2026 Non-Conference Schedule Thread

[ctrabs74]

ESU at Pace on Sept. 4 now confirmed as ESU released their schedule

[IUPNation]

$53k a year as the sticker price too, less than 1,100 students.

I hated WVW with everything I could muster when I went to school. Couldn't be a better school to have disappear.

Why? Seems like a school Shepherd would dominate in everything....

...or were they the kind of school that thinks they do no wrong and get all judgy like Slimey Pebble?

[jrshooter]

Because it barely has any students and it seems most of them are athletes.....

They have a foot in the grave as it is......

Didn't realize ... thanks

[Ram040506]

Why? Seems like a school Shepherd would dominate in everything....

...or were they the kind of school that thinks they do no wrong and get all judgy like Slimey Pebble?

When I started at Shepherd, WVW was in the midst of back to back titles in 2002 and 2003. They were a bit brash at the time, like most schools that have success. But their pregame routine was ridiculously arrogant and frankly almost started a brawl with us at least for 3 straight seasons. Right before the coin toss their whole team would spread out across the field, all the way to the opposing teams sideline and they would do this jumping jack routine that seemed to try to intimidate the other team. They stopped doing it once their program went to ****, also we beat the ever loving piss out of them in 2005 and 2006.

This is why a lot of the folks on this board refer to them as Jumping Jack U.

[Fightingscot82]

Why? Seems like a school Shepherd would dominate in everything....

...or were they the kind of school that thinks they do no wrong and get all judgy like Slimey Pebble?

I've never been to Shepherdstown so I'm not sure, but, they're on the side of the state away from the bulk of WV's population. West Liberty and Fairmont are the best situated by population standards. Shep might have the best academic profile of the WV state schools but unsure about name recognition. West Liberty has almost no market capital in greater Pittsburgh.

FWIW, SRU is already up 10% over this point last year in new student deposits and within the year will possibly go public with major investments in engineering and health & nursing programs.

[IUPNation]

When I started at Shepherd, WVW was in the midst of back to back titles in 2002 and 2003. They were a bit brash at the time, like most schools that have success. But their pregame routine was ridiculously arrogant and frankly almost started a brawl with us at least for 3 straight seasons. Right before the coin toss their whole team would spread out across the field, all the way to the opposing teams sideline and they would do this jumping jack routine that seemed to try to intimidate the other team. They stopped doing it once their program went to ****, also we beat the ever loving piss out of them in 2005 and 2006.

This is why a lot of the folks on this board refer to them as Jumping Jack U.

You got the last laugh on them.

[IUPNation]

I've never been to Shepherdstown so I'm not sure, but, they're on the side of the state away from the bulk of WV's population. West Liberty and Fairmont are the best situated by population standards. Shep might have the best academic profile of the WV state schools but unsure about name recognition. West Liberty has almost no market capital in greater Pittsburgh.

FWIW, SRU is already up 10% over this point last year in new student deposits and within the year will possibly go public with major investments in engineering and health & nursing programs.

Wow..all those kids throwing their money away on a diploma that has the same value as the paper products aisle at Costco.

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[ctrabs74]

I've never been to Shepherdstown so I'm not sure, but, they're on the side of the state away from the bulk of WV's population. West Liberty and Fairmont are the best situated by population standards. Shep might have the best academic profile of the WV state schools but unsure about name recognition. West Liberty has almost no market capital in greater Pittsburgh.

FWIW, SRU is already up 10% over this point last year in new student deposits and within the year will possibly go public with major investments in engineering and health & nursing programs.

Shepherd, however, is less than two hours from both Baltimore and Washington, so they might have more name recognition in the DMV compared to the more "urbanized" areas of West Virginia.

[Fightingscot82]

Shepherd, however, is less than two hours from both Baltimore and Washington, so they might have more name recognition in the DMV compared to the more "urbanized" areas of West Virginia.

Very true. Unfortunately not very much immediately surrounding them. A tourism driven region with Harpers Ferry and Charles Town. WV has surprisingly poor name recognition for state schools in their state. I have to assume that most of the state being a network of remote small towns makes things rather provincial in a much smaller scale similar to what you have with SWPA & SEPA being so unlike the other.

[ctrabs74]

Very true. Unfortunately not very much immediately surrounding them. A tourism driven region with Harpers Ferry and Charles Town. WV has surprisingly poor name recognition for state schools in their state. I have to assume that most of the state being a network of remote small towns makes things rather provincial in a much smaller scale similar to what you have with SWPA & SEPA being so unlike the other.

I think it would be fair to question whether WVU even has that much pull in the furthest eastern part of the Eastern Panhandle... and that's supposed to be the flagship university of the state. (I'm not out there, obviously, but I wonder if you can apply that same 'provincial" logic to WVU as well.)

[Fightingscot82]

I think it would be fair to question whether WVU even has that much pull in the furthest eastern part of the Eastern Panhandle... and that's supposed to be the flagship university of the state. (I'm not out there, obviously, but I wonder if you can apply that same 'provincial" logic to WVU as well.)

It depends. There's some money in the eastern panhandle, especially near Charles Town (not to be confused with Charleston). I think for those they'd consider private schools or out of state flagships. WVU rarely pulls high capacity students who can afford to go elsewhere. Their admissions profile is worse than Slippery Rock. Just like in PA, middle and working class tend to go state school. All of this is drawn from federal stats (while they exist)

[ctrabs74]

If it hasn't been posted already, IUP at Ashland is now confirmed (via IUP's online schedule) for Week 1, Thursday, Sept. 3 in Ohio.

[ctrabs74]

Question for the group:

I would love to watch IUP vs. Ashland next year. Would that be possible without paying to view?

Thank you,

Try this link and that might at least get you in the right direction:

https://go.flocollege.com/partner/g-...2&path=general

[Fightingscot82]

Try this link and that might at least get you in the right direction:

https://go.flocollege.com/partner/g-...2&path=general

Flo is always behind a paywall. They're as bad as NFHS.

[Bart]

Bloom at Fairmont State University Sep 3 (Thu) 6pm