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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
Fortunately for them, there are lots of parents who want little Johnny to say he played college football, and the money isn't a big issue.
WVW seems like a perfect fit in D3.
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Originally posted by EyeoftheHawk View Post
It’s political in a sense as well. These university presidents and administrations want to put it on their resume that they led their schools to the “big time.” They don’t care about the long-term implications because it’s about them while they’re there.
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Originally posted by EastStroud13 View PostRealistically, the answer is that nobody in the NEC is good in bball. After Merrimack and Sacred Heart leave, Wagner and FDU are the closest they have to being "top dogs" but both are about #250 in KenPom on a good year. Hurst was not very good this past year, but the Hurst team of the previous few years was probably good enough to finish mid-pack in the current NEC.
Football, different story. Considering how bad they've been, the smart move is probably to just drop football altogether. It's tough to remake an entire football program, even tougher when you're trying to reclassify every sport to the D1 level.
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Originally posted by Ram040506 View Post
Wesleyan goes out of their way to grab one of those every year. For the life of me I don't understand why anyone would go to school there to play football. Football stadium is horrendous, the tuition is expensive, the product has been awful for nearly 20 years now. Joke of a program.
WVW seems like a perfect fit in D3.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
They'll look great playing West Virginia Wesleyan in Week 3.
Lol. Amazing an FCS team would schedule one of the worst D2 teams in the country.
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Originally posted by Tdobson View PostHold on, I never knew Duquesne was any good in football. Are they?
Lol. Amazing an FCS team would schedule one of the worst D2 teams in the country.
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Originally posted by Tdobson View PostHold on, I never knew Duquesne was any good in football. Are they?
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Originally posted by Tdobson View PostHold on, I never knew Duquesne was any good in football. Are they?
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Originally posted by Tdobson View PostHold on, I never knew Duquesne was any good in football. Are they?
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As a general point of comparison, here's how Mercyhurst compares to their new NEC companions in their 3-year rolling average of Massey ratings. It's not a perfect rating system but it provides a decent frame of reference for how they fit.
Football- Duquesne - 252.7 (229 in 2021; 288 in 2022; 241 in 2023)
- St. Francis - 252.7 (281; 201; 276)
- Robert Morris - 333.3 (285; 421; 294)
- LIU - 343.7 (399; 325; 307)
- Stonehill - 347.7 (375; 359; 309)
- CCSU - 352.7 (325; 354; 379)
- Wagner - 433.3 (492; 445; 363)
- Mercyhurst - 537.0 (473; 588; 550)
- Wagner - 263.3 (168 in 2021-22; 329 in 2022-23; 293 in 2023-24)
- Chicago St - 365.7 (432; 357; 308)
- FDU - 371.3 (479; 287; 348)
- CCSU - 372.0 (420; 408; 288)
- Mercyhurst - 395.3 (336; 298; 552)
- St. Francis - 397.7 (387; 361; 445)
- LIU - 427.7 (266; 587; 430)
- Stonehill - 472.7 (540; 351; 527)
- Le Moyne - 488.0 (597; 513; 354)
Hurst may not have had a great 2023-24 season in basketball, but they at least have competed at the NEC level in the not-too-distant past. Can't say the same about football.
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