THE IUP Football Thread

[IUPNation]

I still remember going down there for a game on the old grass field and standing on the rickety bleachers on the away side thinking what a joke the Cal football program was. IUP destroyed them before halftime and there were more IUP fans there than Cal fans. We can go back and forth about how the turnaround ultimately came to be, but for those of us who saw what it was compared to how it is now, it’s pretty remarkable. Despite the awful outcomes recently, I actually enjoy going to games there. They do a nice job.

Easy…The Godfather used funny money to beef up the program…and they managed to stay above water all these years. I mean their best years were well over a decade ago but enough seems to be left in place to keep them from going back to being a bottom feeder..for now. I still think the merger will hurt them athletically. I can’t see the admin of it letting Mon Valley have more money than Clarion.

[EyeoftheHawk]

For those of us who remember when Cal was a guaranteed easy win, isn't it weird to think that IUP is 5-11 vs. the Vulcans since Frank Cignetti retired?

I still remember going down there for a game on the old grass field and standing on the rickety bleachers on the away side thinking what a joke the Cal football program was. IUP destroyed them before halftime and there were more IUP fans there than Cal fans. We can go back and forth about how the turnaround ultimately came to be, but for those of us who saw what it was compared to how it is now, it’s pretty remarkable. Despite the awful outcomes recently, I actually enjoy going to games there. They do a nice job.

[EyeoftheHawk]

I mentioned it the other day but when IUP had to punt with 1:32 left in the fourth quarter (after throwing incomplete and giving SRU basically a free timeout) ... in a freaking windy monsoon with a freshman punter and a freshman long-snapper ...

You talk about a tense moment. If that snap goes high or they block it ... SRU was in prime real estate. That clean punt won't show up in any game stories or anything ... but that was one of the defining moments of this season -- especially after the shock trauma of a year ago with that unit.

So much could have gone wrong at that moment. You couldn't really tell on the screen but it was the oddest weather the whole second half. The wind was changing directions about every 30 seconds and it was pouring when they snapped that punt. Big congrats to those boys.

I may have lined up Sexton in the gun and then had him drop back a few yards and pooch punt it just to make sure they got it off.

If you want to have your heart skip a beat, go back and watch that punt again. For whatever reason, Cole Laney lets the outside rusher blow by him without putting a hand on him and he almost got home. Credit the punter for getting it out of there but geez! I’ll yield that the formation they’re now using on punt protection is designed to stop middle penetration and the calculation is the snap is back and kick is away before an outside rusher can get there. This is similar to an extra point. HOWEVER, when you don’t get inside pressure you have to look to the outside and at least get a shove on the end rusher. That was a whisker away from a repeat of the Cal debacle.

[EyeoftheHawk]

What's not to like about Harry?

128-219-4-1,904 with 25 TDs in only 8 games (7th in the nation in passing efficiency), like you said, speaks for itself.

I can't think of any reason to blame him for any of IUP's three losses last season.

If you want to complain about anything, it's that he got COVID and missed the first two games.

It was a tongue-in-cheek comment. I liked Harry, but for some reason I had a bias where I expected something bad to happen. That’s the point I was trying to make. IUPAlum, for whatever reason, has a bias against Sexton and I was trying to draw a comparison. I should have elaborated.

Woodberry was a very good quarterback and it would have been nice to have him around for more than a year.

[Iupgh]

What's not to like about Harry?

128-219-4-1,904 with 25 TDs in only 8 games (7th in the nation in passing efficiency), like you said, speaks for itself.

I can't think of any reason to blame him for any of IUP's three losses last season.

If you want to complain about anything, it's that he got COVID and missed the first two games.

Actually Harry only present for 2 losses. In addition he lit up SRU and Cal likeca christmas tree.

[IUPNation]

For those of us who remember when Cal was a guaranteed easy win, isn't it weird to think that IUP is 5-11 vs. the Vulcans since Frank Cignetti retired?

There was a long time the whole Pee Sack West was an easy win for IUP. The Home Office took care of that…

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Yeah but only a 1 game suspension for felony intent to deliver? That's a joke. Kid should be suspended from school for at least a semester. Not sitting one game.

Then they essentially held him hostage there, too.

That whole story is so bizarre. But ... stars get different treatment.

[Fightingscot82]

Pay attention. That era ended in '16 with the switch from KELLER to DUNN. The play isn't quite to the same level but the program is successful and generally very clean. VULCAN FANS are happy !!

Yeah but only a 1 game suspension for felony intent to deliver? That's a joke. Kid should be suspended from school for at least a semester. Not sitting one game.

[IUP PSAC Fan]

Pay attention. That era ended in '16 with the switch from KELLER to DUNN. The play isn't quite to the same level but the program is successful and generally very clean. VULCAN FANS are happy !!

You guys will forever be JAIL YARD U!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Tough loss... ACL?

"Broken bone in his leg" was the prognosis given on the show.

So, that's now a major starter on both sides.

They do have some good depth there but major loss regardless.

[IUPalum]

Tort said tonight Fowler is out for the season.

Tough loss... ACL?

[CALUPA69]

A lot of shady things have gone on at Cal since Frank retired. No denying it!

Pay attention. That era ended in '16 with the switch from KELLER to DUNN. The play isn't quite to the same level but the program is successful and generally very clean. VULCAN FANS are happy !!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Tort said tonight Fowler is out for the season.

[IUP PSAC Fan]

A lot of shady things have gone on at Cal since Frank retired. No denying it!

Jail yard U!

[IUPalum]

For those of us who remember when Cal was a guaranteed easy win, isn't it weird to think that IUP is 5-11 vs. the Vulcans since Frank Cignetti retired?

A lot of shady things have gone on at Cal since Frank retired. No denying it!