THE IUP Football Thread

[Ship69]

Nice win for IUP although I don't think beating Ship is going to be a supreme accomplishment this season. Not sure how Mac managed to get himself a team with virtually no seniors and a ton of freshmen — Covid result I suppose, but the Raiders will take some lumps this year. Three sophs and a freshman on the o-line is usually not going to cut it. I'm also not sure why it took Ship three quarters to throw anything downfield. Johnson finally tossed a couple of good balls, then got hurt. Not relishing playing next week with a third-string frosh QB if he or McCracken aren't healthy. I was encouraged that the Ship guys played hard to the end of the game despite being outclassed today. They showed a few flashes here and there and can build on it.

IUP has some nice skill players and the QB, although a little erratic, has a hell of an arm. Brown is the real deal — used his body position to make some nice catches even on plays where he was fairly well covered. After watching Ridley and the Housers snag catches on us, I think I'm going to jump on jr shooter's bandwagon about Ship needing to keep more of our District 3 players at home. DiNunzui-Biss played nice game. He seemed to make about every other IUP tackle in the first half. IUP looked a little loose in the secondary, one of the few position areas they seem to have a lot of youth. They'll need to tighten that up against better teams, but more playing time might take care of that. Good luck to the Hawks the rest of the year.

It's very possible Ship will go 1-4 at home this season. Ouch.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Good win. Defense looked much better, particularly the LBs. Secondary was better. The pass interference call that wiped out an IUP interception was an awful call. That said, the long TD run by Stewart that got called back on the blindside block was a good call. Sad thing is the kid only needed to get in the way there, not light him up. Definitely a lot to clean up. Way too many penalties. No rhythm on offense in the second half. Letting Ship get back into it at one point was a reminder of last week. I saw some praise for the offensive line but I thought it was just so, so. Seems to have trouble getting a push on short yardage situations, but that’s nitpicking. We’ll see how IUP plays at home next weekend.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I thought Kelly and DDB had great days at LB.

DDB had some serious sticks.

[IUPNation]

You know, I might spar with these IUP boys when they get too full of themselves, but you're frickin' relentless.

One losing season in 40 years will do that…

[IUPbigINDIANS]

You know, I might spar with these IUP boys when they get too full of themselves, but you're frickin' relentless.

We're probably the most humble fan base on here.

Lol

[jrshooter]

No more than IUP did last week. I've got no reason to make any of this stuff up...

You know, I might spar with these IUP boys when they get too full of themselves, but you're frickin' relentless.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Thoughts:
1) Hauser still fragile. Handle with care.
2) #11 is atrocious, should’ve left him for Cal.
3) Sexton looked great at times then he drops a pile in f poop on the field.
4) DL needs more pressure on the QB.
5) OL looked great.
6) Stewart is solid but still need a grinder for short yardage.
7) #6 is the #1 for most other PSAC schools.
8) Progress was made but so much to work on still.

Ridley is WR1 on probably 80% of PSAC teams. He's going to be special.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Tort interview at the end of the game - very unhappy with penalties, mistakes by the dbs, bad decisions, not gonna be a happy ride home

That was my thought, too. They won big but should have wiped the floor. That was a total mismatch.

Road wins are road wins but as Tort stated ... not the prettiest.

[IUPalum]

Thoughts:
1) Hauser still fragile. Handle with care.
2) #11 is atrocious, should’ve left him for Cal.
3) Sexton looked great at times then he drops a pile in f poop on the field.
4) DL needs more pressure on the QB.
5) OL looked great.
6) Stewart is solid but still need a grinder for short yardage.
7) #6 is the #1 for most other PSAC schools.
8) Progress was made but so much to work on still.

[ironmaniup]

Tort interview at the end of the game - very unhappy with penalties, mistakes by the dbs, bad decisions, not gonna be a happy ride home

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Solid Road Win for Tort and the Hawks.

Final score was closer than reality. IUP haf some miscues or could have really laid one on. Ship was held to 185 total yards.

Looks like a much bigger test next week at Miller.

[IUP PSAC Fan]

Solid Road Win for Tort and the Hawks.

[IUP PSAC Fan]

Looks like Tort gonna leave starters in.

Sure hope he doesn't regret it.

The starters are out of the game?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Looks like Tort gonna leave starters in.

Sure hope he doesn't regret it.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

OK, Tort.


Backup QB and get Duane out.

ASAP