GV v NMU

[Dave in Minnesota]

Here are the highlights with commentary that Billy gave us in word form, now you can listen for yourselves.

Highlights: Grand Valley St. vs. Northern Mich. | 2023 GLIAC Football - YouTube

[GVSU-2019]

Here are the highlights with commentary that Billy gave us in word form, now you can listen for yourselves.

Highlights: Grand Valley St. vs. Northern Mich. | 2023 GLIAC Football - YouTube

Hey a fellow Minnesota Laker. Anchor Up!

[Gliac_fan10]

What happened to NMU? They seemed decent a few years ago. Now apparently students are calling for the program to be shut down

At least for this year the reason they are so bad is roster turnover, I’d say last year as far as talent they were probably 6th (maybe you could argue 5th over Tech) of 7 teams in conf and they had somewhere between 30 and 40 players leave or graduate, and the vast majority were in the 2-deep.

Bigger picture is recruiting and lack of continuity, they went from 4 and 5 wide under coach O to multiple tight end sets under Nystrom and now 3 and 4 wide (with TEs playing Wr due to depth). And not just scheme, culture changes, changes in recruiting philosophy, exc.). Recruiting wise Ferris, Davenport and Sag have all been recruiting better than them and they are getting less and less good players out of Wisc and Chicago.

[Gliac_fan10]

Recruiting wise Ferris, Davenport and Sag have all been recruiting better than them.

I’ll add too that especially Ferris being good and out recruiting them has hurt them the most of anybody. Ferris and NMU have very similar academic profiles (degrees/programs offered, the TIP program, exc.) so recruits looking for/fitting that academic profile who they may have had a chance with/gotten in the 2000s and early 2010s are now only considering Ferris.

[Redwing]

I’ll add too that especially Ferris being good and out recruiting them has hurt them the most of anybody. Ferris and NMU have very similar academic profiles (degrees/programs offered, the TIP program, exc.) so recruits looking for/fitting that academic profile who they may have had a chance with/gotten in the 2000s and early 2010s are now only considering Ferris.

Ferris has academics for football players? Somehow I overlooked that. ;-)

[DawgUp]

Well us "have nots" get by as best as we can.

[Redwing]

Well us "have nots" get by as best as we can.

Really? That's your response? So FSU is a have not? Who has a D1 hockey team? And we're talking about academic success of the football team anyway. I guess FSU really does think their football players are dogs based upon their lack of academic successes. I get that players can't be ivy leaguers, but one would hope that most could graduate.