Lackawanna is officially the 18th member

[WarriorVoice]

Well..there isn’t another college in Scranton that plays foosball so if they can get local support it might work.

East Dennyville had NEPA to itself..now it doesn’t. I’m sure there will be some stern words coming from the press box in the coming years.

Not exactly true. Bloomsburg is close enough to be considered NEPA, but who's counting...

[boatcapt]

That’s not a permanent rule change yet. The NCAA granted a one-time waiver last year while also appealing the court ruling in favor of the Vandy QB that brought it about.

This is from an ESPN article published shortly after the waiver

I wonder how soon the next lawsuit will take claiming disperate treatment will take to be filed??

[IUPNation]

Not exactly true. Bloomsburg is close enough to be considered NEPA, but who's counting...

That’s North Central PA to me…

[Bart]

That’s North Central PA to me…

They describe themselves:

"In northeastern Pennsylvania, on the northern bank of the Susquehanna River and nestled amid the Susquehanna Valley, you'll find Bloomsburg."

Columbia County is considered NEPA.

[IUPNation]

They describe themselves:

"In northeastern Pennsylvania, on the northern bank of the Susquehanna River and nestled amid the Susquehanna Valley, you'll find Bloomsburg."

Columbia County is considered NEPA.

Then Geography isn’t a strong point at Bloomsburg. It’s literally due north of Lebanon, Lancaster and Hershey which is considered South Central PA. Maybe part of eastern Lancaster County, a part of Berks that includes Reading and Lehigh and Northampton Counties could be attached to the core of SEPA..but Bloomsburg is North Central PA. It’s not far from what I consider NEPA but the Central regions make up a large swath based on the shape of the Commonwealth. The western boundary of Central PA is at Bedford County and north..meaning Altoona is in the Central region but Johnstown is in The Yinzerlands of Western PA.

[RocknTheSnackBar]

Good thing urine is renewable

[iupgroundhog]

Good thing urine is renewable

Thanks for that thought-provoking insight. I had never considered any of this about urine. A quick AI query confirmed that urine (probably should have a capital U) is, in fact, renewable. It says, "Yes, urine is considered a renewable resource. It's a byproduct of human and animal waste, and because humans and animals constantly produce it, it is continuously replenished."

Also, I learned that one liter of urine can produce enough hydrogen gas to run an electrical generator. .Moreover, I learned that human urine contains a range of ions and therefore has a high solution conductivity. Just a word to the wise.

[iupgroundhog]

Then Geography isn’t a strong point at Bloomsburg. It’s literally due north of Lebanon, Lancaster and Hershey which is considered South Central PA. Maybe part of eastern Lancaster County, a part of Berks that includes Reading and Lehigh and Northampton Counties could be attached to the core of SEPA..but Bloomsburg is North Central PA. It’s not far from what I consider NEPA but the Central regions make up a large swath based on the shape of the Commonwealth. The western boundary of Central PA is at Bedford County and north..meaning Altoona is in the Central region but Johnstown is in The Yinzerlands of Western PA.

Further, I did another AI query which informed that Bloomsburg and Columbia County is considered NEPA. While the western edge of Columbia County borders north-central PA, the county fits completely within the NE quadrant of the state of Pennsylvania.

[IUPNation]

Good thing urine is renewable

Is that what comes out of the fountains on the Slimey Pebble campus?

It would explain some things!

[IUPNation]

Further, I did another AI query which informed that Bloomsburg and Columbia County is considered NEPA. While the western edge of Columbia County borders north-central PA, the county fits completely within the NE quadrant of the state of Pennsylvania.

Then Lebanon and Lancaster can't be Central PA if they are both directly south of Bloomsburg.They must now be Southeastern PA and they should be asking why the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority doesn't serve their areas.

[Bart]

Then Lebanon and Lancaster can't be Central PA if they are both directly south of Bloomsburg.They must now be Southeastern PA and they should be asking why the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority doesn't serve their areas.

My artificial intelligence recalls Lebanon County being created 1813 from portions of both Dauphin and Lancaster Counties. Their cultural identity is Dutch, which is different the counties surrounding Philadelphia. There are many ways to divide up the state.

[iupgroundhog]

My artificial intelligence recalls Lebanon County being created 1813 from portions of both Dauphin and Lancaster Counties. Their cultural identity is Dutch, which is different the counties surrounding Philadelphia. There are many ways to divide up the state.

That's a bunch of baloney. Or, more appropriately for kids who grew up on the hardscrabble streets of Scranton, maybe it's malarkey.

[boatcapt]

Further, I did another AI query which informed that Bloomsburg and Columbia County is considered NEPA. While the western edge of Columbia County borders north-central PA, the county fits completely within the NE quadrant of the state of Pennsylvania.

I've done AI searches and gotten blatantly inaccurate information on the most basic information. We seem to forget that AI learns what it knows based on information available on the internet and it really seems to struggle discerning fact from fiction.

I found it amusing that several beta tests of AI when they were released into the wild turned into raging fascists within hours! Right up there with the AI "system" that made every American historical figure a person of color all in search of racial equity!

[EastStroud13]

Not that it really matters, but culturally, Bloomsburg straddles the line between NEPA and North Central PA. If you draw straight lines on a map then it's North Central, but due to its proximity to the East Branch of the Susquehanna, it has a lot in common culturally and economically with Northeast PA. So it's fine to refer to it as either, and anyone trying to convince you otherwise doesn't know what they're talking about at all.

[IUPNation]

My artificial intelligence recalls Lebanon County being created 1813 from portions of both Dauphin and Lancaster Counties. Their cultural identity is Dutch, which is different the counties surrounding Philadelphia. There are many ways to divide up the state.

Geography is geography.