THE IUP Football Thread

[IUPalum]

I get it but I love the free flow of comments on here and we always seem to end up policing ourselves.

This one time at band camp...

[IUPNation]

This one time at band camp...

Hopefully the Marching Band improves next year…

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Hopefully the Marching Band improves next year…

One band

One sound

[IUPNation]

One band

One sound

Do we have a permanent director yet?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Do we have a permanent director yet?

I don't know. The job doesn't pay much so it will be a constant revolving door.

In other words, a resume builder.

I thought the band was fine last year.

[IUPNation]

I don't know. The job doesn't pay much so it will be a constant revolving door.

In other words, a resume builder.

I thought the band was fine last year.

Watch an old video of Doc’s bands and you’ll see it’s a big drop off to now.

[GregD]

"Watch an old video of Doc’s bands and you’ll see it’s a big drop off to now."

That is a massive understatement

[IUPNation]

Good Morning..

This is another reminder to fill up this morning cos by tonight the price at your local station will most likely jump.

On the market this morning in New York ..gas is up a dime a gallon and diesel is up .23 cents a gallon. They could drop back but I doubt it.

[Fightingscot82]

Watch an old video of Doc’s bands and you’ll see it’s a big drop off to now.

IUP thrived when you could still go to college to study music and make a living either as a teacher, a gigging musician, or a little bit of both. There's been a massive dropoff in "kids" studying humanities, liberal arts, especially fine arts. Everyone wants a degree with a linear path to the upper middle class subidivision in the outer ring suburbs, not a blue collar passion over paycheck career. If IUP didn't have safety, PA, and nursing they'd be Penn West right now.

[Tdobson]

I heard that IUP got a kid from Penn State. It appears from the article that he played just about everywhere.

It could be a great pickup.

[IUPNation]

Good Morning….

I told yinz so.

[IUPNation]

Well all three of IUP’s major programs made the playoffs. I guess that a win.

BTW…get ready for $4.00 gas in a week or so.

[Fightingscot82]

In positive IUP news, 1961 alum Terry Serarfini has donated $1 million toward the medical school, so that's another inch closer to becoming a reality.

[IUPNation]

In positive IUP news, 1961 alum Terry Serarfini has donated $1 million toward the medical school, so that's another inch closer to becoming a reality.

It’s ridiculous the state doesn’t pay for it.

[Fightingscot82]

It’s ridiculous the state doesn’t pay for it.

They've contributed $4 million but I agree for the most part. A state agency is creating a huge strategic initiative to improve the quality of life for the majority of the Commonwealth footprint. In comparison, each year the PA budget gives fully private University of Pennsylvania, a fully private university with a 5% acceptance rate and $25B endowment, an annual handout of $33 million to run their School of Veterinary Medicine, which has just a 7% admit rate. How is that benefitting Pennsylvania much at all?

Just to piss off all of you, Pennsylvania has allocated more for private Robert Morris University to explore (explore, not build) an on-campus ice hockey arena than for state-owned IUP to open a med school designed specifically to help rural Pennsylvanians.