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Originally posted by pnthr53 View PostTake nothing for granted....we dont have that luxury....prepare well and win another football game.#MACtion
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Originally posted by BCPanther View Post
We absolutely have that luxury this week. I don't think you can quantify how bad Western is. They're probably the worst scholarship program in the country and I think that's sad.
Northwestern Louisiana - who just cancelled their season as a player was killed and rumors of the coach ignoring calls from his parents to save him are coming out
Robert Morris
Central Conneticut State
Texas Southern
The Citadel
Sacred Heart
Bethune-Cookman
Marist
Morehead State
San Diego
Mississippi Valley State
Delaware State
Arkansas Pine Bluff
Stetson
Dayton
Presbyterian
Valparaiso
So of the 17
7 of them are non-scholarship
5 are insanely underfunded HBCU in the SWAC/MEAC
1 - Northwestern State - is actually a truly funded FCS program in the Southland - potentially the worst true FCS conference there is.
1 - The Citadel - is a tiny tiny tiny (think smaller than Wartburg...would be average ARC enrollment) public military school.
The rest are NEC/were NEC until this year and are now floating in this mashup OVC/Big South set up and were partial funded scholarships
WIU possibly takes The Citadel and or Northwestern State but that's no lock.
WIU's scores this year are
21-58
40-43 (D2 move up Lindenwood)
17-37
Conference games
18-34
10-49
7-48
7-52
0-63
It's not hyperbolic to say WIU is the worst "fully funded" scholarship team in the country.
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This was a post by a WIU fan on AGS this morning
Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum...WIU's game against SIU last weekend has cemented itself in our history book, tying for the 4th worst loss in our program's history (2nd worst since we went DI). For reference:
1. 72 points to Lombard in 1971
2. 69 points at Mizzou in 2011
3. 66 points against Western Kentucky in 1968
4t. 63 points at Quincy in 1920
4t. 63 points against SIU last Saturday
We are in the midst of the longest losing streak in school history (21 games) and currently hold the longest losing streak in DI (not quite the longest in the NCAA, there are a couple of D2s and a D3 with longer streaks). There's a chance we could break the streak in 11/11 against (also currently 0-8) Indiana State, although they took Top 25-ranked North Dakota to OT last Saturday, so I think the odds are not in our favor.
We are still currently dead last in the FCS in rushing offense (51.4 ypg) and sacks allowed (4.75/game), as well as scoring defense (48 points per game allowed), and sacks (0.62 per game).
It's to the point now where it's legitimately funny how bad we are. It feels like the Keystone Cops have taken the field masquerading as a mediocre D2 football team wearing what I would consider to be the ugliest uniforms I've ever seen on Hanson Field:
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I actually don't hate that look for them. I've never particularly cared for their purple and metallic gold scheme. Boy what I wouldn't give to keep this series alive as a non-con going forward, even as a buy game (I know we don't do those)...If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times
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Originally posted by UNIAlum95 View PostI actually don't hate that look for them. I've never particularly cared for their purple and metallic gold scheme. Boy what I wouldn't give to keep this series alive as a non-con going forward, even as a buy game (I know we don't do those)...
Also WIU is the easiest OOC schedule option for both teams to ever exist. UNI/WIU should 100% do a permanent H/H rivalry game in the OOC. Just as you see with EIU/ISUR or SEMO/SIU. You literally can't get a closer/cheaper trip for an OOC game. It's a name both fan bases know and will draw better than inserting random NEC/PFL/SLC school for both schools, even if only marginally. Schedule it as a 4 or 6 pm kick and you don't necessarily need a hotel the night before for either team. You can bus day of without it being asscrack of dawn to get there. It means you can drop the dumbass Big Sky H/H series and spend 250k to go to Idaho/California. You have your FBS buy, you have WIU H/H which is an easy trip for any UNI fans (hell, put together a charter as an AD to get fans to go), and then you can do a buy game yearly because you aren't spending all of your buy game money to get to ****ing Idaho, Washington, Utah, or California.
It makes all the sense in the universe, which is exactly why it won't happen and David will refuse to do it.
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Originally posted by clenz View Post
It's amazing that as broke as they are as an AD, as a university, have zero donors (I went and looked a while back and last I saw they had a scholarship club donation dotal that was about 20k total) and has multiple helmets, multiple sticker looks for the helmets, multiple uniforms, etc. I don't hate that look either but yellow tops are super hit/miss.
Also WIU is the easiest OOC schedule option for both teams to ever exist. UNI/WIU should 100% do a permanent H/H rivalry game in the OOC. Just as you see with EIU/ISUR or SEMO/SIU. You literally can't get a closer/cheaper trip for an OOC game. It's a name both fan bases know and will draw better than inserting random NEC/PFL/SLC school for both schools, even if only marginally. Schedule it as a 4 or 6 pm kick and you don't necessarily need a hotel the night before for either team. You can bus day of without it being asscrack of dawn to get there. It means you can drop the dumbass Big Sky H/H series and spend 250k to go to Idaho/California. You have your FBS buy, you have WIU H/H which is an easy trip for any UNI fans (hell, put together a charter as an AD to get fans to go), and then you can do a buy game yearly because you aren't spending all of your buy game money to get to ****ing Idaho, Washington, Utah, or California.
It makes all the sense in the universe, which is exactly why it won't happen and David will refuse to do it.
If we were guaranteed 2-1 going into league play every year, it would be too easy to consistently make the playoffs and get a seed every once in a while.#MACtion
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Looking at how the national playoff picture is shaping up, this could be a year a couple leagues get multiple bids that should not, and a few 7-4 teams from the MVC/BigSky/CAA/SoCon get left out. That Weber loss is turning into a bad loss (from the point of view of the playoff committee at least).
Lets just win our last three and not worry about it.
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