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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
Slippery Rock is going to be interesting on Saturday.
For those who don't follow basketball, they did a one week ban on fans. It is lifted effective this Saturday for the IUP game.
What will be interesting, mask-wise, is SRU basketball gets about 200 a game on average -- terrible even by PSAC standards. This game, however, is by far their biggest draw of the year. I've been at Morrow Field House for IUP's visit when it's been nearly sold out. They are already hyping it up on campus and SRU students get pretty jacked up any time IUP comes to town. IUP also traditionally takes a large crowd up there for this game.
We'll see if they got the mask message or if anything is actually enforced. As you said, if they get 2,000 people or more in there ... good luck enforcing anything. Masks 'on' but pulled below your chin is the same as not having them on.
I suspect the SRU president will freak again after this game and they'll go back to no fans.
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Originally posted by iupgroundhog View Post
It's very difficult, if not impossible, to enforce, both from a logistical and a social point of view. My problem with what you are saying is that these seem to be the same people who tout "individual responsibility." If that's the case, then take some.
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On paper, Tort tore up the WPIAL. He got some really good players from some really good football schools.
Hopefully, they can redshirt the vast majority of them. I wouldn't be surprised if 1 or 2 could be ready to play in the Fall. But, hopefully no more than that will be needed. The jump is so big and so few are ready.
Redshirt. Adapt. Learn. Get stronger and faster. Learn where the library is. Hit the ground running in Spring of '23.
The recruiting season that will be more beneficial to the '22 team (portal shopping) is ongoing. Couple key portal purchases and they can be pretty solid in the Fall.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
On paper, Tort tore up the WPIAL. He got some really good players from some really good football schools.
Hopefully, they can redshirt the vast majority of them. I wouldn't be surprised if 1 or 2 could be ready to play in the Fall. But, hopefully no more than that will be needed. The jump is so big and so few are ready.
Redshirt. Adapt. Learn. Get stronger and faster. Learn where the library is. Hit the ground running in Spring of '23.
The recruiting season that will be more beneficial to the '22 team (portal shopping) is ongoing. Couple key portal purchases and they can be pretty solid in the Fall.
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Originally posted by iupgroundhog View Post
It's interesting that so far there are no RB's, no QB, no WR's. One LB although the DE could be a LB. No K/P.
I'd guess they'll add (1) RB out of the portal to go along with Houser and Stewart, and, at least (1) WR (maybe two). They also will have a big WR play his first game at IUP this Fall despite the fact he'll be an academic senior (Luke Hardy). By my count, Hardy still has four years' eligibility (redshirt, Covid, medical redshirt).
As for LB, remember they return a guy who likely would have started last year (or, played a whole lot) but missed the whole season with an injury. Kelly is also coming back as a grad student. The two second string LBs from 2021 also return. One of the slew of freshmen safeties from last year is also moving to LB.
Some believe former Bloomsburg QB Logan Leiby is still on the IUP radar. I have my doubts after the Mak Sexton signing. It won't be easy signing a transfer QB of much quality after signing Sexton. Odds are whomever it would be would be coming here to carry a clipboard. Don't get me wrong ... I'd love for them to have two experienced QBs.
Who knows. Most years we'll continue to see a couple signings pop up in the days after Signing Day.
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