THE IUP Football Thread

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Pretty sad Coach Tort is still blaming the refs for IUP scoring only 12 points in their PSAC opener. The team overall, to include the coaching staff, had a bad game. IUP could have "stole" the game, but the coaching staff was not paying attention. That is on IUP coaches.

"they should be 8-2"???? They COULD have been if the team was developed much better and more prepared for games, but I can not say they "should" have, Even Tort stated that he thought the offense was a year away.

Buying players from the portal ? How about develop what you have ???

Don't shoot the messenger.

Sounds like the two starting LBs for next year are already here. He mentioned adding an upperclassman LB to the mix.

They will also have the big boy from Aliquippa on the DL ready for next year. Tort said he'd have played this year as a true freshman but was a partial qualifier. I've stood beside him. Dude is a house. He'll be a big addition.

[ShoNuff]

The last Tort Show of the year was quite entertaining.

Some highlights:

* The official is still being blamed for the ESU debacle

* Tort is about spent on missing XPs

* At worst, they should be 8-2 instead of 5-5 (and possibly 9-1)

* Tort thinks (I agree) Karst learned a lot in his 4 weeks watching.

* Likely buying a LB and DL(s) in portal

* Projecting at least 20 seniors next year
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Pretty sad Coach Tort is still blaming the refs for IUP scoring only 12 points in their PSAC opener. The team overall, to include the coaching staff, had a bad game. IUP could have "stole" the game, but the coaching staff was not paying attention. That is on IUP coaches.

"they should be 8-2"???? They COULD have been if the team was developed much better and more prepared for games, but I can not say they "should" have, Even Tort stated that he thought the offense was a year away.

Buying players from the portal ? How about develop what you have ???

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Thank god this disaster of a season will be over. Glad all the IUP trolls disappeared.

Joe's season approaching was the best thing for Tort. Everybody in town quit yapping about him and shifted to hoops. I actually forgot they were even playing tomorrow until this morning.

[IUPalum]

Any of you warriors doing the Bloomsburg trip early afternoon and getting back in time for Joe's game?

IUP opens against Concord tonight and plays Notre Dame College tomorrow.

Thank god this disaster of a season will be over. Glad all the IUP trolls disappeared.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Any of you warriors doing the Bloomsburg trip early afternoon and getting back in time for Joe's game?

IUP opens against Concord tonight and plays Notre Dame College tomorrow.

[Huskie14]

With all due respect any PSAC coach will tell you that a good cover corner (not just a "db") is very hard to find. Secondly, a good QB is very hard to find. Have you looked at any statistics from this year's batch of PSAC QBS? Outside of 3 or 4 they are not good....at all.

Not sure what your perspective is on good QB play but looking at just stats doesn't tell the story and only "3 or 4 " have made it through injury this year to compile stats. I'm pretty sure you haven't watched tape on the rest of the QBs to form such an statement that there "not good...at all". Be better

[Ram040506]

With all due respect any PSAC coach will tell you that a good cover corner (not just a "db") is very hard to find. Secondly, a good QB is very hard to find. Have you looked at any statistics from this year's batch of PSAC QBS? Outside of 3 or 4 they are not good....at all.

Agree to disagree. Lineman are nearly impossible to find or get.

IUP has been playing transfer qb roulette for over a decade now. Shepherd grabbed one pretty quick too. If you are a successful program, QB's will find you and help that recruiting process. Lineman don't leave.

[Ship69]

I noticed this too. I feel like the middle of the pack got bigger this year and more competitive. We had 2 win teams hanging with what could or should be 9 win teams. That's usually not the case.

Well, you could certainly say the two-win bit about Ship. They actually showed better against Shepherd and Kutztown than they did against Lock Haven.

[IUPNation]

I'm just going to say this straight up. I don't think this is a good year for the PSAC. SRU is good, but I feel like the conference as a whole has been pretty weak.

You aren’t wrong.

We’ll find out soon enough.

[Fightingscot82]

I'm just going to say this straight up. I don't think this is a good year for the PSAC. SRU is good, but I feel like the conference as a whole has been pretty weak.

I noticed this too. I feel like the middle of the pack got bigger this year and more competitive. We had 2 win teams hanging with what could or should be 9 win teams. That's usually not the case.

[Ram Tough]

Couple solid teams and the rest are average at best.

That is where I am with it.

[Ship69]

I'm just going to say this straight up. I don't think this is a good year for the PSAC. SRU is good, but I feel like the conference as a whole has been pretty weak.

The East outside of Shepherd and Kutztown really hasn't been good for several years now. Ship and Bloom have slowly declined over the past decade into weak sisters. The guy at Lock Haven has done a pretty amazing job this year, but even with the improvement they're Tier 2 at best and you wonder how many people he continue to bring into Lock Haven. Millersville appeared to have turned a corner at the end of last season and beginning of this one, but they've regressed over the last half of this season. West Chester should be a heavy hitter, but seem content to muddle along recently. Maybe a new coach will breathe some life into what used to be one of the PSAC's strongest programs. East Stroudsburg seems to have made real progress, but the recent game with Shepherd showed they have a way to go yet. I think you may see more Deion Sanders-style roster shakeups among the weaker teams in the future as just trying to bring in a typical class each year while the stronger teams poach your best players is not going to work. I could be entirely wrong about that.

Basketball in the PSAC tends to be more competitive overall because you can be competitive with 3-4 strong players and some complementary guys rather than the 15-20 you probably need in football. Scholarships in basketball might be 8-9 for the better-funded teams vs. 5-6 for the others, while in football it could be 30 vs. 15 or 16.

[Ship69]

It's not. Nobody cares about those sports.

Well, since our football team basically gets about as much press coverage as our cross country team, I think it's safe to say that not many people outside the schools involved care about any of it.

[Boro33]

I'm just going to say this straight up. I don't think this is a good year for the PSAC. SRU is good, but I feel like the conference as a whole has been pretty weak.

Agreed

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I'm just going to say this straight up. I don't think this is a good year for the PSAC. SRU is good, but I feel like the conference as a whole has been pretty weak.

Couple solid teams and the rest are average at best.