THE IUP Football Thread

[Iupgh]

Gotta give Kutztown credit for what they've done the past 8-9 years. For years they were little more than an afterthought in the league. Even after losing the last four games in the series, Ship still has a 49-23 all-time edge against them. The Bears have really turned it around.

Best coach in the East hands down will do that.

[Iupgh]

From Matt Burglund on Twitter at 8:10 AM:

”Per source, IUP starting OL McLean Djouha has been granted another year of eligibility. He’s played in 30 games the past 3 seasons.”

Great news if true.

Like Kurt Angle would say “It’s true dam true”.

[iupgroundhog]

From Matt Burglund on Twitter at 8:10 AM:

”Per source, IUP starting OL McLean Djouha has been granted another year of eligibility. He’s played in 30 games the past 3 seasons.”

Great news if true.

That's great. Really important to the whole offense.

[Ship69]

Best coach in the East hands down will do that.

Didn't hurt that they had an NFL Hall of Fame guy their stadium is named after to attract attention to their program. They have had excellent coaching.

[Ship69]

Absolutely. They’ve done a good job of marketing their program and make it look like a cool place to play. There was a time when you could forget Kutztown was even in the PSAC but those days are gone. Some of us will remember when Millersville and Bloomsburg were the big dogs on that side of the state.

And some of us remember when you played Shepherd for an easy win, but that started to turn around in the '90s.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The official roster is posted.


Logan Danielson is listed. IUP has waited a long time to see him on the DL.

McLean Djouha is (as expected) now official. Quite a relief for the program to get a 6'7", 320 lb OL back with 30 career starts.

Randy Washington is listed at RB (formerly a DB).

Chance Battle (6'6", 355) is listed as a transfer OL from Lackawanna. Kelechi Okoro (6'4", 291) from Concord and Daric Cotman (6'4", 290) from UVA-Wise have both arrived.

I didn't see any 'surprise' additions. Seems like the board knew about everybody.

[iupgroundhog]

The official roster is posted.


Logan Danielson is listed. IUP has waited a long time to see him on the DL.

McLean Djouha is (as expected) now official. Quite a relief for the program to get a 6'7", 320 lb OL back with 30 career starts.

Randy Washington is listed at RB (formerly a DB).

Chance Battle (6'6", 355) is listed as a transfer OL from Lackawanna. Kelechi Okoro (6'4", 291) from Concord and Daric Cotman (6'4", 290) from UVA-Wise have both arrived.

I didn't see any 'surprise' additions. Seems like the board knew about everybody.

That roster is loaded. Now it's up to the coaching staff to make it work. No Dylan Grubb but whoever was doing the punting last year (Spitler, Andrasi?) did a really good job so I think punting is covered.

[Iupgh]

The official roster is posted.


Logan Danielson is listed. IUP has waited a long time to see him on the DL.

McLean Djouha is (as expected) now official. Quite a relief for the program to get a 6'7", 320 lb OL back with 30 career starts.

Randy Washington is listed at RB (formerly a DB).

Chance Battle (6'6", 355) is listed as a transfer OL from Lackawanna. Kelechi Okoro (6'4", 291) from Concord and Daric Cotman (6'4", 290) from UVA-Wise have both arrived.

I didn't see any 'surprise' additions. Seems like the board knew about everybody.

Most likely 3 starting wideouts are a listed 6’3 according to roster. And that is not fabricated that is a definite. That could spell trouble in the west.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Most likely 3 starting wideouts are a listed 6’3 according to roster. And that is not fabricated that is a definite. That could spell trouble in the west.

I'm sure Karst Hunter is pretty pleased. Derek Lockhart, Hilton Ridley and Quinn Zinoble is an incredible, experienced trio. Ironically, Lockhart lit up IUP in the past and Zinoble also had two big games against IUP. They've all three played a lot of D2 football (and some D1). The best part is none of them are your typical 'me first' WR diva types. They are all three pretty level-headed, humble players.

The 'speedster' group behind them is pretty intriguing as well. Isaiah Houser, Daniel Deabner and Omar Stewart would all three start at many other places.

There's two more WR transfers in Sebastian Campbell (Colorado Mesa) and Jack Goodrich (West Florida). Campbell is a possession-type WR and Goodrich is another big target in the 6'4" range.

Tort also has three really big TEs in Cole Laney (6'6", 247 lbs), Fairmont State transfer Tanner Krevokuch (6'5", 238 lbs) and Temple transfer Marcus Day (6'4", 242 lbs). We know Laney is very athletic for his size. We'll see the other two soon enough.

[ShoNuff]

I'm sure Karst Hunter is pretty pleased. Derek Lockhart, Hilton Ridley and Quinn Zinoble is an incredible, experienced trio. Ironically, Lockhart lit up IUP in the past and Zinoble also had two big games against IUP. They've all three played a lot of D2 football (and some D1). The best part is none of them are your typical 'me first' WR diva types. They are all three pretty level-headed, humble players.

The 'speedster' group behind them is pretty intriguing as well. Isaiah Houser, Daniel Deabner and Omar Stewart would all three start at many other places.

There's two more WR transfers in Sebastian Campbell (Colorado Mesa) and Jack Goodrich (West Florida). Campbell is a possession-type WR and Goodrich is another big target in the 6'4" range.

Tort also has three really big TEs in Cole Laney (6'6", 247 lbs), Fairmont State transfer Tanner Krevokuch (6'5", 238 lbs) and Temple transfer Marcus Day (6'4", 242 lbs). We know Laney is very athletic for his size. We'll see the other two soon enough.

Man, the middle of the DL is rather small and young. I hope this does not affects Drew DiNunzio-Biss' productivity. I hope the D-Coord plan on rotating these guys in and out to keep them somewhat fresh.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Man, the middle of the DL is rather small and young. I hope this does not affects Drew DiNunzio-Biss' productivity. I hope the D-Coord plan on rotating these guys in and out to keep them somewhat fresh.

This is the biggest question mark coming into the season in my opinion. With tall of the weapons on offense, this team is going to score. Can IUP stop the run though? DiNunzio-Biss was productive last year, but he was playing behind some guys that could take up space. On paper at least it’s a different task for him this year. I guess we’ll see in a few weeks.

Thinking about it a little more, there may be some method to the madness of going quicker and smaller on the DL. Most teams take snaps from the gun these days and run spread offenses with a lot of quick passes and little traditional running game. IUP is about as traditional on offense as it gets in that regard, but I expect that to change a bit this season.

[IUP Crimson Hawk]

Wow this offense is loaded. I understand IUP has had some great O lines but looking at that O line on the roster I would put it up with anyone in the country. Not to mention the Hawks landed the number 1 D2 Transfer QB in the portal Karst Hunter. should be interesting who is the number 2 QB. WR and TE room is massively big in size and loaded as well.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

This is the biggest question mark coming into the season in my opinion. With tall of the weapons on offense, this team is going to score. Can IUP stop the run though? DiNunzio-Biss was productive last year, but he was playing behind some guys that could take up space. On paper at least it’s a different task for him this year. I guess we’ll see in a few weeks.

Thinking about it a little more, there may be some method to the madness of going quicker and smaller on the DL. Most teams take snaps from the gun these days and run spread offenses with a lot of quick passes and little traditional running game. IUP is about as traditional on offense as it gets in that regard, but I expect that to change a bit this season.

I thought of this theory. There could be some merit to it. They certainly are giving up some size this year on the DL but should be much faster. They lost some 300 pound guys and are replacing them more in the 255-265 range. Remember it works both ways. Some big boy OLs have trouble with faster players over the course of a game. They get worn out.

And, of course, this is if you actually believe the listed weights (last year and this year).

[iupgroundhog]

I thought of this theory. There could be some merit to it. They certainly are giving up some size this year on the DL but should be much faster. They lost some 300 pound guys and are replacing them more in the 255-265 range. Remember it works both ways. Some big boy OLs have trouble with faster players over the course of a game. They get worn out.

And, of course, this is if you actually believe the listed weights (last year and this year).

I don't really feel like going out on a limb and making predictions - however - I think the interior defensive linemen will be fine. There are different parts but, like offense, they do work together. On a 1-10 scale my expectations for the secondary are about a 9, the DE's are a 9, the LB's are a 7.5. So, if the DT's can be a 5 or 6, which I expect, the defense is going to be pretty good.

[IUP Crimson Hawk]

I thought of this theory. There could be some merit to it. They certainly are giving up some size this year on the DL but should be much faster. They lost some 300 pound guys and are replacing them more in the 255-265 range. Remember it works both ways. Some big boy OLs have trouble with faster players over the course of a game. They get worn out.

And, of course, this is if you actually believe the listed weights (last year and this year).

Don’t forget Tyrone Fowler did not play last season. He is the best D end in the region. The inside should be interesting. I am curious to see how the transfer from Lackawanna/Shepherd is going to be.