THE IUP Football Thread

[iupgroundhog]

Well, the past two years IUP has gone in to this game hearing about how great SRU supposedly was ... we saw how those games ended.

Lot of green Kool-Aid being chugged on these boards. Let's keep in mind SRU's best win so far is against Millersville. Solid team but not likely a playoff contender. SRU's opponents have a combined 7-9 record. Only Millersville is above .500. The West Chester win looked good at the time, but, the Rams aren't very good.

SRU is a good team. No doubt about it. But, let's see how they respond when the team across from them can punch back, has the same depth, size, speed, etc. IUP will be -- by far -- the best defense SRU will have faced this season.

IUP isn't going up there to lose. I can promise you that much.

The Rock may win and turn out to be very strong. However, Tort and the Timeout Slingers are standing in their way. I know IUP is actually one of the few (if any) teams that actually enjoys going up there. They seem to really rise up in the hostile environment, etc. This is also (by a mile) the biggest road crowd IUP takes all season. The big crowd certainly played a part two years ago up there when IUP blasted them.

Just think, if the math team on the sidelines could count to three, ... this game would probably have a much different outlook right now.

Big Indian, a lot has changed since you made the above post.

[ShoNuff]

Not once did I ever say that anything was fine. This team isn’t that great. And I’m well aware of Tort’s issues as a coach.

Hey, there’s a lot of big donors on this board. And if the people aren’t big donors, they know people in town with major pull. All those people helped create the cash flow to bring in some of these players who aren’t performing. If it’s the players, that’s one conversation. If it’s the coach, then those powerful people should stop donating until there’s a change. Bottom line.

This team was supposed to be regional champion or bust. They aren’t even close. There are problems everywhere.

Pretty much sounds like the same situation at West Liberty....if you ask me.

[IUP24]

Tort is undefeated against Mercyhurst, Clarion and Seton Hill. Everything is fine. Have you seen his overall record?

Not once did I ever say that anything was fine. This team isn’t that great. And I’m well aware of Tort’s issues as a coach.

Hey, there’s a lot of big donors on this board. And if the people aren’t big donors, they know people in town with major pull. All those people helped create the cash flow to bring in some of these players who aren’t performing. If it’s the players, that’s one conversation. If it’s the coach, then those powerful people should stop donating until there’s a change. Bottom line.

This team was supposed to be regional champion or bust. They aren’t even close. There are problems everywhere. Is the head coach an area that needs addressed? I’ve seen enough to say that it probably does at this point, yeah.

[ShoNuff]

A lot of people spent a ton of time talking about how great this team was going to be, about how nasty they were going to be, etc.

Karst Hunter looks horrible. We were told that he was the most highly sought after transfer on not just the D2 market, but for many FCS schools too.

The offensive line is porous. Multiple people on here said that this was the biggest OL in the region. The most talented OL in the region. I’ll stop.

We were told these transfers for a sure thing. Some of the best import talent in the country. Lol

The defense looks soft and unprepared. They were utterly gashed.

I get that there’s little information in the way of a news cycle for D2 football. What happens kind of happens. Nobody really knows anything. But man there were a ton of mouth pieces for the program who sold everyone a bill of goods (or maybe they were sold a bill of goods). This team is average at best. Hunter isn’t good... And that OL that everyone was drooling over. Holy cow it’s bad.

The coaching staff is pretty horrific too. Outcoached tonight badly. No focus a few weeks ago.

This blew up. And every poster/fan from those other programs on here have every right and reason to eviscerate this thread.

Yes, it is...just absolutely horrible ! It starts with them.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

There were people saying Karst Hunter couldn’t play QB at a high level before the season started. I didn’t “watch the tape” to formulate that opinion. But those in that minority were spot on.

We can cut this up multiple ways. Bottom line is they just aren’t very good.

Tort is undefeated against Mercyhurst, Clarion and Seton Hill. Everything is fine. Have you seen his overall record?

[IUP24]

Yeah but they were before they got here. What's that tell you?

There were people saying Karst Hunter couldn’t play QB at a high level before the season started. I didn’t “watch the tape” to formulate that opinion. But those in that minority were spot on.

We can cut this up multiple ways. Bottom line is they just aren’t very good.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I edited to include.

But I'm not sure that has anything to do with Karst Hunter throwing a horrific pick in the end zone. Or the OL looking completely useless.

We sold the additions of many individuals who simply aren't very good.

Yeah but they were before they got here. What's that tell you?

[IUP24]

Your coaching staff stinks, too. Don't leave that out. Tort is lost.

I edited to include.

But I'm not sure that has anything to do with Karst Hunter throwing a horrific pick in the end zone. Or the OL looking completely useless.

We sold the additions of many individuals who simply aren't very good.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

A lot of people spent a ton of time talking about how great this team was going to be, about how nasty they were going to be, etc.

Karst Hunter looks horrible. We were told that he was the most highly sought after transfer on not just the D2 market, but for many FCS schools too.

The offensive line is porous. Multiple people on here said that this was the biggest OL in the region. The most talented OL in the region. I’ll stop.

We were told these transfers for a sure thing. Some of the best import talent in the country. Lol

The defense looks soft and unprepared. They were utterly gashed.

I get that there’s little information in the way of a news cycle for D2 football. What happens kind of happens. Nobody really knows anything. But man there were a ton of mouth pieces for the program who sold everyone a bill of goods (or maybe they were sold a bill of goods). This team is average at best. Hunter isn’t good... And that OL that everyone was drooling over. Holy cow it’s bad.

This blew up. And every poster/fan from those other programs on here have every right and reason to eviscerate this thread.

Your coaching staff stinks, too. Don't leave that out. Tort is lost.

[IUP24]

A lot of people spent a ton of time talking about how great this team was going to be, about how nasty they were going to be, etc.

Karst Hunter looks horrible. We were told that he was the most highly sought after transfer on not just the D2 market, but for many FCS schools too.

The offensive line is porous. Multiple people on here said that this was the biggest OL in the region. The most talented OL in the region. I’ll stop.

We were told these transfers were a sure thing. Some of the best import talent in the country. Lol

The defense looks soft and unprepared. They were utterly gashed.

I get that there’s little information in the way of a news cycle for D2 football. What happens kind of happens. Nobody really knows anything. But man there were a ton of mouth pieces for the program who sold everyone a bill of goods (or maybe they were sold a bill of goods). This team is average at best. Hunter isn’t good... And that OL that everyone was drooling over. Holy cow it’s bad.

The coaching staff is pretty horrific too. Outcoached tonight badly. No focus a few weeks ago.

This blew up. And every poster/fan from those other programs on here have every right and reason to eviscerate this thread.

[IUP24]

The last (10) games between IUP and SRU are an even split. IUP has won the last two meetings.

From an IUP view, three of these were painful losses (2015, 2018 and 2019). Three losses by a combined (7) points. Tort is 3-2 vs SRU (and 2-1 as the visiting team). The recent trend is when IUP wins this game, it does so fairly comfortably. When IUP loses this game, it's been pretty tight.

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YEAR	WINNER	SCORE	VENUE
2022	IUP	20-12	Indiana
2021	IUP	48-21	Slippery Rock
2019	SRU	45-42	Slippery Rock
2018	SRU	30-27	Indiana
2017	IUP	34-17	Slippery Rock
2016	IUP	48-19	Indiana
2015	SRU	40-39	Slippery Rock
2014	SRU	31-21	Indiana
2013	SRU	42-16	Slippery Rock
2012	IUP	33-16	Indiana

That 2017 game is very memorable. IUP was losing. Had no momentum. Backed up near their own goal line. Samir Bullock broke a tackle that would've been a safety. Busts off a huge TD run. It was all IUP after.

[iupgroundhog]

I like to think of SRU as being the overdog.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Slimey hasn’t faced any adversity yet…so how they handle a bump up in competition will be the key.

Correct. SRU is going to kill everybody, every season, right up until the moment they don't.

[IUPNation]

That's debatable in reality

Slimey hasn’t faced any adversity yet…so how they handle a bump up in competition will be the key.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Well..they are the underdog going into the game.

That's debatable in reality