Bloomsburg football

[Bart]

It appears there have been changes to the roster since preseason started. I didn't get a chance to look it over completely: Buchman moved from RB to LB since coming back from an injury 2 years ago, RB Sheptock is not on the roster again two years later (lots of accolades out of high school and former St. Francis commit) and Harwick wr Transfer from Thaddeus Stevens is missing. RB always needs depth and the WR position is a ? mark this year.

[Ram040506]

They had some good teams. The fall-off of Bloom and Ship the last few years has really hurt the competitiveness of the Eastern Division. Hope one or both of them can get back on track in the next few years, but it's not going to be easy given the realities of football in the present day.

Feel like the divisions have been mostly fine, even with Bloom and Ship on leaner times. ESU has risen up a bit, and Shepherd basically replaced Bloom as the division contender against the favorite in Kutztown. Just cycled through to different programs. Ship and LHU basically swapped pole positions for a few years there, which was more of a surprise when you read it.

[Bart]

https://bloomsburgathletics.com/news...l-darragh.aspx

Hopefully the university does something to honor him.

[Ship69]

Darragh replaced DC Devlin in 1997 because HC Hale wanted a smooth transition and Darragh was already on the staff because Devlin hired him. They had worked together at Temple. Devlin knew football having coached at every level including the NFL. Hale recommended Darragh in 2012 for the HC. He was fired in 2019 after Bloom's first losing season since 1998. Bloom has had only 1 winning season since. He was 63 years old.

(reference Press-Enterprise)

They had some good teams. The fall-off of Bloom and Ship the last few years has really hurt the competitiveness of the Eastern Division. Hope one or both of them can get back on track in the next few years, but it's not going to be easy given the realities of football in the present day.

[Chuck Bitner]

This is very sad news. Coach Darragh was a good man.

[Bart]

That’s really a shame. He was a good DC for a long time, and had his share of success as a HC. RIP.

Darragh replaced DC Devlin in 1997 because HC Hale wanted a smooth transition and Darragh was already on the staff because Devlin hired him. They had worked together at Temple. Devlin knew football having coached at every level including the NFL. Hale recommended Darragh in 2012 for the HC. He was fired in 2019 after Bloom's first losing season since 1998. Bloom has had only 1 winning season since. He was 63 years old.

(reference Press-Enterprise)

[TheBigCat2192]

• Former BU coach Darragh passes
  Huskies mentor loses battle with longtime illness

That’s really a shame. He was a good DC for a long time, and had his share of success as a HC. RIP.

[Bart]

• Former BU coach Darragh passes
  Huskies mentor loses battle with longtime illness

[Bart]

Northwestern Lehigh Standout Brady Zimmerman Commits to Bloomsburg, Joins Brother Eli

He will be a high school senior this year.

"Zimmerman was named First Team All-Colonial League Red Division at both slot and outside linebacker. He also earned Pennsylvania Writers’ Class 3A All-State honors at wide receiver and was selected to the PFN Class 3A Coaches Select First Team All-State squad at Slot/HB"
https://www.easternpafootball.com/no...s-brother-eli/

Also noticed another IUP transfer added to the roster: CB Ryan Jeter. In high school he was PA All State CB ‘23 • State Champion ‘22

[BloomFootballDad]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn8BvuE_A3U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD8G5Ci_5h4

These were good watches. Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to the upcoming season! The Huskies will still be a young group but a group with some experience, which hopefully will bode well for them. It probably goes without saying that a lot hinges on whoever the new QB1 is. I think they will be very run heavy early on in the season while the new guy gets his feet under him. Hopefully they’ll have a strong run game and strong enough defense to win some games early on.

[Bart]

Where did you see the interviews?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn8BvuE_A3U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD8G5Ci_5h4

[TheBigCat2192]

Watched a couple of interviews with HC Sheptock and OC Landis. Sheptock said the line of scrimmage should be a strength this season as the OL and DL are deeper and more experienced. There is also more depth in the kicking game.

Landis reported he will also be coaching the punting team. RB has depth and returns the rookie of the year in Clancy. They tried to get QB Riley a 5th year, but failed. In the future players will apparently have an opportunity for a 5th year to play. Riley will be on the coaching staff. QB is an open job with 5 competing. Landis said the offense will continue to be a triple option out of the shotgun. Preseason camp starts August 9th.

Where did you see the interviews?

[Bart]

Watched a couple of interviews with HC Sheptock and OC Landis. Sheptock said the line of scrimmage should be a strength this season as the OL and DL are deeper and more experienced. There is also more depth in the kicking game.

Landis reported he will also be coaching the punting team. RB has depth and returns the rookie of the year in Clancy. They tried to get QB Riley a 5th year, but failed. In the future players will apparently have an opportunity for a 5th year to play. Riley will be on the coaching staff. QB is an open job with 5 competing. Landis said the offense will continue to be a triple option out of the shotgun. Preseason camp starts August 9th.

[jrshooter]

Agree. I was in the visiting stands at West Chester on 11-3-84 and it was as exciting as Flutie's Hail Mary pass on 11-23-84. There is no video on the internet, but somebody should get the film from the schools and post it. I know the radio broadcast by Bloom's Jim Doyle was published as part of a book/CD compilation. There are some old newspaper articles. Bloom has a write-up by the librarian historian.

I wish I still had my game story on it for The Patriot-News. I might have to look for it again on newspapers.com.

It was the first time I had encountered a full crowd stunned into silence for two full beats after Dedea's bomb settled in Still's belly.

[Ship69]

Amen! I remember listening to the game and it was insane!

That was quite an amazing season for Bloom to finish 12-3 and in the national final after losing their first two games, including one to a 5-6 Shippensburg game.I was at the 49-42 Ship win in 2012, which was one of the more exciting PSAC games I've seen.