2024 PSAC Non-Conference Schedule

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The compliance situation was horrible and remained with the team all season. There were players who never made it to the field last season due to that lady's utter incompetence.

Did any of the players file a lawsuit?

[Ram Tough]

Rams had a compliance fiasco that cost them 6-8 starters that game.

The compliance situation was horrible and remained with the team all season. There were players who never made it to the field last season due to that lady's utter incompetence.

[Ram040506]

SCSU was up on the Rams 26-20 with under 1:30 left in the game at Ram Stadium last year. I almost didn’t go to the game figuring it was going to be an uninteresting blowout like up at New Haven.

The Owls proved to be a worthy opponent last year.

Rams had a compliance fiasco that cost them 6-8 starters that game.

[Ship69]

Yes, Shepherd has a streak going in the rivalry, but the games are back and forth mostly. Ship still owns the all time series it looks like at 29-24.
32-30 in 2019
30-13 in 2022
30-23 in 2023

They are mostly competitive games. Millersville and Bloom lost similar players as well, LH will need to prove they can sustain mediocrity, AIC traditionally is average to below average. It's not a crazy thought to think 5-6 or 6-5. I'd expect Ship to be 2-0 to start the year against AIC/Clarion at the least.

Ship is losing two of their best offensive players from the bottom-ranked offense in the PSAC and has played musical chairs, some of it forced by injury, at QB for the past two years. Unless they get in some good transfers or have a nice recruiting class, there is no reason to expect a lot from that unit next season.

It's not "crazy" to think 5-6, but there's no way they go 6-5 without huge improvement combined with a competitive drop from the likes of Slippery Rock, Kutztown, Shepherd, etc., that I don't see coming.

Ship isn't quite 0 for the 21st century against Shepherd, but it's getting close in recent years. Most of their series lead was built years ago. As for close losses, well there is the old adage about horseshoes and hand grenades.

[ShepAlum]

Shepherd will be playing at SCSU again on Thursday September 5th. A bit anticlimactic, but at least they got one scheduled I guess.

SCSU seems to be improving though, started the year 0-4 and finished 4-6 with a win over Assumption. Assumption beat Kutztown in the season opener, so maybe it will be a pretty good opponent. That's what I'll tell myself.

SCSU was up on the Rams 26-20 with under 1:30 left in the game at Ram Stadium last year. I almost didn’t go to the game figuring it was going to be an uninteresting blowout like up at New Haven.

The Owls proved to be a worthy opponent last year.

[Ram040506]

3-8 last season and have lost their best offensive player, a starting o-lineman, and a standout d-lineman to the portal so far. You're being very generous about the "rivalry" with Shepherd, whom I don't think we've beaten since before they joined the PSAC. Mac will either have to improve his existing personnel or bring in a host of new talent to even sniff .500.

Yes, Shepherd has a streak going in the rivalry, but the games are back and forth mostly. Ship still owns the all time series it looks like at 29-24.
32-30 in 2019
30-13 in 2022
30-23 in 2023

They are mostly competitive games. Millersville and Bloom lost similar players as well, LH will need to prove they can sustain mediocrity, AIC traditionally is average to below average. It's not a crazy thought to think 5-6 or 6-5. I'd expect Ship to be 2-0 to start the year against AIC/Clarion at the least.

[Fightingscot82]

IUP, Cal and SRU - relatively speaking - are on top of each other.

Then you have the Clarion types. Clarion offers every male football player in the WPIAL.

This year that was John Carroll, Washington & Jefferson, and Westminster.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I'm just saying you don't have too much D2 competition in your area....like IUP being too close to Slimey.

IUP, Cal and SRU - relatively speaking - are on top of each other.

Then you have the Clarion types. Clarion offers every male football player in the WPIAL.

[Ship69]

No reason Ship shouldn't have goals of finishing .500 this year. Millersville, LH, AIC, Clarion, Bloom are all winnable games. Shepherd is a rivalry game that can go either way most years, was ESU a one year wonder or are they going to hang around at the top for a while?

Really at this juncture I'd say Kutztown and SRU are the only losses for sure on the schedule.

3-8 last season and have lost their best offensive player, a starting o-lineman, and a standout d-lineman to the portal so far. You're being very generous about the "rivalry" with Shepherd, whom I don't think we've beaten since before they joined the PSAC. Mac will either have to improve his existing personnel or bring in a host of new talent to even sniff .500.

[IUPNation]

Not sure about the talent in Northeast PA. I think they have an advantage being on the border of Jersey, though. As well as being within an hour of Allentown.

I'm just saying you don't have too much D2 competition in your area....like IUP being too close to Slimey.

[ctrabs74]

Not positive, but I believe they do, as well as other PSAC schools.

Note to self... check Google before asking questions...

ESU offers a lower out-of-state tuition for bordering states (New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio):

https://www.esu.edu/tuition/undergra...ition-fees.cfm

[ESU Warrior]

Doesn't ESU have a "reduced" out-of-state tuition for New Jersey residents? For some reason, I recall Mansfield having a similar setup with New York State, but if ESU can draw in from Central and North Jersey, that might give them a good talent pipeline.

Not positive, but I believe they do, as well as other PSAC schools.

[ctrabs74]

Not sure about the talent in Northeast PA. I think they have an advantage being on the border of Jersey, though. As well as being within an hour of Allentown.

Doesn't ESU have a "reduced" out-of-state tuition for New Jersey residents? For some reason, I recall Mansfield having a similar setup with New York State, but if ESU can draw in from Central and North Jersey, that might give them a good talent pipeline.

[ESU Warrior]

I think East Dennyburg will stay in the upper half of the conference for a while. Jimmy seems to be building up his program where it will have a solid footing. They really have no competition in Northeast PA.

Not sure about the talent in Northeast PA. I think they have an advantage being on the border of Jersey, though. As well as being within an hour of Allentown.

[IUPNation]

No reason Ship shouldn't have goals of finishing .500 this year. Millersville, LH, AIC, Clarion, Bloom are all winnable games. Shepherd is a rivalry game that can go either way most years, was ESU a one year wonder or are they going to hang around at the top for a while?

Really at this juncture I'd say Kutztown and SRU are the only losses for sure on the schedule.

I think East Dennyburg will stay in the upper half of the conference for a while. Jimmy seems to be building up his program where it will have a solid footing. They really have no competition in Northeast PA.