YSU Penguin Athletics > YSU Penguin Athletics
Future of YSU sports
ytownchief22:
--- Quote from: goodnews on May 29, 2020, 06:07:14 PM ---Are they moving forward on the new turf?
--- End quote ---
It's been delayed. They still hope to have it done by the start of football season.
ytownchief22:
Good chance Robert Morris joins the horizon league soon.
guinpen:
--- Quote from: ytownchief22 on June 03, 2020, 10:23:33 PM ---Good chance Robert Morris joins the horizon league soon.
--- End quote ---
WHY
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/06/04/rmu-potentially-joining-horizon-league/
https://bustingbrackets.com/2020/06/04/horizon-league-basketball-how-robert-morris-addition-would-impact-the-conference/
https://triblive.com/sports/robert-morris-reportedly-mulling-move-out-of-northeast-conference/
4lessgovt:
https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/college/2020/05/23/briggs-why-toledo-and-bg-football-dropping-to-fcs-is-absolute-non-starter/stories/20200523086. His argument seems purely emotional.
Wick250:
--- Quote from: 4lessgovt on June 05, 2020, 03:11:30 PM ---https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/college/2020/05/23/briggs-why-toledo-and-bg-football-dropping-to-fcs-is-absolute-non-starter/stories/20200523086. His argument seems purely emotional.
--- End quote ---
It is interesting that anybody at Toledo would even be talking about this. Toledo is the only MAC school in Ohio that has the community support and tradition to remain viable in FBS. I also found it fascinating that this Toledo writer has the same low opinion about Akron and Kent State football as many of us. And this is the first MAC person that I have encountered that admits that playing for a national championship is more interesting than some meaningless, obscure bowl game.
This article does suffer from some shoddy research. To "prove" that there would not be substantial cost-saving if the MAC dropped to FCS, he cites James Madison. JMU is hardly a representative FCS school. They have the largest budget in FCS by far, mostly by imposing an extraordinarily high athletic fee on all of their students. In fact, MAC schools would save many millions by reducing scholarships. Of course, "our fans would not like it. We would lose prestige. We belong in Division I (ignorant that FCS is Division I.)" The most pathetic thing of all is that MAC people believe that football fans across this country actually consider their league "big time" simply because of a NCAA classification on a piece of paper.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version