Hey, League Office!

[RocknTheSnackBar]

What, Lackawanna doesn't exist? Even if ineligible for championship they should be included in previews. Just explain at the end of the release why the East has seven teams and the West 8. You didn't even include SID info. Irresponsible. Maybe part of the transitional period is you get ignored for a season.

[Fightingscot82]

Last place in the PSAC East is forever awarded to Cheyney. RIP Cheyney Football

[Finchwidget]

https://psacsports.org/documents/202...awanna_FAQ.pdf

Found this on the PSAC website. Tldr: Lackawanna's PSAC membership is contingent on them getting accepted into the D2 provisional membership process, and that can only happen once they apply for it (which they haven't done yet). Until that happens it's basically just a scheduling agreement.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

https://psacsports.org/documents/202...awanna_FAQ.pdf

Found this on the PSAC website. Tldr: Lackawanna's PSAC membership is contingent on them getting accepted into the D2 provisional membership process, and that can only happen once they apply for it (which they haven't done yet). Until that happens it's basically just a scheduling agreement.

My understanding was this whole thing is kind of 'in theory' at this point (officially).

[jrshooter]

I think of the prospect of the PSAC turning its back on Lackawanna at this point, and I'm reminded of what Lackawanna's reaction would be.

[EastStroud13]

The PSAC was desperate for a team to fill schedules rather than actually make the conference stronger, so they found a team equally desperate to move up even though they weren't actually prepared to do so. Lackawanna will get blown out every week in embarrassing fashion and now the door is closed on the PSAC inviting a legitimate program in the future like Frostburg.

Maybe I'll be wrong and Lackawanna will be competitive. I don't think I will be.

[RocknTheSnackBar]

The league office said "We LACK a school and WANNA get one."

[Fightingscot82]

The PSAC was desperate for a team to fill schedules rather than actually make the conference stronger, so they found a team equally desperate to move up even though they weren't actually prepared to do so. Lackawanna will get blown out every week in embarrassing fashion and now the door is closed on the PSAC inviting a legitimate program in the future like Frostburg.

Maybe I'll be wrong and Lackawanna will be competitive. I don't think I will be.

Frostburg was allegedly first in line but then hit financial difficulty. Like everyone, they're struggling to stabilize enrollment. I love their new president, though.

[Matt Burglund]

Lucky for you, there’s a place where you could get a lot of information about the teams in the PSAC, plus a lot about IUP.

Here is the Lackawanna preview I published last week. I’ve made it free so you don’t need a paid subscription to see it. But if you do support my work, you’ll get a lot more, including weekly PSAC roundups like newspapers used to run.

[Matt Burglund]

Frostburg was allegedly first in line but then hit financial difficulty. Like everyone, they're struggling to stabilize enrollment. I love their new president, though.

Someone who knows such things told me Frostburg and Fairmont turned down meetings to talk of potentially joining the PSAC. St.Francis was also approached, but they were planning their drop to D3. Talks were held with St. Vincent and Lackawanna, and Lackawanna ultimately got the invite.

[iupgroundhog]

I'm rooting for Lackawanna to get it all together and reach their goals. I think they can be a positive addition to the conference. I like that they have a football tradition, they are in PA, and they provide a NEPA presence to the conference.

[IUPNation]

Someone who knows such things told me Frostburg and Fairmont turned down meetings to talk of potentially joining the PSAC. St.Francis was also approached, but they were planning their drop to D3. Talks were held with St. Vincent and Lackawanna, and Lackawanna ultimately got the invite.

Fairmont doesn't surprise me because I guess they didn't want to burn bridges in The Wild and Wonderful and get the snub on the future like Shepherd faces after they left.

Frostburg should have taken the meeting. I know somehow finances are playing some part in it but half of the MEC is on life support institution wise and I can see the schools that are better off jumping to the GMAC or Conference Carolinas in the future. Being basically along the Pennsylvania border just makes sense for them to join the Pee Sack and not some other conference that will induce longer travel.

As for the Home Office In Lock Haven taking The Lackawanna County Community College as a warm body....I can't say that I blame them with the slim pickings to fill the seat. I'd rather have a school in a small city that might offer it local support going foward over small Catholic schools that already have screwed the league over. I mean did we want a parish school in Loretto? No.

The Home Office still has PTSD from The Lake Show being a Judas and going laughably to D1. They didn't want another CW Post that was hard for everyone to get to on Lawnguyland from Pennsylvania.

Ashland would be a nice school to get...but again...it's pretty far into Ohio for most of the Pee Sack schools east of IUP. You would need something near Cleveland/Akron/Youngstowns.

Same with New York...you would want a school in the Southern Tier and no SUNY school is coming...

Mansfield wasn't getting a Sugar Daddy to revive foosball and Cheyney isn't either to revive all of it's sports to the NCAA level.

The Home Office made do....and it could be worse....we could be the GSC and it's three teams left or the GLIAC with two MAC schools and the rest being a group of corpses.

[TheBigCat2192]

Someone who knows such things told me Frostburg and Fairmont turned down meetings to talk of potentially joining the PSAC. St.Francis was also approached, but they were planning their drop to D3. Talks were held with St. Vincent and Lackawanna, and Lackawanna ultimately got the invite.

Steve Murray appeared on some Ganon podcast about a month before the Lackawanna invite was formally announced, and said that the league had talked to “schools in Ohio” before re-focusing closer to home. Any word from those in the know on who those schools were, or what kind of talks were held (exploratory, pitch by the PSAC, pitch by a potential applicant, etc.)?

[Fightingscot82]

Someone who knows such things told me Frostburg and Fairmont turned down meetings to talk of potentially joining the PSAC. St.Francis was also approached, but they were planning their drop to D3. Talks were held with St. Vincent and Lackawanna, and Lackawanna ultimately got the invite.

I think that's why Frostburg turned it down. The timing was really bad for them.

[Iupgh]

My understanding was this whole thing is kind of 'in theory' at this point (officially).

Should have brought St Vincent with there new big time facilities. SMH