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[Ship69]

It's amazing to me how the face of football has changed over the years. Your son is reporting in early August. When I attended Ship way back in the '60s,...

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Ship doesn't have a single senior and not even a ton of juniors on its team. If Drew Gallardy gets us anywhere in the vicinity of IUP this year, I'll...

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So three more reasons why the IUP-Ship game will be a real thriller this year. LOL....

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You're certainly correct about cheering for the helmet. Most of the guys on the Ship team weren't playing for them last year. I hope Drew can change the...

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That's one way of putting it. For a variety of reasons the program has lost momentum and in the age of the portal it can be extremely hard to get it back....

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That's interesting. I see a lot of new guys on the Ship roster as well. I've never seen anything like this at Ship. There isn't a single senior on the...

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LOL. The only guy Shippensburg probably will have on the floor who is the height of any of those big guys is Chris Fite....

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Oh you must mean the one Shippensburg always wins, but has won once since 2011....

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Yeah, we're facing declining numbers of students, probably an overabundance of colleges in Pa., increasing expenses, a state legislature that isn't the...

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It might also help if the state didn't consistently rank among the bottom feeders in aid to higher education per student. Most states use gambling funds...

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I understand. I covered local sports at a small newspaper for several years in addition to covering the school board and a lot of other regular news that...

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Well, going in another direction, we see another example of college financing in the 21st century.

Faced with declining enrollment like the...

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I realize for obvious reasons that you have to lean toward IUP, Matt, but I think there really is room for a site that would offer a somewhat comprehensive...

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Yeah, I've appreciated your work over the years, Chuck, and we've never has as good an overall coverage of the PSAC since you left to do the national...

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Well, I think one like hardly indicates great acclaim. Do you? I've liked several of what I felt were good sports posts over the years and often find...

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Agreed. But this is a thread where those of us who went to PSAC schools that are part of the PASSHE system have found it useful to discuss some of the...

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Yeah, like Trump is playing with a full deck. Whatever....

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You guys have lost a couple of o-linemen from an excellent team. Ship has a preseason roster that includes one senior and nearly 70 freshmen or redshirt...

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Chris Fite has a pretty good record of retaining his better players over the years. I don't think any departures have surprised him much the last few...

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What is their rationale for this? Is it supposed to be some kind of constituent service or something? The legislature's schtick of complaining about PASSHE...