THE IUP Football Thread

[IUPNation]

The area up on the hill (near UPJ) is pretty nice. I'm not sure if it's actually considered Johnstown or not. It's several miles 'up the hill' from downtown.

If you want something vintage, go to an event at the War Memorial. It hasn't changed a bit since Slap Shot was filmed there.

I was past it when I was at IUP. Places that survive change..and Johnstown just seems to want to back in time instead of figuring out what it can be in a new form.

I hated it when the student charter buses took 56 through Johnstown to go back to Indiana instead of the 220 to 22 to 422 route.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

It’s just sad in Johnstown. They just need to knock down the whole town and rebuild. It could be pretty there with the hills..like how Downtown Pittsburgh looks nice…

The area up on the hill (near UPJ) is pretty nice. I'm not sure if it's actually considered Johnstown or not. It's several miles 'up the hill' from downtown.

If you want something vintage, go to an event at the War Memorial. It hasn't changed a bit since Slap Shot was filmed there.

[IUPNation]

I've been to the Johnstown War Memorial several times. It isn't fun leaving. Johnstown (downtown) isn't quite a ghetto, but, it's close.

You quickly forget about Slap Shot and Paul Newman.

It’s just sad in Johnstown. They just need to knock down the whole town and rebuild. It could be pretty there with the hills..like how Downtown Pittsburgh looks nice…

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Indiana isn’t depressing like Johnstown either.

I've been to the Johnstown War Memorial several times. It isn't fun leaving. Johnstown (downtown) isn't quite a ghetto, but, it's close.

You quickly forget about Slap Shot and Paul Newman.

[IUPNation]

It's done very well. The main competition is the War Memorial in Johnstown (which is decades past its prime). The KCAC is far nicer, has better parking, lots of hotel options, etc.

The facility in Johnstown is also pretty sketchy to leave after dark.

I do think the KCAC could hold way more music shows than it does now. The KCAC also has a nice (smallish) theater with stage inside. Most people don't know it's there. It seats several hundred. They put the bigger acts in the arena.

Indiana isn’t depressing like Johnstown either.

[IUPNation]

Off-topic, but the Monroeville Convention Center announced it is closing this summer, and several of their booked events said they're reaching out to the KCAC. That's good for IUP and Indiana.

Who knew there was a convention center in Monroeville?

[Fightingscot82]

Interesting little item: Indiana High's Anthony Kowchuck signed with ... California

He's a good athlete (and was stuck on a horrible team). Not sure what position he'll play in the Mon Valley. He's 6'5" and about 200 lbs. He played just about everything at IHS except QB.

I couldn't find any indication IUP recruited him.

Perfect message board fodder.

Something anecdotal I noticed on the Bird App this recruiting cycle was the lack of overlap in past years with recruiting. I don't know if that's teams prioritizing transfers over high schoolers or what - but I saw VERY few kids holding offers from the entire PSAC West like was the norm in past years. I can't think of one kid who I saw had offers from the big three: Cal, IUP, and Rock. Every once in a while those kids would end up signing with the also-rans of the division, which is how I'd notice them. Of the dozens of kids I saw advertising Edinboro offers, only a handful also had offers from those big three programs, and only one had offers from 2 of the 3 (he chose Slippery Rock over Edinboro and IUP).

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Interesting little item: Indiana High's Anthony Kowchuck signed with ... California

He's a good athlete (and was stuck on a horrible team). Not sure what position he'll play in the Mon Valley. He's 6'5" and about 200 lbs. He played just about everything at IHS except QB.

I couldn't find any indication IUP recruited him.

[Fightingscot82]

It's done very well. The main competition is the War Memorial in Johnstown (which is decades past its prime). The KCAC is far nicer, has better parking, lots of hotel options, etc.

The facility in Johnstown is also pretty sketchy to leave after dark.

I do think the KCAC could hold way more music shows than it does now. The KCAC also has a nice (smallish) theater with stage inside. Most people don't know it's there. It seats several hundred. They put the bigger acts in the arena.

The challenge is that Indiana is just out of the way enough and there are some comparable venues closer to Pittsburgh like UPMC at RMU, Cooper at Duquesne (rarely does shows anymore), Stage AE indoors, and the refurbished Roxian in McKees Rocks. Plus the Pittsburgh market is already getting skipped on tours so they may be getting what they can get.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

That's sad for Monroeville. What is left there? On the other hand, the KCAC has been a great success story. KCAC even weathered the Covid downturn very well, too.

It's done very well. The main competition is the War Memorial in Johnstown (which is decades past its prime). The KCAC is far nicer, has better parking, lots of hotel options, etc.

The facility in Johnstown is also pretty sketchy to leave after dark.

I do think the KCAC could hold way more music shows than it does now. The KCAC also has a nice (smallish) theater with stage inside. Most people don't know it's there. It seats several hundred. They put the bigger acts in the arena.

[iupgroundhog]

Off-topic, but the Monroeville Convention Center announced it is closing this summer, and several of their booked events said they're reaching out to the KCAC. That's good for IUP and Indiana.

That's sad for Monroeville. What is left there? On the other hand, the KCAC has been a great success story. KCAC even weathered the Covid downturn very well, too.

[Fightingscot82]

They used to host the best baseball card show around for years and years.

I do miss the baseball card world of the late 80s, early 90s. It was fun to go to things like Piratesfest or a random baseball card store and with my dad flip through old "commons" to look for some of his favorite old players from the 60s.

There used to be a large convention center in Monroeville but its been converted to offices.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Off-topic, but the Monroeville Convention Center announced it is closing this summer, and several of their booked events said they're reaching out to the KCAC. That's good for IUP and Indiana.

They used to host the best baseball card show around for years and years.

[Fightingscot82]

Off-topic, but the Monroeville Convention Center announced it is closing this summer, and several of their booked events said they're reaching out to the KCAC. That's good for IUP and Indiana.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Interesting. Kid couldn’t decide yesterday or maybe he didn’t get the offers he was hoping to?

My guess is perhaps a late offer from IUP. Recall Tort said they got 9 of their 10 key targets to sign the dotted line.

Perhaps they weren't planning to miss and then had some coin available all the sudden.

Who knows. Some strange stuff happens in those 24 hours.