THE IUP Football Thread

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Our panel of Pick 'Em experts -- thus far -- likes IUP this Saturday. The Crimson Hawks have received 16 of 25 votes.


Thinking about this game all week, ... some comments/questions:

* Tort downplayed the back-to-back, hard-core, on his show Monday night. But, what's he really going to say. This is a very tall task. And, depending who you ask, many think Cal is actually better than SRU. Just about every coach around will tell you it's very hard to get a team up two weeks in a row. That's the biggest challenge facing Tort this week.

* SRU entered last weeks game with a lot of hype, but was largely untested. Their best opponent pre-IUP was a wobbly-at-best West Chester. Conversely, Cal is battle-tested, and, quite frankly, most in the Mon Valley would probably say should be 5-0. SRU is a very good team and will likely come out of last week much better moving forward.

* IUP QB Sexton wasn't touched in the SRU game. He's likely going to get touched this week. Cal loves to bring heat from all over -- over and over. What could work to IUP's advantage is Sexton has an incredibly quick release. All that heat incoming leaves holes elsewhere -- in particular in the short routes. Cole Laney could play a big role in this game.

* While IUP got the famous punt off last week ... it barely got it off. Cal certainly took notice. The Vulcans defense is no joke so expect IUP to punt some this week.

* Heavy heat on Noah Mitchell. They love deep balls but they take longer to set up. Vulcans fans say he tends to vanish in big games. Well, he's usually showed up against IUP.

* What do the Cal imports and Larry Wilson bring to the table this week in regard to inside information?

* This will be the biggest crowd of the year at Adamson. Can IUP get off to a fast start and keep them quiet?

* Can IUP finally win in Adamson ... 2006 to 2022 is a real long time. I'm sure the players are tired of hearing about it.

* I suspect IUP will have an engaged crowd. IUP visiting crowds are typically pretty good. Those who travel have a vested interest. Cram them all together and they typically feed off each other.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

That wasn't such a bad team. 2 1 point losses to KU and Rock, and then a 2nd round playoff loss to Shepherd. Most of the same guys that weren't kicked out were on the 2017 regional championship team

My fault. I was thinking of the 2014 team and the Chase Haslett Show.

[ironmaniup]

Well, knock on wood but the football program has been very clean now for years. I think the last dust-up was in 2015 -- fitting for that forgettable team.

They are taking less and less transfers. This year's team is largely home-grown. Granted, transfers are different today than in the 90s. Back then many of them needed second (or third or fourth) chances. Many transfers today simply had hurt feelings over a mean coach or a lack of PT.

That wasn't such a bad team. 2 1 point losses to KU and Rock, and then a 2nd round playoff loss to Shepherd. Most of the same guys that weren't kicked out were on the 2017 regional championship team

[Fightingscot82]

My calculations also say 2015 was the last "team" issue. You can't prevent individual member issues but you can scare the hell out of a team for being collective idiots.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I was thinking the same thing. Wasn’t it ultimately the frat house a$$ kicking that was the beginning of the end of so many “second chance” kids transferring in and other questionable characters on the roster? My memory is sketchy on the details but I do recall it being a big deal publicly and people saying enough is enough, which ultimately led to the Lou Tepper and Bo Napoleon era. Matt can set us straight as he often does when we’re a little loose with the facts, LOL.

Speaking of Bo Napoleon, I couldn’t help but do a Google search on him and see he’s a singer and songwriter. He mentions in his website bio that he was awarded an athletic scholarship to Indiana University of Pennsylvania but “…made a conscious decision to pursue music full time and dedicate himself to writing and performing.” For those interested it’s www.bonapoleon.com.

Well, knock on wood but the football program has been very clean now for years. I think the last dust-up was in 2015 -- fitting for that forgettable team.

They are taking less and less transfers. This year's team is largely home-grown. Granted, transfers are different today than in the 90s. Back then many of them needed second (or third or fourth) chances. Many transfers today simply had hurt feelings over a mean coach or a lack of PT.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Well, IUP certainly didn't have all angels here in the 90s. That era is kind of glamorized on here nowadays but Frank had some sleepless nights back then.

The good old days.

I was thinking the same thing. Wasn’t it ultimately the frat house a$$ kicking that was the beginning of the end of so many “second chance” kids transferring in and other questionable characters on the roster? My memory is sketchy on the details but I do recall it being a big deal publicly and people saying enough is enough, which ultimately led to the Lou Tepper and Bo Napoleon era. Matt can set us straight as he often does when we’re a little loose with the facts, LOL.

Speaking of Bo Napoleon, I couldn’t help but do a Google search on him and see he’s a singer and songwriter. He mentions in his website bio that he was awarded an athletic scholarship to Indiana University of Pennsylvania but “…made a conscious decision to pursue music full time and dedicate himself to writing and performing.” For those interested it’s www.bonapoleon.com.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Well, IUP certainly didn't have all angels here in the 90s. That era is kind of glamorized on here nowadays but Frank had some sleepless nights back then.

The good old days.

[Matt Burglund]

Wrong players but the players that did that robbery ended up at Cal.

Nope. Edinboro.

[IUPalum]

They were not involved in that.

Wrong players but the players that did that robbery ended up at Cal.

[Matt Burglund]

Don't forget Kirby Griffin who was with Slappy after they robbed the Co-op book buy back.

They were not involved in that.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Nice article about IUP LB DDB in the Tribune-Review.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

All the Saban's of the world have dodged that for decades.

Regent Chairman: This is not a football vocational school. It's an institute for higher learning.

Coach Same Winters: Yeah ... but when was the last time 80,000 people showed up to watch a kid do a dang chemistry experiement?


The Program
1993

[IUPalum]

You can't pass if you don't go to class

All the Saban's of the world have dodged that for decades.

[Fightingscot82]

You don't hear athletes thrown out of D1 for academics very often.

You can't pass if you don't go to class

[IUPalum]

And Tommie Campbell who was thrown out of both Pitt and Edinboro for academics somehow was eligible at Cal.

You don't hear athletes thrown out of D1 for academics very often.