THE IUP Football Thread

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Today the bean counters get to witness what blowing those games mean to the bottom line. Add to it, the missed opportunity to host a playoff game.

Regardless of the propoganda number they will announce, Miller will be lucky to have 1,000 humans in the bleachers. Maybe half will actually pay for their ticket.

Instead of 6,000 for a meaningful game (State Game), IUP has to put on the same event with the same fixed costs - with 5,000 less tickets sold and next to no parking or concession revenue.

Trust me when I say there are plenty of good seats available today.

Those blown losses aren't just costly to the team.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Wow. Just goes to show you don't let the criticism you receive on the PSAC forum hold you back.

The magic ride isn't going to last forever. The D1 boards are brutal compared to this stuff. This board is PG.

Congrats to Curt. That's some serious $$

[Ship69]

I wasn't trying to say anything bad about Shippensburg.

It was more a knock on how IUP has played all year and the horrible offensive starts Team Tort has had nearly every week.

This game Saturday ... wouldn't shock me at all for IUP to score 3 points in the first half but then flip the switch and score 28 in the third quarter.

I'm fine with what you posted. Even though I live in the U.S. of 2024, facts are still facts to some people.

[iupgroundhog]

Congrats to former IUP HC Curt Cignetti for signing a 8 year contract extension, which will pay him an average of $8 million per year with an annual $1 million retention bonus, putting the total value of the new contract at $72 million.

Wow. Just goes to show you don't let the criticism you receive on the PSAC forum hold you back.

[ShoNuff]

Congrats to former IUP HC Curt Cignetti for signing a 8 year contract extension, which will pay him an average of $8 million per year with an annual $1 million retention bonus, putting the total value of the new contract at $72 million.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Yeah, it doesn't really surprise me to see an almost seniorless team that once again has its fourth QB on the field get blasted these days. The only things to get excited about at Ship this fall were cross country and field hockey.

I wasn't trying to say anything bad about Shippensburg.

It was more a knock on how IUP has played all year and the horrible offensive starts Team Tort has had nearly every week.

This game Saturday ... wouldn't shock me at all for IUP to score 3 points in the first half but then flip the switch and score 28 in the third quarter.

[Ship69]

I'll say this ... the 'Valley Girls' got more attention than any student announcers at IUP in forever.

That said, Tort and the Valley Girls have one last dance this Saturday.

Two weeks to prepare for Shippensburg.

IUP's had perhaps the worst first half offense in school history this year. So, I fully suspect this will be a game at halftime. IUP should then blast them in the second half.

Yeah, it doesn't really surprise me to see an almost seniorless team that once again has its fourth QB on the field get blasted these days. The only things to get excited about at Ship this fall were cross country and field hockey.

[jrshooter]

I'll say this ... the 'Valley Girls' got more attention than any student announcers at IUP in forever.

That said, Tort and the Valley Girls have one last dance this Saturday.

Two weeks to prepare for Shippensburg.

IUP's had perhaps the worst first half offense in school history this year. So, I fully suspect this will be a game at halftime. IUP should then blast them in the second half.

No argument there.

[iupgroundhog]

Its possible that there is no one interested in doing it. Those girls stepped up with football because no one else was willing. Back in the day when I was at IUP I got a job at the Penn because they had so few students involved they literally put an ad in their own paper asking for people to come work there.

Why? The last few years they had a pretty good team of students. What happened this year?

[Fightingscot82]

I'll say this ... the 'Valley Girls' got more attention than any student announcers at IUP in forever.

That said, Tort and the Valley Girls have one last dance this Saturday.

Two weeks to prepare for Shippensburg.

IUP's had perhaps the worst first half offense in school history this year. So, I fully suspect this will be a game at halftime. IUP should then blast them in the second half.

They have nothing to lose.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Its possible that there is no one interested in doing it. Those girls stepped up with football because no one else was willing. Back in the day when I was at IUP I got a job at the Penn because they had so few students involved they literally put an ad in their own paper asking for people to come work there.

I'll say this ... the 'Valley Girls' got more attention than any student announcers at IUP in forever.

That said, Tort and the Valley Girls have one last dance this Saturday.

Two weeks to prepare for Shippensburg.

IUP's had perhaps the worst first half offense in school history this year. So, I fully suspect this will be a game at halftime. IUP should then blast them in the second half.

[The P in IUP]

Were the Valley Girls busy???

Its possible that there is no one interested in doing it. Those girls stepped up with football because no one else was willing. Back in the day when I was at IUP I got a job at the Penn because they had so few students involved they literally put an ad in their own paper asking for people to come work there.

[Fightingscot82]

It's pretty baffling your women's basketball team can host a tip-off weekend and you have no announcers. It's not like they didn't have months to figure this out.

The women's team is going to be the show this year. Joe's team (at best) may finish .500

I get that MAYBE during the winter dead period when people are taking time off but right now that's inexcusable. If they want to pay somebody to do it every game, that's fine but at least identify some jag in the athletic department who could cover in a pinch.

Were the Valley Girls busy???

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Frank had the best athletic dept at one time..and it’s a darn shame it’s crashed and burned like a Trump administration.

It's pretty baffling your women's basketball team can host a tip-off weekend and you have no announcers. It's not like they didn't have months to figure this out.

The women's team is going to be the show this year. Joe's team (at best) may finish .500

[IUPNation]

No energy.

Frank had the best athletic dept at one time..and it’s a darn shame it’s crashed and burned like a Trump administration.