing. That place was a hole. I was a $3 Yuengling Pitcher guy at The Wolf.