THE IUP Football Thread

[IUPNation]

LOL remember when a Millersville alum used to come on here and ***** and moan about the young idiot AD? All he's done is raise money to improve facilities.



Millersville University plans $9 million renovation of stadium and gym

https://lancasteronline.com/business...65dcfd866.html

It’s not turning the stadium into the Jerrydome. They don’t have any loo’s on the visiting side. The ones they do have on the home side are cramped. So they definitely need that money to upgrade the loos. A canopy over the visiting side would be nice because if it’s hot and sunny in early season, you are like a hot dog on a roller for three hours on the metal stands.

[iupgroundhog]

LOL remember when a Millersville alum used to come on here and ***** and moan about the young idiot AD? All he's done is raise money to improve facilities.



Millersville University plans $9 million renovation of stadium and gym

https://lancasteronline.com/business...65dcfd866.html

How timely is that?

[Fightingscot82]

LOL remember when a Millersville alum used to come on here and ***** and moan about the young idiot AD? All he's done is raise money to improve facilities.



Millersville University plans $9 million renovation of stadium and gym

https://lancasteronline.com/business...65dcfd866.html

[IUPbigINDIANS]

While the PSAC refs are bad, it seems like there are bad calls on all levels of football and across all sports. Isn't it a matter of time until technology takes over from humans?

I mean, you could run these plays through a computer algorithm and come up with an accurate call within seconds. It could be fan-friendly. Make it visual. Make it spontaneous. It's ridiculous to have to sit and watch these private conversations amongst the officiating crew. Same goes for baseball. We do have technology now to expose bad calls and it seems clear that people can't make those judgments as accurately.

As a fan attending in person, it's a little harder to grasp in football. At Miller, for example, you are fairly far off the field. So, the officials all kind of look the same from the bleachers.

What I'm getting at, is I've attended so many PSAC basketball games I couldn't begin to even guess at the number.

I can tell you precisely how the game will go as soon as the officiating crew walks out on to the arena floor. I'm not joking -- with precision. The rules of basketball are the same throughout D2. Yet, the officials assigned to a particular game alter it so much it's fascinating.

We have 'hack' crews -- they let the teams beat the p*ss out of each other all game.

We have the 'showmen' crew -- they think we're all there to see them and call every foul under the sun.

We have the 'lazy' crew -- three dinosaurs that are still somehow expected to call a fast-paced game. They are out of position nearly all 40 minutes and ruin just about every game.

Rules are the same. The game, however, changes so much based upon the crew.

[iupgroundhog]

And it will be the same crew for both teams, no matter which conference it's from.

While the PSAC refs are bad, it seems like there are bad calls on all levels of football and across all sports. Isn't it a matter of time until technology takes over from humans?

I mean, you could run these plays through a computer algorithm and come up with an accurate call within seconds. It could be fan-friendly. Make it visual. Make it spontaneous. It's ridiculous to have to sit and watch these private conversations amongst the officiating crew. Same goes for baseball. We do have technology now to expose bad calls and it seems clear that people can't make those judgments as accurately.

[Ship69]

No, it will be either a MEC/Gmac/NE10 crew I think. From what I recall they assign neutral referring crews separate from the teams conference officials.

And it will be the same crew for both teams, no matter which conference it's from.

[Ram040506]

Well they will be on sat regional final Saturday get ready.

No, it will be either a MEC/Gmac/NE10 crew I think. From what I recall they assign neutral referring crews separate from the teams conference officials.

[ironmaniup]

Thought every home crowd was great all year except Turkey Saturday. Still don’t get any points for attendance just sayin….

Maybe things are on the upswing, at least students and band parents are coming back. The better atmosphere and winning help alot.

[Iupgh]

Why didn’t they beat Ashland more handily? Sexton’s poor decisions, ints and poor accuracy! Plain and simple.

W, u understand what that means , grow up…just sayin

[Iupgh]

The resentment goes back to Frank's last few years, the horrible behavior of some players, and then the follow on disaster of Tony Atwater, Lou Tepper, and IUPatty's . I've talked to a lot of Alumni, from that era, that just will not support the football program despite the changes. The locals left, and have not really comeback. Some of it is economic, there used to be many more sponsors, local businesses, etc. - the really rich locals have all died, or moved away - after putting their money in the KCAC. Rosebud mining is a current sponsor that won't last long. The S+T Bank, a few Insurance guys is all anymore. There's a bit more for basketball, where the local retail businesses can get more attention for less money. The fact is the town has grown much poorer in the last 20 years.

Thought every home crowd was great all year except Turkey Saturday. Still don’t get any points for attendance just sayin….

[Iupgh]

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday.

Tort has a ton coming back next year but will need to purchase some portal DL. Good ones don't come cheap.

Danielson will be a monster next year was ruled ineligible this year, best defensive player his senior year in the wpial.

[Iupgh]

It's absolutely horrible watching the PSAC refs just bumble around. And there is no consistency, unless being bad week to week counts.

Well they will be on sat regional final Saturday get ready.

[Iupgh]

Question IUP fans

you’ve got a rock solid football program, a state of the art Bball facility, why is your football stadium such a dump?

attended the Ashland game, very nice campus, nice town, D1 type of Bball arena, and your football stadium was not nice at all.

is there a future plan to make your stadium match your football programs success?

It’s called lack of money PA college system worst in the country…that answer your question.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

So basically it’s now like West Chester. Unless you are close to campus you don’t know it’s there.

That's fairly accurate at the current time.

[IUPNation]

That's largely from a bygone era. I don't sense a resentment factor any more in Indiana. IUP is a shell of itself. I don't think most people even realize anymore when campus is in session versus when it's on break. The enrollment is so down that the off-campus housing market is all but dead. The students almost all live down in the immediate circumference of campus now. It's like their own little world and the two (campus and Indiana) don't really mingle or run in to each other much. It's not like the boom era of the 80/s90s when the enrollment was double and students were mixed in to neighborhoods all through town. The slum houses of that time were all sold by the 'lords' due to having no clients. The vast majority were flipped in to single family homes.

There was certainly a time when many in Indiana would have preferred to build a "Berlin Wall" type structure around that campus. But, that was a long time ago.

The IUP many of us knew is long dead. I mean, of that 8,800-some enrollment, a big chunk are commuters and online students. I don't even think two of the newer dorms even opened this year.

So basically it’s now like West Chester. Unless you are close to campus you don’t know it’s there.