THE IUP Football Thread

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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”.

[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.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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 is incredible news. Major boost.

[IUPNation]

Then he and some of the IUP faithful should get along perfectly...

Irony really escapes you doesn’t it?

[WarriorVoice]

Was at Millersville prior to Shepherd. From what I understand they were not too excited about his maturity....

Then he and some of the IUP faithful should get along perfectly...

[IUP Crimson Hawk]

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.

Wow, that’s absolutely huge news . That guy was a monster the past 3 seasons.

[IUsuallyPonder]

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.

[EyeoftheHawk]

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.

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.

[Ship69]

The IUP fiasco was their third loss (death sentence). It dropped them to 3-3. They lost at Kutztown (5 pts), at Shepherd (3 pts in OT) and against IUP (1 pt).

From there the balloon popped. They barely beat Seton Hill the following week and then got walloped by SRU (5th straight loss in the series) on their Homecoming.

No doubt ... that was a really good team through 6 games. But, they didn't look nearly the same after the IUP loss. The energy and enthusiasm was long gone.

With the AB game now erased, the Vulcans open at home against Kutztown and Shepherd. Nice to be home but that's a brutal start. They have to avoid that 0-2 start.

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.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Cal should have beat both IUP and Shepherd last year. Shepherd had NO business coming back and winning that game. I remember turning it off and going out and doing yard work I was so disgusted with it. Cal was the most talented 6-5 team in the country.

The IUP fiasco was their third loss (death sentence). It dropped them to 3-3. They lost at Kutztown (5 pts), at Shepherd (3 pts in OT) and against IUP (1 pt).

From there the balloon popped. They barely beat Seton Hill the following week and then got walloped by SRU (5th straight loss in the series) on their Homecoming.

No doubt ... that was a really good team through 6 games. But, they didn't look nearly the same after the IUP loss. The energy and enthusiasm was long gone.

With the AB game now erased, the Vulcans open at home against Kutztown and Shepherd. Nice to be home but that's a brutal start. They have to avoid that 0-2 start.

[Ram040506]

Those are some memorable games.

1. IUP lost in every imaginable (several incredibly fluky) ways inside Adamson the past 15 years. So, that WR lining up offside was perhaps a bit of karma.

2. That was a wild game. The DT pick six was actually one of the loudest moments I've ever heard in Miller Stadium. Certainly one of the more entertaining games at Miller in a long time.

3. IUP's offense couldn't do a thing for three quarters. Once the weather cleared and they could throw, it was bam, bam, bam.

4. That just wasn't your regular old FG. He hit from 47 yards as time expired. Great moment. The following year out at Ashland was another close IUP win.

I was at both of those Clarion games. The timing helped Clarion. Both years were played the week following SRU/Cal. Clarion played really well in the 2017 game up there and IUP was lucky to escape after being shutout in the second half. The next year Clarion jumped out to a 20-0 lead but couldn't hold it. The coach said he was so shocked to be up 20-0 in Indiana that he froze up a bit and wished he'd have kept the hammer down rather than trying to run clock so much. The last three meetings have just been ugly. Last year was 45-0 and Tort probably could have hung 70 if wanted to. IUP plays at Clarion on Nov. 4.

Cal should have beat both IUP and Shepherd last year. Shepherd had NO business coming back and winning that game. I remember turning it off and going out and doing yard work I was so disgusted with it. Cal was the most talented 6-5 team in the country.